David French: Trump’s Expanding Power

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.9 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Charlie Sykes is joined by David French to unpack a week of alarming developments — from Trump’s threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act and deployment of troops to Chicago, to the stunning announcement of a Qatari military base on U.S. soil. Together, they explore how rhetoric, legality, and raw power collide in a presidency that continually tests constitutional limits. Amid escalating tensions at home and abroad, what happens when extraordinary powers become the new normal?

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