Bill Kristol: POTUS, the Macho Madman

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<p>In threatening to bomb Iran to smithereens, Trump seems to be motivated by a combination of frustration, vengeance, and wanting to look like a tough guy. But he also has a God complex. Destroying the country's bridges and its entire energy infrastructure has nothing to do with nukes—and everything to do with war crimes. Plus, the soldiers and airmen who carried out the daring rescue mission over the weekend hail from the "woke and weak" era of the U.S. military, Trump should be impeached, his family has ties with military contracts involved in the war effort, and there are rumors of at least one SCOTUS retirement this year. </p><p><strong>Bill Kristol</strong> joins Tim Miller.</p><p><em>show notes:<br /></em><br /></p></div><ul>

<li><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/impeach-him-again-resistance-executive-branch-congress-trump-corruption?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">Monday's "Morning Shots"</a></li>

<li><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/dems-huffing-the-hopium-2026-midterms?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">Lauren on the Democrats feeling electoral hopium </a></li>

<li><a href="https://x.com/TimesRadio/status/2041125220572942632?s=20">The UK's Andrew Neil on the power of the Strait of Hormuz v the Bomb</a></li>

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