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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Andrew Schulz Fires Back at White House Over Epstein Files
Andrew Schulz has fired back at the Trump administration for continuing to cover up a 'global pedophile blackmail ring,' after a spokesperson responded to Schulz's recent critiques of the president. Schulz made waves Thursday when he called President Donald Trump out for 'doing the exact opposite' of what he promised to do if re-elected. In an episode of his Flagrant podcast, Schulz said, 'There'll be people that they'll DM me like, 'You see what your boy's doing? You voted for this.' I'm like, 'I voted for none of this.'' Schulz continued, 'He's doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for. I want him to stop the wars—he's funding them. I want him to shrink spending, reduce the budget—he's increasing it.' In response, White House spokesman Harrison Fields told Fox News, 'Andrew Schulz knows life is far better in President Trump's America than it would have been under a weak and incompetent President Harris. As a guest on the Flagrant podcast, millions of listeners heard the president lay out his vision for America, and many voted in support of it—that's exactly what President Trump is successfully executing. Name the issue, and the president is solving it. From the border to Biden's inflation to fostering world peace—the results speak for themselves.' On Friday evening, Schulz took to Instagram to respond, posting a screenshot of Fields' statement, tagging the official White House Instagram account, and writing, 'The issue is are you going to cover up a global pedophile blackmail ring or not? Why did you not include that in your response?' He continued, 'We know Kamala would have covered it up. Joe and her had the Epstein file during his term. They choose [sic] to cover it up. We thought you guys would expose it because… you said you would expose it.' 'I'm sure you can see how Americans would feel deeply angered by their government protecting rapists of underage girls,' he added. The top responses to Schulz's post were considerably unsympathetic, with people asking the comedian, who hosted Trump on his podcast during his presidential campaign, what exactly he expected. 'People getting conned by a con man and acting surprised…' read one comment, while another asked, 'Having some regrets on helping him get elected?' Others were slightly more supportive, with one person writing, 'He played you, and many others. Glad you are at least speaking out about it.' Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg said the same thing during his appearance on Flagrant back in April, with Buttigieg telling Schulz, 'Most of the stuff he said he was actually going to do, he didn't actually do.' Schulz had previously maintained his vocal support of Trump even after laughing in his face during their interview, leading the Kamala Harris campaign to use the clip on their social media channels. The administration's decision to decline to release more information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and Attorney General Pam Bondi's repeated denials that any 'list' of Epstein's clients/co-conspirators exists, finally pushed Schulz to publicly question the administration. On his podcast, Schulz said, 'I already expect politicians to not do most of the s-–t they say.' He added, 'I don't want to be too cynical, but now I'm getting to the point where it's like, 'Can they do anything?''
New York Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Comedian Andrew Schulz turns on Trump over budget, wars, Epstein documents
Comedian Andrew Schulz expressed his frustration with President Donald Trump's second term during Thursday's 'Flagrant' podcast. Schulz had the then-presidential candidate on his popular podcast a few weeks before the November election. But he has since been disappointed by what he feels like are failed campaign promises from the president. Advertisement 'Everything he campaigned on, I believe he wanted to do, and now he's doing the exact opposite thing of every single f—ing thing,' Schulz said Thursday. Schulz specifically called out Trump over increasing the national debt, funding foreign wars and the recent announcement that there was no Jeffrey Epstein 'client list.' The podcast host, who said recently he voted for Trump, complained this wasn't what he voted for. 6 Andrew Schulz speaking at Netflix Is A Joke Presents FYSEE LA Comedy Night. Getty Images for Netflix Advertisement 6 President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi at a White House press briefing. Getty Images 'There'll be people, they'll DM and say, 'You see what you're boy's doing? You voted for this.' I'm like, 'I voted for none of this!' He's doing the exact opposite of everything I've voted for! I want him to stop the wars, he's funding them. I want him to shrink spending, 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've like,' he said, referring to Trump's plan to allow some migrants in the farming industry to remain in the country. Schulz and his fellow hosts also discussed at length the DOJ and FBI announcement on Sunday that disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide and did not have a client list. Trump officials have been grilled by the media over the revelation, which seemingly contradicts Attorney General Pam Bondi's comments earlier this year about the existence of such a list. Advertisement 6 Schulz specifically called out Trump over increasing the national debt, funding foreign wars and the recent announcement that there was no Jeffrey Epstein 'client list.' AP 'It's sitting on my desk right now to review,' Bondi told 'America Reports' host John Roberts in February. 'That's been a directive by President Trump.' Trump scolded a reporter who asked about the news at the White House on Wednesday, calling the question 'unbelievable.' 6 Trump officials have been grilled by the media over the revelation, which seemingly contradicts Attorney General Pam Bondi's comments earlier this year about the existence of such a list. YouTube/FLAGRANT Advertisement Schulz mocked the response. 'So we're stupid? We're the f—ing idiots, guys,' Schulz said. 'Guys, just to let you know, we're wasting time. That is, in all seriousness, I think, what is enraging people right now.' 6 Donald Trump in conversation with Andrew Schulz on the Flagrant Podcast. YouTube / FLAGRANT 6 Trump scolded a reporter who asked about the news at the White House on Wednesday, calling the question 'unbelievable.' AP 'It's insulting our intelligence. Obviously, the intelligence community is trying to cover it up. Obviously, the Trump administration is trying to cover it up,' he claimed. 'Something changed, because they ran on the idea of exposing it all,' he added. 'Andrew Schulz knows life is far better in President Trump's America than it would have been under a weak and incompetent President Harris. As a guest on the Flagrant podcast, millions of listeners heard the President lay out his vision for America, and many voted in support of it—that's exactly what President Trump is successfully executing. Name the issue, and the President is solving it. From the border to Biden's inflation to fostering world peace—the results speak for themselves,' White House spokesman Harrison Fields told Fox News Digital.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
The podcaster blasted Donald Trump in a new episode.
Podcaster Andrew Schulz gave Donald Trump street cred in the world of chronically online young men, but he's been having second thoughts. On a Thursday episode of his Flagrant podcast, the comedian torched the president for 'doing the exact opposite' of his campaign promises. 'There'll be people that they'll DM me like, 'You see what your boy's doing? You voted for this.' I'm like, 'I voted for none of this,'' he said. 'He's doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for. I want him to stop the wars—he's funding them. I want him to shrink spending, reduce the budget—he's increasing it.'
Daily Mail
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Podcast bro Andrew Schulz sours on Trump for 'disheartening' failures on these issues
Podcast host and comedian Andrew Schulz appears to have soured a bit on President Donald Trump, after a groundbreaking podcast interview with the president in 2024. Schulz admitted in an interview with the New York Times that it was 'disheartening' to see the president pursue the deportation of working illegal immigrants who wanted a pathway to citizenship, as he had hoped for more 'empathy' from him on the issue. '[I]t doesn't look like has been happening. This is disheartening for me,' he said, speaking after the enhanced ICE raids took place in Las Angeles, sparking violent rioting in the city. Schulz revealed in the interview he wanted to address three issues when he interviewed Trump in October 2024 for his Flagrant Podcast that he co-hosts with Akaash Singh, in vitro fertilization, immigration, and foreign wars in the Middle East. At the time, Schulz asked Trump whether he would have 'empathy' for illegal immigrants, noting that a lot of them were working and wanted a path to citizenship. 'You have to start with the criminals,' Trump replied shortly, before pivoting away from the question. When asked about the Middle East, Schultz praised him for developing the Abraham Accords and asked the president if he would pursue more diplomacy in the region if he was reelected. Trump referred to a biblical prophecy in the book of Revelations about the end of the world, suggesting the escalation of war in the Middle East would lead to nuclear Armageddon. 'You know, there are great philosophers that said the world will end in the Middle East. We're not going to let that happen. You've heard that expression,' Trump said. 'We're not going to let that happen, okay?' Schultz' brash and anti-woke comedic style found a huge audience online in just a few years as he spoke directly to his audience on his podcast. Trump's interview with Schulz and his friends on the podcast made a huge splash in the comedian community as the president spoke frankly about his interview strategy that included 'the weave.' 'I do a thing called the weave and there are those that are fair that say this guy is so genius. And then others would say, oh, he rambled. I don't ramble,' he said in a clip that was widely shared on social media. The interview, which now has 9.6 million views on YouTube, was notable for revealing Trump's sense of humor and authenticity as he spoke about politics. Schulz was praised by his audience for asking about questions that were relevant to them, rather than focusing on making the president look bad. Trump's last-minute focus on interviews with comedian podcasters was later seen as an untraditional but successful way to reach last minute deciders, particularly young men. In the Times, Schulz confirmed he voted for Trump in the 2024 election even though he considered himself a Democrat. But he cited his dissatisfaction with Biden's presidency 'I voted for Trump, yeah, but my vote was more like I voted against a Democratic institution that I feel was stripping the democratic process from its constituents,' he said. 'I didn't like the way things were going, and Kamala was saying, Yeah, we're going to keep doing that.' Schulz said that he reached out to the Harris campaign for an interview through many different channels and the campaign lied about his efforts to interview them. 'It's wild to blatantly lie when not only did I reach out — Charlamagne, who's working with them, reached out. Mark Cuban, who's a surrogate, reached out, and we reached out, and they blatantly lie,' he said. Schultz said he reached out to then-transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Vice Presidential nomineeTim Walz, former President Barack Obama, and even former President Bill Clinton but they all turned him down. After the election, however, Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and other Democrats appeared on his podcast to talk politics, comedy, and culture. Schulz said he would continue to ask political figures about the questions that mattered to him, not just the questions that the media wanted him to ask.
