Bill Kristol: Trump Wants Troops in Portland

<div>President Trump orders the National Guard to be deployed to Portland, Ore., after declaring it a war-ravaged city. And reports surface that the administration is considering strikes in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the military’s top generals are on their way to Quantico for a mysterious meeting called by Pete Hegseth that the president now wants to crash. Congressional leaders meet with the White House with the clock running out on the window to avert a government shutdown. And the nation reels after a weekend of violence in Michigan and North Carolina. <br /><br /><strong>Bill Kristol</strong> joins <strong>Tim Miller</strong>.<br /><br /><em>Show Notes:<br /></em><br /></div><ul>

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