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Former Trump Insider Drops Bombshell, Republicans Are Done But Too Cowardly to Say It

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Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

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4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We are joined by former Trump official Miles Taylor to discuss what getting him out of office will look like.


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0:00.0

All right, Trump's illegal war in Iran is dragging on with absolutely no end in sight.

0:11.2

And Pete Hague Seth, who was wholly unqualified, a Fox News narcissist, went to Capitol Hill

0:16.2

for a second day and made very clear who he thinks the real enemy is.

0:21.9

This is breathtaking. Play the clip.

0:24.1

Adversary we face at this point are the reckless naysayers and defeatist words of congressional

0:31.2

Democrats and some Republicans. Defeatists from the cheap seats who two months in seek to undermine the incredible efforts that have

0:40.6

been undertaken and the historic nature of taking on a 47-year threat with the courage no other

0:46.9

president has had.

0:49.4

Okay.

0:50.3

To unpack this, joining me today is Miles Taylor.

0:53.9

He is the founder of defiance.org and former DHS chief of staff under Trump 1.0, who quit during the first administration in protest.

1:04.5

He is the author of New York Times number one bestseller, a warning about the dangers of a second Trump turn. Miles. How are you?

1:14.4

I'm great. Fantastic to be with you. What do you make of Pete Hagseth grandstanding and lying and saying

1:22.4

that the real enemy are Democrats and some Republicans.

1:28.3

When you see Pete Hegseth talk, you know how bad he's lying by how passionate he gets,

1:35.3

right?

1:36.3

The guy only tells the truth when it's like close to a whisper and there's very little gesticulation.

1:41.3

That's when he's telling the truth.

1:42.3

This was one of those moments where he was clearly lying through his teeth about the extraordinary gains of this war and the defeatism of the adversaries. I mean, that rhetoric, Jennifer, legitimately belongs in a 20th century autocracy. It feels so weird in this moment to see people talk in those terms

2:03.3

when they know it's not true. This isn't any victory for anyone. And forget what you say about it

2:08.3

or what I have to say about it. The American people now, according to polling yesterday, say this is

2:13.0

the least popular war since Vietnam and more unpopular than Vietnam. Okay, that just happened yesterday,

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