Daily Take: Democracy Is Eroding Faster Than Experts Predicted: A Trump Insider’s Resignation Helps Explain Why
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
What he saw from inside the system, and why his departure signals that the guardrails are collapsing faster than anyone on the outside fully understands…
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Quince has the everyday essentials I love with quality that lasts. |
| 0:04.0 | Lightweight cashmere sweaters, short-sleeved Mongolian cashmere polos, linen bottoms and shorts, |
| 0:09.0 | tis and 100% Pima cotton and European jersey linen. |
| 0:13.0 | These are the versatile pieces that make a wardrobe actually work season to season. |
| 0:18.0 | Their clothing is rated between 4.5 and 5 stars by thousands of people wearing it every day, including me, and the only partner with factories that |
| 0:25.3 | meet rigorous standards for both craftsmanship and ethical production. I'm one of those people who's |
| 0:30.3 | always cold, so I love their cashmere sweaters. I have several, and they are my go-toes. |
| 0:35.5 | Right now, go to quince.com slash Tom, T-H-O-M for free shipping and |
| 0:39.6 | 365-day returns. That's a full year to build your wardrobe and love it. And you will. Now available |
| 0:46.1 | in Canada, too, by the way. Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last. Go to Q-U-I-N-C-E.com |
| 0:53.0 | slash Tom, T-H-O-M for free shipping and 365-day returns. |
| 0:57.8 | Quince.com slash Tom. |
| 1:00.4 | Democracy is eroding faster than experts predicted. |
| 1:04.2 | A Trump insider's resignation helps explain why. |
| 1:08.7 | Trump is dismantling our American democracy with alarming speed, and the resignation |
| 1:12.9 | of the Trump-appointed director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, is a symptom of it. |
| 1:20.4 | Kent, a hardcore MAGA Republican who ran two failed Trump-denorsed campaigns for Congress before |
| 1:26.0 | Trump put him in charge of counterterrorism |
| 1:28.0 | was adjacent to the very highest levels of our national security apparatus, had all the inside |
| 1:32.9 | information, and not only resigned, but salted the earth on his way out, writing, quote, |
| 1:38.3 | Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to |
| 1:42.7 | pressure from Israel and its powerful |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Thom Hartmann, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Thom Hartmann and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

