Emptywheel Friday: No Gremlins, All Chaos: Marcy Wheeler on Trump's Collapsing Empire
Summary
Marcy Wheeler joins Nicole Sandler to critique Trump’s failed foreign policy, including renaming Lake Ontario and ineffective Iran sanctions, while analyzing his declining physical health. They discuss John Ratcliffe’s meeting with Putin, the purging of national security experts, and the crisis on the USS Lincoln where sailors jumped due to extreme deployment conditions. The episode also covers Hakeem Jeffries’ leadership and the administration’s suppression of military press coverage.
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