Trump’s Made for TV Occupation of D.C.
August 12, 2025
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Episode 1049 · August 12, 2025
Trump’s Made for TV Occupation of D.C.
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<p>Flanked by half his cabinet and citing crimes against a DOGE staffer, Donald Trump announces that he’s deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and federalizing the city’s police department. Jon and Lovett react to Trump's desperate show of force, then break down his new plan to negotiate a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and JD Vance’s latest attempt to spin the Epstein files crisis as “full transparency.” Then, Lovett talks to The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick about his big new investigation into how much the Trump family is profiting off of the presidency.</p><p> </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/9owSuKZA_mI">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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