Katie Miller Fires Back at Media Attackers, Boat Strike Constitutional Crisis, Trump's Comeback Plan

Next Up with Mark Halperin

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Mark Halperin opens the show with his reported monologue on why some Democrats are suddenly, uncharacteristically serene in declaring Donald Trump politically finished — and why GOP insiders insist they’re getting the moment wrong again. Drawing on fresh conversations with Republican strategists, Mark breaks down the four-phase comeback plan they believe is already underway, the policy resets they want from the White House, and why Trump’s State of the Union could become the make-or-break moment of his presidency. Next, Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld joins Mark for a high-stakes conversation about the constitutional firestorm surrounding Trump’s recent drone strikes in the Caribbean. They explain why some critics call the actions “murder,” how the laws of war treat killing shipwrecked survivors, and why longstanding precedent may still give Trump a strong claim to authority. They also break down how the “second strike” became a national scandal and whether Congress has abandoned its role in defining presidential war powers. Finally, Katie Miller sits down with Mark for an unfiltered conversation about the escalating pressures facing her family. She recounts her confrontation with CNN’s Abby Phillip, responds to Jennifer Welch’s renewed attacks on her and husband Stephen Miller, and pushes back on the media’s caricature of her husband. Katie also describes the threats that forced her family to relocate to a military base and the chilling fliers that appeared in her neighborhood hours after Charlie Kirk’s murder. Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/mark and use promo code MARK to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warranty Beam: Visit https://shopbeam.com/MARK and use code MARK to get our exclusive discount of up to 50% off. Masa Chips: Ready to give MASA or Vandy a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://masachips.com/MARK and using code MARK.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, Mark Kalprin here. Welcome back from the holidays. Hope you had a wonderful time with friends and family. I am happy to be back here with all this news going on.
0:10.0	Some interesting stories we're going to talk about today. I'm the editor-in-chief of the live interactive video platform 2Way and your host here to everything next up. Glad that you're here. And part of our next year
0:21.1	community, great guests. Jed Rubenfeld, Professor at Yale Law School is here. We're going to
0:26.1	talk about very confusing, interesting question of what the president can do and his Pentagon can do in
0:31.2	the Caribbean if we're at war with cartels, with drug dealers, narco terrorists. What's allowed,
0:37.4	what's not allowed in terms of
0:38.8	taking human life? Really interesting historical, constitutional, legal questions, and also
0:43.3	just really great debate for the country to have. And Jed is one of the smartest people I know
0:47.6	on these matters. And then after that, Katie Miller, host the Katie Miller podcast. She's been
0:52.6	at the top levels of government and the private sector as a strategist and advisor.
0:57.7	And she and her family are dealing with a lot of personal attacks and death threats.
1:03.0	So Katie's going to be here to talk about how she navigates the complexity with her husband, Stephen Miller.
1:08.4	Before that, though, my reported monologue on what's going on
1:12.3	with President Trump and his political standing and whether he's due for another comeback,
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