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Trump’s Idiotic “Mad Man” Strategy Has Collapsed (w/ Sam Stein) | The Bulwark Podcast

2026-04-22 News & Politics
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Trump's madman antics got him into a game of chicken with Iran, but he's up against people who are even crazier than he is. And he is not likely to get a deal with Tehran that is any better than Obama's nuclear agreement—which Trump called the worst deal in the world. Plus, the Virginia win is another reminder that Dems can effectively play hardball, Kevin Warsh is looking like an alarming pick for the Fed, the media coverage of the mass shooting in Shreveport was almost non-existent, MAGA is obsessed with Mamdani, Sam and Tim have new Cabinet rankings, and is there a way to stop Kushner from making deals with Sharia law countries? Sam Stein joins Tim Miller. Get the Harry’s Plus Trial Set for only $10 at https://www.harrys.com/THEBULWARK #Harryspod Learn a new language and get up to 60% off your subscription at https://babbel.com/BULWARK Show Notes: Catherine on Warsh failing the big test in his confirmation hearing https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-fed-chair-nominee-kevin-warsh-fails-the-big-test-inflation-interest-rates-senators Will Saletan on the latest anti-MAMDANI bill: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/chip-roy-deportation-nation-bill-mamdani Jonathan on the national media largely ignoring the mass shooting in Louisiana: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/america-just-shrugged-at-the-largest-mass-shooting-in-years-shreveport-louisiana-guns Tim, Sam, and Sommer on Candace vs. Loomer: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/laura-loomers-unhinged-crusade-is Tim on the Nuggets pod, CSG: https://bleav.com/shows/csg-podcast/episodes/csg-921-tim-miller-looks-back-at-a-weird-nugget-season-and-previews-the-nuggets-vs-wolves/ Tickets for our Bulwark Live shows in San Diego and LA in May: https://thebulwark.com/events Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@christinaflores1557 2026-04-22

Am I the only who thinks that 33% is still way too high as an approval rating?

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@bozo12141 2026-04-22

It’s not a “madman” tactic. It’s a “dumbfuck” strategy

302 8 replies
@specialk5257 2026-04-22

Tim and Sam are the best part of my day. Thank you, Bulwark.

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@marybrown7203 2026-04-22

If he can't say who won the 2020 election, he cannot be trusted to tell the truth on anything. It is the best question to ask everyone, every time they're under oath.

239 4 replies
@bradhombre6912 2026-04-22

We can recover from a bad economy. The damage from destroying all of our international relationships will be much more consequential, much longer lasting and harder to undo.

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@nsemenenko9753 2026-04-22

There is no " madman strategy". There is just a mad man.

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@lme2355 2026-04-22

You know it’s bad when we believe Iran over the Whitehouse. 😳

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@SigmaWhy 2026-04-23

Something Sam might be missing re: the "who won the 2020 election" question: It's important to get these treasonous maggots on the record in sworn testimony denying basic tenets of reality so that in a future Dem Administration when we're holding Nuremberg Trials that we have evidence with which to justify their permanent removal from society for treason. These demons deserve the harshest available penalty.,

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@MarkThevenot 2026-04-23

The only way to get Republicans to be against gerrymandering is to be better at it than they are.

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@oldcats-n1c 2026-04-22

People have been cleaning up after Trump his whole life. If it wasn't Roy Cohn it was other lawyers. In his private life, it was the women. He just shits all over the rug and keeps walking. Everyone else cleans up after him. That's why he has no respect for anyone, especially women.

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