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"Useful IDIOT" — Trump Official on Bari Weiss

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December 29, 2025

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Reporter Prem Thakker lays out how Trump insiders privately describe Bari Weiss as a “useful idiot” while benefiting from her media decisions.

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Prem Thakker is a reporter at Zeteo News. He was previously a politics reporter at The Intercept, and is a former reporter at The New Republic. His work has also appeared in The American Prospect, Washington Monthly, CNN podcasts, and his newsletter Better World.

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