Bill Kristol: Trump Has Lost the Plot
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What distractions has Trump faced since taking office?
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How has Trump's approach to Ukraine-Russia evolved?
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What is the significance of Trump's alleged Medicaid fraud in Minnesota?
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Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. We are back post-Christmas break. Bill Crystal, I saw you notice that our Department of Homeland Security wished everyone a Merry Christmas and said we are blessed to share a nation and a savior. Which isn't quite right, I don't think. But the Merry Christmas part was okay.
How does Bill Kristol view Trump's impact on his supporters?
Yeah.
Well, now we can say that again. We couldn't say that during Biden. So it's nice to be able to wish my non-Jewish neighbors, most of whom are non-Jewish, I would say, you know, Merry Christmas. And even some of the Jews wish each other Merry Christmas sometimes. Is that right? Why shouldn't we enjoy it? Well, as someone wrote a good piece on the...
bulwark website it's kind of an american holiday at this point almost a secular holiday as well as a religious one right so that's fine that's fine i felt that way santa for example not in the bible right yeah i was talking to sam stein about this and santa does not does not come to the stein household and i was like why not yeah we don't do that either i don't know it's different people have different customs but yeah
Okay, all right.
What are the implications of Trump's fundraising tactics?
We're exhausted giving them the, unfortunately, or fortunately, Hanukkah, which is a minor Jewish holiday, of course, but it's become bigger because of its proximity to Christmas. It's eight days, so we're exhausted, the signs and the crystals, from giving the kids eight days of presents. So it's like the last thing we need is Santa coming. But, of course, the 12 days of Christmas, people don't really observe that, right? That's a thing from the past. I mean, it's a wonderful song performed by the... By the Bulwark Choir there. People should take a look at that. Organized by Catherine Rappel. I don't think I was that impressed.
How is the DOJ handling the Epstein case?
I was there to make everyone else look good. And, of course, Edgar was there to show that there is a genuine star in the Bulwark.
Yeah, Andrew Edgar can sing. We'll put that in the show notes. Apparently he was in the Hillsdale Abraham Lincoln Choir. We learned over the break. Speaking of Edgar, here's a nice newsletter. It looks like you were off this morning. Yeah. Despite, you know, I don't know.
What are the effects of misinformation on political discourse?
You could have worked.
I contributed behind the scenes. There's a lot of subtle editing that people aren't catching up on.
Well, Andrew Egger wrote The Morning Shot this morning, and thank goodness, because it was wonderful.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What distractions has Trump faced since taking office?
0:00–0:48
2
How has Trump's approach to Ukraine-Russia evolved?
0:48–1:46
3
What is the significance of Trump's alleged Medicaid fraud in Minnesota?
1:46–2:34
4
How does Bill Kristol view Trump's impact on his supporters?
2:34–3:15
5
What are the implications of Trump's fundraising tactics?
3:15–3:49
6
How is the DOJ handling the Epstein case?
3:49–4:10
7
What are the effects of misinformation on political discourse?
4:10–4:39
8
What cultural references are made regarding Brigitte Bardot?
4:39–54:21
Speakers
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