Trump Axes Bondi… and Pete Hegseth’s Military Purge Sparks Outrage
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
34 min
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Where does President Trump's speech leave us with regard to where the war is headed? And it really was, to me, the story of the commander-in-chief who, weeks into this war, is deeply uncertain about how it ends. I'm Jon Finer, co-host of the Long Game podcast. This week, Jake Sullivan and I break down the president's speech and discuss what it's like to negotiate with the Iranians. We will also debate whether Iran should accept a deal. The episode is out now. Search and follow The Long Game wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Jessica Tarlow. And it's been a very chaotic week in politics. A lot to unpack and no one that I would rather unpack with, like in a proverbial sense. And Jack Cacciarella, thank you for coming back to Raging Moderates.
Thank you for having me. I will caveat that last night might have been Thirsty Thursday and I might have done karaoke. So if my voice gets progressively worse during this episode, that is why. But our analysis will still be sharp.
Yeah, I mean, I have a deeply flawed voice, a voice not for TV or for radio, according to the majority of the algorithm. Since birth, I think.
That's not true. Do not say that to yourself.
Oh, that's sweet. Okay. You're right. I'm amazing. If you aren't already, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page to stay in the loop on all the political news. All right, I want to talk Pam Bondi first. Did you see the story about the drive over to the Supreme Court where she apparently begged to be able to stay on the job until the summer, and he was like, eh, your time is up.
I did, and it's all the funnier because yesterday, or two days ago, I talked about how Pam Bondi's team was kind of floating that, no, there's no possibility that they could be in breakup mode because they drove to the Supreme Court together and sat next to each other as Donald Trump was so furious that he had to leave early. And they knew. They knew that Pam Bondi had already been fired on Wednesday. So it's funny that this whole... Time at the DOJ has just been lie after lie after lie up until the very end in which they lied about the lies that got her fired. So I just think it's funny. The idea of Pam Bondi begging to keep her job is also hilarious. I don't know what that looks like. I tweeted out and there were a lot of great tweets yesterday.
I was like, did she mention the Dow? Did she tell Trump that the Dow was over 50,000? I would love to know what that conversation looked like.
Well, I think the high point of yesterday, I mean, the tweets were good about Bondi and, like, the Epstein files. But revisiting the Dow moment and then noting that she said the Dow's at $50,000. Because I feel like that was really lost in the swirl around when she originally said it. You know, like, because everyone thought she said points, but she said dollars. So I just wanted to put that out there. I don't know exactly what her case for let me go until the summer is. I mean, she's the shortest tenured. attorney general since the 1970s. So maybe she would have been more of a cusper if she made it to the summer. But, you know, Trump saying she's transitioning to a job in the private sector is just like...
go get a job, right? It's not like you, Kristi Noem, with the shield of America or whatever.
The shield of America. The shield of the justice of the Americas of protective freedom. Is that what we're going to put Pam Bondi at? Who wants to hire Pam Bondi, though? What is the experience that she has? Pedophile protection? Like, who is she going to work for next? Maybe she can become a lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell. Maybe that'll be a great job for Pam Bondi. She kind of already is. So maybe that's where she's plugging in.
I mean, What's more concerning is the guy who actually seemed more like the lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell is the one who's now the interim AG, Todd Blanche, who got her into the cushy prison and... told us that we should basically treat her like a legitimate witness. What do you think it was about Bondi that pushed Trump to end up doing this?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:41
2
What led to Trump firing Pam Bondi?
5:41–11:16
3
How does the MAGA movement react to political accountability?
11:16–15:17
4
What is the significance of Todd Blanche's appointment?
15:17–20:37
5
How does the podcast address Trump’s leadership style?
20:37–33:51
Speakers
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