Episode 126 | Trump SCRAMBLES as EXPLOITATION of Legal Loophole BACKFIRES

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump tries to flex by sending in the military to L.A. Is he trying to exploit legal loopholes? (Spoiler alert: Yes.) Renato and Asha discuss the showcase showdown Trump has instigated between the states and the feds, and how far Trump can push his dictatorial dreams before being stopped by the courts…or by the people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, Asha, can Trump use the military to invade all of our cities now?
0:06.0	Eh, it's complicated.
0:08.0	I'm Asha Rangappa. I teach national security law at Yale University.
0:17.0	I'm a former FBI special agent, and I'm a legal and national security analyst. And I'm Renata Marietti, and I'm a former FBI special agent and I'm a legal and national security analyst.
0:21.6	And I'm Renata Marietti and I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:28.6	And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down into a soundbite or a skeet.
0:34.6	Okay, well, this is definitely something that can't be boiled down into a soundbite or
0:40.5	a skeet.
0:41.5	This is actually a very complex kind of legal landscape.
0:44.5	Yeah, a lot has happened.
0:46.5	It's kind of crazy, Asha, in one week.
0:49.5	How much can change, right, on how the national debate and conversation can change? 100%. And, you know, this is all happening in the lead up to Trump having his big military parade in D.C. on Saturday.
1:04.0	He also just gave a speech at Fort Bragg and there were military personnel like cheering while in uniform.
1:12.1	It was very weird, very alarming.
1:15.9	So a lot of like military stuff.
1:18.6	And this is something that went down last weekend where Trump federalized the California National Guard and sent in National Guard troops
1:33.5	and then also sent in 700 Marines?
1:40.7	What was 7,000?
1:41.6	I can't remember.
1:42.6	I think it was, yeah, it was a lot.
1:44.5	But the bottom line is sent in federal troops who are not National Guard troops.
1:48.9	You are not National Guard.
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