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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

341: Trump Derangement Syndrome

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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News, News Commentary, Politics, National, Government

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

James and Al discuss Susie Wiles’ exposé of Trump’s administration in Vanity Fair, share their takes on her description of the people in it, MAGA’s growing schism, Rob Reiner’s legacy, and Trump’s reaction to his murder.  Then, they welcome Dr. James Densley of the Violence Prevention Project in the aftermath of mass shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach to explain the growing gun violence epidemic, what motivates the people who carry out these heinous acts, the danger of rising anti-semitism, and the policies and leadership we need to put a stop to the killing.

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Hello and welcome to politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt. This week our guest is a professor and an apartment chair of criminology at Metro State

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University and the co-founder of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center and Hamline

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University, James Denzley.

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