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JD Vance Humiliated Himself for Trump

2026-01-05 News & Politics
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Toppling the leader of Venezuela looks to be about greed and Trump's vanity. It's not about national security, and is likely to produce bad outcomes—including more repression of ordinary Venezuelans and more refugees fleeing the country. And even the monetary value of plundering a sovereign country's oil is vastly overstated. Meanwhile, fake imagery of Venezuelans celebrating in response to the US intervention are being shared across social media, and a polymarket bet before the strike smacks of insider trading. Plus, the idiocy of the Donroe Doctrine, JD Vance should shut up, Tim Walz was not ready for national politics, Hegseth looks like a total dork over the censure of Mark Kelly, and Tim reads from the Monday Mailbag. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller. Show Notes: Will Saletan's guide on the other countries Trump could target: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/which-countries-will-trump-invade-next-after-venezuela-maduro Monday's "Morning Shots," including Mark Hertling on the "belly-button rule": https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/danger-and-foolishness-of-trump-foreign-policy Tim’s 2025 Music Year in Review: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/tim-miller-2025-music-year-in-review Get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping, when you head to Smalls.com/THEBULWARK Go to helixsleep.com/Bulwark for 27% Off Sitewide Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code THEBULWARK at  mudwtr.com/THEBULWARK! #mudwtrpod  Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@latebloomer5517 2026-01-05

Having a competent military is not especially reassuring when the commander-in-chief is crazy.

510 22 replies
@patriciablank5358 2026-01-06

As a retired Air Force officer, I take the threats to a hero like Mark Kelly very seriously. We are retired and we are citizens and we have the right to free speech. Mark Kelly hasn't done anything that merits censure or demotion. I'm appalled by Hegseth and his rhetoric.

419 22 replies
@Ariesgrl 2026-01-05

Elect a Republican President, expect an unnecessary war and an economic recession. It has happened for the last 35 years. 🤷‍♀️

349 28 replies
@TrudyVanDyke-sq9uh 2026-01-05

Never praise the military for “job well done”, when they are doing a dictator’s dirty work. This is an evil regime.

285 17 replies
@candace2117 2026-01-05

When are we going to learn? We SUCK at regime change. We SUCK at nation building. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan…need I say more. We SUCK at this.

200 24 replies
@georgeharris6851 2026-01-06

Mark Kelly has said that he is going to fight any administrative action against him. In part to keep the administration from intimidating other veterans.

174 6 replies
@toddschofield725 2026-01-05

Maduro is wrong for Venezuela trump is wrong for America & two wrongs dont make a right

170 8 replies
@jamessanderson7045 2026-01-06

It takes a village to produce an idiot; it takes a country like America to produce a presidential one..

170 3 replies
@David-l6c3w 2026-01-06

Very strange how some Americans think that national pride, dignity, and independence are uniquely American traits and not common to most people around the world.

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@pamelaponiatowski3529 2026-01-06

Tim Walz was a great choice.♥️ More integrity in his little finger than the entire administration. I want decency, integrity, intelligence, empathy in our next leaders and I will not compromise on any of them but especially integrity. His authenticity was a draw, he was exactly who we was, until the campaign strategists just got to him and told him to be something else. He could've dissected JD Vance. It was very evident when both Kamala and Tim started being cautious. It did us no favors.

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