309: Politics NOT As Usual with Senator Angus King
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
James and Al call out how Trump continues catering to authoritarians around the world and stand up for diversity-focused policies in the military and civil service before welcoming Independent Senator from Maine, Angus King. They discuss the dangers of Trump’s guardrail-free presidency, looking at whether the administration will protect Medicaid for the millions of Americans who rely on it, the effect of DOGE on government spending, and how the new administration’s priorities affect the coming budget battle. They also examine if Trump’s foreign policy reflects our national priorities and explain the impact of his changes on the future of international relations.
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
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| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. Music Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carvel and I'm Al Hunt. |
| 0:46.7 | This week, our guest is the United States Senator from the state of Maine, which has produced more great politicians. |
| 0:54.0 | This one is |
| 0:54.7 | Angus King. Remember, we love taking your questions, so write to PoliticsWorham at gmail.com |
| 1:01.0 | or send a tweet to add Politicon for next week's show. Now, we're going to get to as many as we can, |
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| 1:47.3 | James, I'm going to try something slightly different this week. |
| 1:48.1 | There's so much happen. |
| 1:53.6 | I'm just going to kind of out, you know, just in shorthand form, go through five or six things and then turn it over to you, and you tell me what it all means. |
| 1:56.4 | Trump, except a $400 million super jet for his presidential and then personal use from gutter. |
| 2:02.9 | A gift of that size is not any unethical. It should violate the Constitution's a monument's clause. |
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