Ballot with Patrick Gutfield - Where Politics Meets Pop Culture

• Trump Endorses Cuomo, Threatens NYC, and Misses the Point Entirely

  Donald Trump has officially endorsed Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor — yes, the same Cuomo who resigned in disgrace. Patrick Gutfield breaks down how the president’s new political strategy seems to be “find the least likable guy in the room and back him.” Plus: Trump’s threats to defund cities that vote wrong, his bizarre 60 Minutes interview about running for a third term, his sympathy for Prince Andrew (yikes), and the death of Dick Cheney — the vice president who once shot his friend and still somehow got an apology. A full week of “very normal” American politics.

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• Trump Floats ‘Unstoppable’ JD Vance–Marco Rubio Ticket… While Hinting at a Third Term, and Pete Hegseth Declares War on Beards

  On Air Force One, President Donald Trump talked up Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as an “unstoppable” 2028 ticket — then immediately blurred the line on whether he’d still be in the mix himself, refusing to rule out trying for a third term even though the 22nd Amendment clearly bans it. We explain what Trump said, why he keeps teasing 2028, and why his own allies are already gaming out how to keep Trumpism in power. Then we pivot to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is now literally banning “beardos” from his events overseas. Service members in South Korea were told that even troops with approved shaving waivers — including guys with documented medical conditions that hit Black service members especially hard — are “not authorized to attend.” Hegseth says he wants a clean-shaven military and has threatened to boot people who still need waivers. We’ll walk through what that means for morale, discipline, and whether the culture war has officially reached facial hair.

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• ‘Knock-Off Versailles’: Gavin Newsom Torches Trump’s $300M White House Ballroom as Trump Rants About Magnets

   California Governor Gavin Newsom is unloading on President Donald Trump’s 90,000-square-foot, bulletproof, $300 million White House ballroom — calling it a “knock-off Versailles” and blasting Trump for building a private palace on the ruins of the East Wing while millions lose federal food assistance during his shutdown. We lay out what this ballroom actually is (think mega-gilded state hall, capacity 600+ and funded by big donors, after Trump bulldozed a historic part of the White House) and why Newsom says he’s now “seriously” looking at a 2028 run. Then: Trump went to an aircraft carrier in Japan and delivered a wild rant about how “water destroys magnets,” promised an executive order to force the Navy back to steam catapults because he doesn’t trust electromagnetic launch systems, and claimed tractors prove he’s right — even though those same “magnets” are literally used in MRI machines, including the MRI the White House won’t explain. The Commander-in-Chief is redesigning $13 billion carriers based on “a glass of water on the magnets,” and the governor of California is comparing his taste to pre-revolution French royalty. Welcome to Friday.

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• Is Donald Trump Fit to Serve? Health Concerns, ‘Martial Law’ Talk, and That Japan Stairs Video

  President Donald Trump’s trip to Japan is raising real questions about his health and his power. We break down the footage of the 79-year-old president gingerly taking the stairs off Air Force One in Tokyo, gripping the rail with both hands and dragging his right leg after meeting Emperor Naruhito — all while the White House refuses to explain why he quietly had an MRI this month but still calls his health “excellent.” We also get into Trump’s shocking speech to U.S. troops in Japan, where he floated sending the U.S. military — not just the National Guard — into American cities to “fix” crime, a scenario critics say sounds a lot like martial law. Then he bragged about sinking boats in the Caribbean and called it a drug war, despite other governments saying civilians and even fishermen were killed. All that, plus Trump telling sailors he’s “always wanted to be an admiral.” This is your daily reality check on the age, stability, and judgment of the guy threatening to use the military at home while insisting he’s in “incredible shape.”

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• Government Shutdown Deepens, East Wing Demolition Gets Weird, and Trump Tours Asia

  Trump’s shutdown enters chaos mode: food assistance vanishes, flights are at risk, and Speaker Mike Johnson won’t call Congress back. Meanwhile, Trump’s turning the White House into his own Versailles, with a 90,000 sq ft expansion and a staircase to nowhere. Plus, his Asia tour features comedy, cognitive tests, and diplomatic shade. Patrick Gutfield takes you inside the wildest moments from D.C. to Japan.

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