373: From D-Day To The Strait Of Hormuz with Max Boot & Nick Mueller
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.6 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 91 minutes
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250 Year Competition
Vote for which of Trump’s insiders you think the Founding Fathers would send back to England
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James and Al review the performance of Democrats in Tuesday’s elections, examining what it can tell us about the midterms, the quality of the candidates, and the importance of keeping voters engaged to drive turnout. Then, they welcome the Council on Foreign Relations’ Max Boot to discuss Trump’s foreign policy, his relationship with the intelligence community, and the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Afterward, they are joined by the President and CEO Emeritus of the National WWII Museum, Nick Mueller, to reflect on the anniversary of D-Day, the legacy of WWII, and the value of educating future generations about its impact.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to politics war room with James Carvel and I'm Al Hunt. This week, our guests |
| 0:15.5 | are the president and CEO emeritus of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Nick Mueller, and the Senior Fellow |
| 0:24.4 | for National Security Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs columnist |
| 0:29.8 | extraordinaire Max Boot. Now remember, we love taking your questions. So write to Politics |
| 0:35.3 | World Room at gmail.com for next week's show. We'll get to as many |
| 0:39.3 | as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from. You also can get text updates about what's |
| 0:45.4 | next for Politicon and Politics Warroom by signing up at Politicon.com. Tell your friends about us and |
| 0:53.1 | remind them to subscribe on apple podcast spotify or wherever |
| 0:57.4 | you get your podcast and please check out the links to our sponsors delete me quince herz w l |
| 1:06.0 | and three day blinds and our episode show notes We really thank you for supporting them because these |
| 1:12.1 | sponsors are what helped make this podcast happen. And we have a treat for you coming up to |
| 1:17.3 | celebrate the 250th. We're going to have you respond to another survey in celebration of America's |
| 1:24.5 | 250th. Over the next month, we want you to answer which member of the Trump |
| 1:29.8 | administration is so bad that the founding fathers were here to see them, they would send |
| 1:35.7 | them back to England or not. Your choices are going to be Pete Hexeth, Todd Blanche, Scott Besson, |
| 1:42.5 | Stephen Miller, and Cash Patel. We had a fun time with that survey a year ago. |
| 1:47.5 | I think this one will be a perfect way to celebrate the 250th and will announce the results the week of July 4th. |
| 1:54.9 | To vote, answer using the survey link in the episode show notes. The polls are open and you have a month to vote. |
| 2:03.8 | James, I think Tuesday was a good night for the Democrats with California the least relevant in |
| 2:11.4 | many ways. To start in the East, in New Jersey, in the 7th Congressional District, the Democrats |
| 2:16.5 | chose a mainstream progressive, Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot and commander, Mikey Cheryl, Jr. |
| 2:24.2 | With stripes, she's going to beat the absent incumbent Republican Tom Kane. |
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