Tom Nichols: There’s Something Wrong with the President
5/13/20261 hr 7 min
p’s recent insomnia-induced, Obama-obsessed posting spree showed a level of paranoia and delusion that should be raising real concerns about the mental health of our commander-in-chief. The new blotch on his neck to go with the giant bruises on his hands is not helping matters. Is the DOJ mulling a $10 billion IRS settlement with Trump to try to ease his emotional distress over his seeming loss in Iran? Plus, Gorka’s half-baked “official” counterterrorism strategy, Tim did ask Comey about the Hillary email investigation in a previous interview, and the poll numbers for POTUS are worse than they were after Jan 6.
Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller for a special LIVE pod.
show notes
- Tom on the administration's counterterrorism strategy
- Tim's interview with Comey last year
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[upbeat music] Hey, everybody. Hello, and welcome to The Bulwark podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. We are doing it live today. We're doing it live. We had an all-hands meeting. Um, th- thankfully it went better than the Iranian all-hands meeting, uh, couple months ago. Um, we're all alive and well, but I could not tape