
How do The News Agents assess Trump’s effect on allies’ elections?
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At 30: 33, the discussion is about West Bank violence and whether Netanyahu thinks it helps him; the transcript’s broader point that Trump’s influence helped opposition forces in Brazil and Serbia appears earlier, around 20: 15. (30: 33)
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One host says Trump backed Bolsonaro, who lost, and Orbán, who also lost, then asks whether Trump’s renewed support for Netanyahu is a blessing for him. (31: 43)
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One host says Trump’s intervention in Brazil gave Lula a platform to tell him to back off and portray Bolsonaro’s son as a tool of the U.S. presidency. (11: 52)
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The News Agents discuss the possibility that Trump’s support could help Netanyahu, because it might make voters think Trump knows something polls do not show, and could help Netanyahu present himself as capable of winning. (32: 25)
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The News Agents say that left, progressive and youth movements have learned to use social media to mobilize and turn that into campaigns to get people to vote, countering the previous advantage associated with the right and Trump. (8: 15)
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AI summary
The News Agents discuss Trump’s backing as electorally mixed rather than automatically helpful. They say his influence helped opposition forces in Brazil and Serbia, and note that Bolsonaro and Orbán lost after Trump backed them. In Brazil, one host says Trump’s intervention gave Lula a platform to tell him to back off and portray Bolsonaro’s son as a tool of the U.S.
presidency. They also discuss Trump’s renewed support for Netanyahu, with Nadav Eyal saying it could help Netanyahu by suggesting Trump knows something polls do not and by helping him present himself as able to win. The hosts also say left, progressive and youth movements have learned to use social media to mobilize voters.
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