Trump Looks Unwell on the World Stage (w/ Mike Murphy) | The Bulwark Podcast

Trump is taking billion dollar bribes for his ‘Board of Peace,’ where he can pretend he’ll be the head of a new world order in partnership with Putin. He’s also looking for his next foreign policy adventure since he didn’t get any mileage with Greenland or Iran. And he’s acting like sociast-fascist Juan Peron—taking stakes in U.S. companies while continuing to sic the American gestapo on the twin cities. Meanwhile, a handful of House Dems took a bad vote to fund DHS. Plus, the latest in the annals of unlikeable JD, Gavin’s trolling of MAGA has served him well, Trump is no friend to the domestic auto industry, CEOs are so short-sighted, and Kash Patel is a total clown. Mike Murphy joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod. Show Notes: Andrew's reporting on DHS's lies in Minnesota: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/deadly-keystone-cops-ice-dhs-chunly-thao-minnesota-minneapolis-jack-smith-congress-testimony?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Tim's 'Take' on JD's press conference in Minneapolis: https://youtu.be/WDjdY_zkemM More on Mike's polling on the potential CA wealth tax measure: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/california-billionaire-tax-faces-uphill-battle-new-poll-finds.html "Hacks on Tap" podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacks-on-tap/id1467297559 Jonathan Chait on the problems with Newsom's record: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/gavin-newsom-record-democrat-california/685423/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfBwITngss3hBy5ahZElLK0X0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share Tim's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dApY6YT48kTh6j9xFDQch Chapters: 00:00 Welcome 01:06 Trump’s Davos performance and the “Board of Peace” 03:19 Foreign leaders react to Trump’s chaos 05:10 Gaza, Vietnam analogies, and strategic stupidity 06:02 Permanent damage to alliances and Europe’s response 07:29 Republican silence and the “no better caucus” 09:47 Ukraine, Iran, and Trump’s headline chasing 12:37 Economy vibes, polling snapback, and grocery bills 15:36 JD Vance, Titanic metaphors, and midterm fallout 19:57 Trump, Vance, and the 2028 Republican future 21:40 CEOs, deregulation, and short-term thinking 26:57 Autos, EVs, China, and industrial policy failure 33:39 ICE, civil liberties, and state resistance 39:26 Gavin Newsom, trolling Trump, and 2028 positioning 42:27 California’s record and political liabilities 45:20 Wealth taxes, billionaires, and bad ballot policy 49:33 FBI chaos, Cash Patel, and global embarrassment Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join