Bill Kristol: Trump Wants All-out Kleptocracy
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How did Trump influence stock market decisions?
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Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. It is Monday. He is back, editor-at-large of the Bulwark, 4th of July content creator extraordinaire, Bill Kristol. You were working this weekend.
A little bit. In between World Cup games, obviously. But it was too hot to go outside. And I was kind of avoiding watching Trump and his attempt to hijack the 250th. So it was World Cup and a little bit of work.
Yeah, we'll get to the World Cup at the end. I also miss Trump. You said you were trying to watch Trump or trying to avoid Trump?
Yes, trying and succeeding in avoiding Trump. Then I had to discuss it a bit with Sam Stein on Sunday. But, you know, luckily Sam had watched it. So I was able to just play off him, you know.
Okay, well, you're ahead of me because I just decided I'm going dark. I know this is my job and I'm paid by you people and entrusted by you people to watch this sort of thing. But it's midnight, so whatever, 11 o'clock on the 4th of July. I took my daughter and a neighbor kid. We went up to the roof of a... hospital parking garage maybe against the rules to watch all the fireworks around town i came home i was like i'm not gonna turn this on why would i do this to myself and the next morning i woke up and i was like i'm not gonna re-watch it why would i do that to myself so i don't know how it was and uh you know we there's much to have been said about it in the lead up and we did it is sad and unfortunate that uh
Our 250th anniversary could not have been more of a unifying celebration. I do, to your point about the World Cup, I do think that it's been kind of just replaced by, you know, there was a vacuum and it was filled, mostly, we'll get to that at the end, mostly by the World Cup team. So that's all. Do you have any other deep thoughts for people who are desperate for... observations about his speech?
Just that I think Trump's attempt to hijack it basically failed. I think, you know, 98% of Americans were ignoring what was happening in Washington or, you know, enjoying July 4th in a pretty traditional way in their neighborhoods and their backyards and their local high schools, you know, watching fireworks or like you, semi-legally on the roofs of garages watching fireworks. Seriously, that's what people do on July 4th and they go to swimming pools and it's hot here. We went to our little neighborhood get-together on July 4th. It's usually a little parade, little kids in their tricycles kind of thing. It was too hot, actually, so they just assembled in one area where there was some shade and mixed and mingled and provided red, white, and blue popsicles.
But it was charming and it was nice. And I was there about 45 minutes, several Bulwark readers and viewers, I'm happy to say. No talk of Trump, actually, except for the implicitly, I'd say, and the praise for the Bulwark. But, you know, just chatting about... What was people's lives and what was going on and how their kids were and so forth.
What are the implications of Trump's insider trading claims?
So that reassured me that the huge bulk of America was able to tune out Trump, I think.
A federalist, a small d democratic, Fourth of July, us and our communities. That feels right. Well, the president is back this morning, up early. ringing the bell in the Oval Office. This all just all feels so gauche and inappropriate. And it was the first joint opening of the NASDAQ and the Dow to announce the Trump accounts. He just put his name on them. In his remarks, he mentions Michael Dell, who contributed to those accounts.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Trump influence stock market decisions?
0:08–3:45
2
What are the implications of Trump's insider trading claims?
3:45–7:41
3
How does the podcast analyze the concept of kleptocracy?
7:41–11:28
4
What are the risks of factional fighting among Democrats?
11:28–15:17
5
How does Michael Cohen's role reflect on Trump's administration?
15:17–18:25
6
What were the reactions to Trump's July 4th speech?
18:25–22:11
7
What is the significance of the World Cup in the current political climate?
22:11–25:02
8
How does the episode conclude on the future of American politics?
25:02–54:12
Speakers
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