186. Trump’s War Delusion & Kash Patel’s Big Problem
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Is the US running out of weapons?
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Welcome to The Rest Is Politics U.S. with me, Cady Kaye. Anthony Scaramucci is off making a movie with his son, which is super exciting. He's been sending me the photos and he is, thank goodness, playing the villain. He looks like a James Bond villain, so I think he's having a good time. But I'm joined instead by former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and RNC chair and now co-host of The Weeknight on MSNAM, Michael Steele. Welcome back to the program by popular demand, Michael.
Top of the morning, cheerio, all that good stuff. How you doing? What's up?
When the King went before Congress, the best thing he said was, by Jove, Mr. Speaker.
I love it. I love it. There were so many good moments with the King in the well of the Congress. First off, Again, the history of that, it was just so profound and it's so rich for us in America, given our relationship with Great Britain and certainly with the British people and the humor that he brought but also a little bit of the, hey, can I remind you guys why you kind of stepped away from the family in the first place, you know, conversation? I thought it was all well done and he was so well received. It was amazing how the American people responded to his being here. There was genuine interest and genuine delight. So thank you for sharing the King for a few days.
He gave us a little bit of time when both Democrats and Republicans seemed to agree on one thing, which is that they were all slightly starstruck by monarchy. So who knew? Anyway, long live the king. He is gone now. We're going to talk about Trump. Trump saying that he doesn't care about American finances. Does the president care about Americans' pocketbooks? We're going to be answering that question, looking at also how Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration's handling of the Iran war. All of this, of course, tied up with very bad economic numbers that have come out that even former Trump officials are getting a bashing for on television. And then in the second half of the program, we're going to get into another dramatic hearing up on Capitol Hill, which was Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, who is sparring with lawmakers over excessive drinking.
I happen to think they should be focusing on all of the agents who have been fired at the FBI, which may be making Americans less safe. But anyway, we'll get into all of that. So let's start. And dive in, Michael. The president of the United States may have just said the quiet part out loud. Here is what he said as he was leaving for China. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody. And then he got on a plane and flew over to the other side of the world. How many Democratic campaign ads is that clip going to turn up in? I mean, it's just like... Here's your gift, Democrats. Let's run on that.
And there's so there's so many over the past year and a half that touch on even before you get into the nuts and bolts of the affordability argument that Democrats have, I say, quite successfully layered up as part of the political conversation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Is the US running out of weapons?
0:05–10:42
2
What is the financial impact of the Iran war on Americans?
10:42–13:26
3
How does Trump's attitude affect American finances?
13:26–15:16
4
What are the implications of Kash Patel's congressional hearing?
15:16–17:00
5
Why are former FBI agents being fired?
17:00–20:07
6
What are the economic consequences of the Iran war?
20:07–22:13
7
How does Trump's foreign policy impact domestic issues?
22:13–26:45
8
What lessons can be learned from the Trump administration's approach?
26:45–44:40
Speakers
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