312: The Haves & The Have-Yachts with Evan Osnos
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
James and Al celebrate the daring attack by Ukrainian forces against the Russian Air Force and put Trump through the wringer for his treatment of vets and the military while neglecting our allies. From there, they look at how Democrats can take advantage and welcome journalist Evan Osnos. Together, they expose the perils of wealth inequality in our new Gilded Age, explore what the policies addressing current class imbalance would look like, and discuss how to take power back from the oligarchy when people like Elon are seemingly being given the keys to the castle (or at least the White House).
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to politics war room with James Carville and I'm Alhun. |
| 0:14.8 | This week our guest is Evan Osnos, a writer for the New Yorker and the author of The Havs and Have Yachts, |
| 0:22.4 | Dispatches on the Ultra Rich. How timely. Now remember, we love taking your questions, |
| 0:27.5 | so write to PoliticsWorougham at e-mail.com or send a tweet to At Politicon for next week's show. |
| 0:33.8 | We'll get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from. |
| 0:38.0 | You also can get text updates about what's next for Politicon and Politics Warroom by signing up at politicon.com. |
| 0:45.8 | So tell your friends about us. |
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| 0:52.9 | And please check out the links to our sponsors. |
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| 1:01.8 | It helps make this podcast happen. |
| 1:05.1 | Hey, James, you might remember that Donald Trump promised |
| 1:09.3 | he would end the Russian-Ukraine war on day one. |
| 1:14.2 | It's now day 134, and this war is raging. |
| 1:18.8 | But then Trump and J.D. Vance, in a setup with cameras in the Oval Office, thought it was |
| 1:23.6 | a great idea to insult a Democratic ally, Ukraine President Zelensky. |
| 1:28.5 | Trump tried to humiliating him by saying, in this war, you have no cards. |
| 1:33.6 | Zelensky actually has something much bigger, drones, |
| 1:36.6 | and a brilliant secret plan to use trucks with detachable roofs |
| 1:40.3 | to get close enough to Russian air bases, |
| 1:42.8 | and in a masterful strategic launch attack, |
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