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Trump’s Physical Slide Is Getting Hard to Ignore (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Podcast

2025-12-01 News & Politics
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Assessing Trump Administration's Border Policy, Kleptocracy, and Foreign Relations

Analyze the administration's recent aggressive moves on immigration and foreign policy, connecting them directly to underlying financial motivations and corruption schemes. These discussions examine how official actions appear prioritized for personal enrichment rather than national interest.

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  • The administration is aggressively escalating its anti-immigrant agenda, deploying Border Patrol into major cities like New Orleans.
  • Foreign policy decisions, particularly regarding Ukraine and Venezuela, appear driven by opportunities for specific individuals close to the leadership to profit financially.
  • Record high levels of administrative corruption include granting surprising clemency to convicted fraudsters and planning pardons for convicted foreign drug traffickers. This conversation between Tim Miller and Bill Kristol dissects concerning trends where personal enrichment appears to drive major governmental decisions. They argue that the radicalization of the anti-immigrant agenda and foreign policy actions are fundamentally rooted in kleptocratic aims.

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Not only are the opportunities for personal financial gain for Trump and his White House cronies driving the administration's foreign policy decisions, his tariffs look more and more about grift. Trump also inexplicably granted clemency to a private equity exec who ripped off ordinary Americans in a Ponzi scheme, while he plans a pardon for a former Honduran president who trafficked cocaine to America—even as he orders the bombings of suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, on the immigration front, Border Patrol is moving into NOLA, and the administration is exploiting the heinous and tragic DC Guard shooting to try to rid the country of black and brown immigrants. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller. show notes Bill's 'Bulwark on Sunday' on Trump's anti-immigrant agenda https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-trumps-brutal-anti-immigrant?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Tim's 'Bulwark Take' on Scott Jennings https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tim-miller-dismantles-scott-jennings-excuses/id1794450472?i=1000738910959 WSJ's piece, "Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine" https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcVurWoiQmqY_duWvOo4lIIgTU-MyERebgZqlCVJJYSxKYYfIdP5C0SI5VDV1A%3D&gaa_ts=692dec00&gaa_sig=c5Fn2T7u6QBr8uimOuMRZNDrsYzBB60Ra0j6esyTg6TOZeh53P-2HxPzS_Ly0b05LqjRMnlXGs3HuLbB9X7yDQ%3D%3D NYT on David Sacks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/technology/david-sacks-white-house-profits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U8.Qwjr.VKhMfP3W3A8U&smid=url-share Andy McCarthy on the killing of two survivors of a missile strike in the Caribbean https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/technology/david-sacks-white-house-profits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U8.Qwjr.VKhMfP3W3A8U&smid=url-share Makeup-less Trump at Mar-a-Lago https://x.com/Timodc/status/1994920096180179359?s=20 New Bulwark merch! https://store.thebulwark.com/ Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order of $125 or more, with promo code THEBULWARK. Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@jennydiver100 2025-12-01

This administration will not stop until they are stopped.

427 16 replies
@maureensparrow4673 2025-12-01

I’m a Canadian who lives 20 miles from the border, and I’m afraid to cross it. I will not be crossing the border until Trump is out of office, if ever again.

329 44 replies
@bishopk98 2025-12-01

And Trump can’t even bother to lower the flag in honor of the dead guardsman. He lowered it for Charie Kirk, a civilian. Trump doesn’t care about soldiers except using them to further his goals.

281 16 replies
@monteirologato 2025-12-01

He's pardoning a man who vowed to "stuff the drugs right up the noses of gringos." Indefensible. Impeach now.

266 10 replies
@gundabrost9376 2025-12-01

As a German American, I feel the need to remind those who follow illegal orders that this is not an excuse

211 5 replies
@ellenbruckermarshall4179 2025-12-01

Say goodbye to doctors coming here to study. Say goodbye to college students paying full-boat tuition. Say goodbye to construction, agriculture, and hospitality industries which thrived on cheap labor. This regime is incompatible with western civilization.

196 7 replies
@WeRthe99joyhopepeace 2025-12-01

Hold All of them accountable, please.

179 1 replies
@SheilaClough-f4e 2025-12-01

They wear masks but I'm sure their names are on their paychecks! They can and will be held accountable!

147 6 replies
@Daniel-ey2gf 2025-12-01

When are people going to have enough of being assaulted by thugs funded with public money? We are paying taxes and having the money stolen, misused, and abused. F*ck that!

109 1 replies
@lynnfarkas2578 2025-12-01

We are Americans, the way this administration is handling migrants is UNAMERICAN!

96 1 replies

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