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An Idiot's Tantrum Is Now U.S. Foreign Policy (w/ Bill Kristol) | The Bulwark Podcast

2026-01-19 News & Politics
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The president's demented rant that the United States has to take Greenland because the Nobel committee has not awarded him his much coveted peace prize is farcical and embarrassing—we are in 25th Amendment territory. At the same time, Trump's alternate claim that conquering the island is about being tough on Russia is so phony since he's busy trying to help give Ukraine to Putin. Meanwhile, ICE agents' constant videotaping of members of the public may be tied to their use of facial recognition software. Plus, in this particularly horrible period of news, we are remembering the hope and optimism that pushed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to fight for a better America. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller for the holiday pod. Show Notes: Tim's interview with "Minnesota Angry Man," Chris Ostroushko: https://youtu.be/d83vDDlqM_Y The holiday-themed Bulwark Pod with Wright Thompson: https://youtu.be/ZAsElygZ2SU Monday's "Morning Shots": https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/celebrate-a-king-not-a-trump-mlk-jr-day-norway-denmark-greenland-nobel?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Right now you can get 50% off any new system, this month only. Go to SIMPLISAFE.com/thebulwark Go to Dupe.com today and find similar products for less. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and MLK Day context 01:30 Trump’s Greenland obsession and tariff threat 05:20 Europe, NATO, and pushing allies toward China 08:30 Trump’s Nobel Prize grievance and Norway message 10:45 Congress’s failure to restrain Trump 13:30 Bipartisan Denmark trip and fake moderation 15:40 Ukraine, Putin, and Trump’s global chaos 17:08 Simplisafe.com 20:30 Epstein files stall and GOP silence 23:20 DOJ targeting Minnesota leaders 25:40 ICE abuses and court pushback 28:14 Dupe.com 29:10 Facial recognition and masked enforcement 36:30 Abolish ICE vs Defund the Police 42:40 Abigail Spanberger and governing under Trump 45:50 MLK Day, national parks, and Trump’s erasure 47:30 Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@markfeland2285 2026-01-19

Republicans could have stopped all of this nonsense at any time, the fact they refuse to act makes them 100% complicit

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@joecrowaz 2026-01-19

Mitch McConnell could have stopped it 10 years ago

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@steadfastanddomino 2026-01-19

The cowardice in the Republican party makes me sick to my stomach. Total abdication of their sworn duty and total subservience to a madman. Sickening, absolutely sickening.

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@Donna-s6v 2026-01-19

Canada Border Services Agency just stopped a tractor trailer from the US, full of heroin, attempting to enter Canada. Note, the drug traffickers were apprehended, not EXECUTED.

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@modloz-jm9qy 2026-01-19

Over 400,000 Americans died in WW2. They gave up their lives to fight for the US and what it stood for. And now these spineless Republicans in Congress aren't brave enough to risk their seat in government to stand up for their country. Pure cowardice.

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@hrvojesvetec3058 2026-01-19

As an European, im telling you, no...I PROMISE that i will NEVER EVER visit America, support America....red line IS CROSSED now.

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@LoriPatterson-sq4un 2026-01-19

Congress is failing the American People!

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@donaldcarlin6385 2026-01-19

Hopefully someday a federal court will take every cent from trump and every family member as reparations for the trillions they have stolen from this country.

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@williamturner7389 2026-01-19

“I got cheated out of the Nobel Peace Prize, so why should I pursue a policy of peace?” This thinking from our stable genius President.

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@patrickc3103 2026-01-20

Time for a House and Senate speech regarding the mental state of the president. This is serious malignant narcissism in a final stage. He sees himself dying soon. He will burn it all down.

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