Comedian Andrew Schulz lashes out at Trump a year after their podcast; here's why
Andrew Schulz
has criticized US President
Donald Trump
for his actions as the president, saying that he is doing the opposite of every single promise that he made during his election campaign in 2024. The critique comes 10 months after Schulz interviewed Trump on his podcast.
Schulz, during the July 10, 2025, episode of his "Flagrant" podcast, said that the US President is doing the exact opposite of what he voted for. "Everything he campaigned on, I believe that he wanted to do. And now he's doing the exact opposite of every single campaign promise," Schulz said. "I voted for none of this. He's doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for," he added.
Further elaborating on his expectations from Trump, the stand-up comedian, on his podcast, said that he wanted the US President to stop wars, but he is funding them instead. "I want him to stop the wars; he's funding them. I want him to reduce spending and reduce the budget; he's increasing it. It's like everything that he said he's going to do, except sending immigrants back, and now he's even flip-flopped on that, which I kind of like. He's like, "We kind of need the people working in restaurants, and we kind of need farmers," Schulz said.
It was reported on July 11, 2025, that the U.S. State Department is set to lay off more than 1,300 employees. Meanwhile, economic forecasters have predicted that the major tax and spending law brought by President Trump, termed the "one big, beautiful bill," which extends tax cuts and cuts funding for health care and food programs, will likely have only a minor effect on the American economy.
"I think with the wars he literally did try," Schulz said. "I think earnestly he's talking to Putin, thinking he can make it happen. But I think his hubris got the best of him," he added.
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The Russia-Ukraine war recently witnessed a fresh escalation with Moscow's new wave of attacks. In June 2025, Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after tensions erupted in the Middle East, triggering missile strikes being exchanged between the two countries, as well as the U.S. bombing Iran's nuclear sites.
Schulz said, "Maybe he will stop these wars.: no. Maybe we will see what's up with this Epstein (stuff): No." He and his co-hosts had a 90-minute podcast with Trump in October 2024, ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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