Donald Trump Runs the Military & The Role of Militias - Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

If Donald Trump is still allegedly the president, does that also mean he’s in charge of the military? According to MAGA rally goers, yes. Jordan Klepper dives deeper into conspiracy theories surrounding the military with Paul Szoldra, the editor of The Ruck, a weekly newsletter focused on defense and national security. They discuss theories like Jade Helm, how servicemembers react to conspiracy theories, and how high-ranking officials like General Michael Flynn abuse their credibility to spread them. They are joined by Dr. Amy Cooter of Middlebury College who breaks down her research on militia groups like the Oath Keepers, the overlap between members and veterans, and how militias approach “defending” their country.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central!
0:02.6	BAM!
0:03.6	Hey, it's Roy Wood Jr. correspondent for The Daily Show.
0:07.9	Up next is an episode of a new Daily Show podcast from my friend and Daily Show contributor,
0:12.7	Jordan Klepper.
0:13.7	Klepper is going deeper into some of the conspiracy theories he's heard in the past seven years
0:18.7	on the Trump campaign trail.
0:20.7	Enjoy this episode of Jordan Klepper Fingers The Conspiracy.
0:24.8	Take it away, Jordan!
0:25.8	It's been two years since Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, and although a stubbornly
0:33.6	high number of Republicans still don't believe he lost, they are at least coming around
0:37.7	to the reality that he is no longer the president.
0:41.0	Who is running the government right now?
0:42.7	President Trump.
0:43.7	Well, most of them are.
0:46.2	For some, the truth is just too much to bear.
0:48.7	I found this out firsthand, but I was told that a migraly that Trump is still in charge
0:54.0	of the military.
0:55.0	He's running the government.
0:56.0	And the military.
0:57.0	And he's running the military.
0:58.7	So we should blame him for what happened in Afghanistan.
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