Overview
- The German podcast Lanz + Precht, released Friday, features Richard David Precht arguing that Donald Trump has taken over the role once held by modern art by shaping society through provocation.
- Host Markus Lanz says Trump seeds social media with test words to see what catches on, citing Greenland, Venezuela and tariffs as examples.
- The pair describe the effect as a state of constant irritation that they say functions as a stand‑in for traditional politics.
- They point to Trump’s output to make the case, noting about 11,000 posts on X during his first term and a burst of 160 Truth Social posts in a single day last year.
- The episode is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and as a video on ZDF’s YouTube channel, with German outlets summarizing the conversation the same day.