Trump CAUGHT FAKING Venezuelan DRUG BOAT BOMBING?! | ft. Steve Schmidt
September 5, 2025
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Keith Edwards discusses with Steve Schmidt—a founder of the Lincoln Project and one of the sharpest political strategists in America—the recent U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan-linked speedboat that left 11 people dead. The operation raises serious alarms about shaky legal authority, the possibility that AI-generated footage was used to justify the strike, and the troubling bypassing of Congress in authorizing such deadly force. They examine how this escalation, combined with the near-total silence of much of the media, highlights a dangerous erosion of accountability at the highest levels of government.
From there, Keith and Steve connect this moment to the broader challenges facing American democracy. They explore how Trump’s ongoing assault on democratic institutions, his attempts to delegitimize elections, and his drive to pit Americans against one another are building toward an inevitable collision with the nation’s core values.
This wide-ranging conversation situates the Venezuelan boat strike not as an isolated episode, but as part of a larger story about power, truth, and whether American democracy will bend, break, or endure.
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