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Sam Stein

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

That little...

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Border Patrol dude walking through Target.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Some of this, I think, is them trying to please the boss.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Some of this, I think, is them trying to terrorize people so they just self-deport.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

And it's just so unnecessary.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

They didn't resign.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

I fired them, Sean Hannity.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

I think they're going to resign.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

consider a couple moves down the field but um i'm wondering what you think about it what if you're if you're seeing the same buzz around that question as i am it's definitely escalatory you know i'm i guess i'm my inclination is you don't want to escalate anymore you would hate to see a situation where they call in the guard then they call in the military and then it's real fucking tinderbox i can't believe we're actually talking about this again step back what is going on over nothing

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

If it were over corruption.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

and the abuse of the social safety net by these Somali immigrant communities, which there are real instances of this, then they wouldn't have forced out this attorney who was leading the corruption when he's one of the six attorneys who was leading the corruption cases and had surfaced

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

incredible amounts of grift and prosecuted it successfully.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

So back to your question of what is the play here.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Look, I could sit here and make the argument.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

I'm not saying I believe it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

I can make the argument, though.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

that the play here would be for Tim Walz to make a phone call to Donald Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

I can make that argument because time and again, you see the best way to ramp down things is just a one-on-one phone call.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Like the Columbia president Petra basically calling Trump and be like, Hey, you know, let's work together.

The Bulwark Podcast
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

And Trump being like, okay, cool.