Steve Schmidt joins me to break down my reporting on the private Republican alarm over Pete Hegseth, Trump’s war strategy, and the growing sense that no one is really in control.
Republicans might have regrets, but the only way to prove their true concern is for disgruntled Republicans to get on board to pass the 25th Amendment. Otherwise, we need to table this discussion until the November midterms. I think time is of essence.
Embedding journalists is BS too though! Journalists in Viet Nam got the real stories because they were free and running around wherever they wanted to go. This "embedding" journalists with the military was started by Bush as a way to control the narrative. Trump has just taken that even further.
That’s the problem. Private republicans. They have no spine. They are afraid of him. The irony is that saving the Republican Party would be speaking out on him. But they think going along is just going to get them votes. It will give the democrats the house and senate and the presidency. Americans want change. Because they think one party is lying to them. And they think that party is consistent with the lie. That’s just facts. That’s the way it works. It happened with Bush when we elected Obama. Americans thought the war was a lie and they took it out on the party. If Americans see a party with no spine they don’t trust that party. Politically for republicans they are just handing it all over the Democrats.
Republicans might have regrets, but the only way to prove their true concern is for disgruntled Republicans to get on board to pass the 25th Amendment. Otherwise, we need to table this discussion until the November midterms. I think time is of essence.
Embedding journalists is BS too though! Journalists in Viet Nam got the real stories because they were free and running around wherever they wanted to go. This "embedding" journalists with the military was started by Bush as a way to control the narrative. Trump has just taken that even further.
That’s the problem. Private republicans. They have no spine. They are afraid of him. The irony is that saving the Republican Party would be speaking out on him. But they think going along is just going to get them votes. It will give the democrats the house and senate and the presidency. Americans want change. Because they think one party is lying to them. And they think that party is consistent with the lie. That’s just facts. That’s the way it works. It happened with Bush when we elected Obama. Americans thought the war was a lie and they took it out on the party. If Americans see a party with no spine they don’t trust that party. Politically for republicans they are just handing it all over the Democrats.
Take the $200B out of ICE's budget
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Tho come to think of it, the whole Cabinet plus potus are worthless.
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“WAR”
So maybe we have a version of Eric Trump as the new Iranian Ayatollah - that's just great!
Always a great civilized conversation.