Make America Invade Again – What does Trump have in store for 2026?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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One year into Donald Trump’s second term, 2026 is already looking worse than 2025. In just its opening days, the White House has intervened militarily in Venezuela, seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic, and revived threats to take Greenland by force. All of this unfolds alongside a faltering economy, violent ICE raids, slipping poll numbers, and the unresolved Epstein files. Alex von Tunzelmann is joined by Dr Casey Burgat, Legislative Affairs Program Director at George Washington University and author of We Hold These "Truths", to look at where this presidency goes next, and what a year defined by invasion and escalation could mean for American democracy. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Buy Casey’s book We Hold These "Truths" How to Spot the Myths that are Holding America Back through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll be helping the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann Producer: Liam Tait. Audio production: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.9	I'm Alex von Tundselman.
0:44.9	We're a year into Donald Trump's second term, and his administration has certainly been busy.
0:51.0	In just the first ten days of this year alone, he's intervened dramatically in Venezuela and
0:56.5	kidnapped its president, Nicolas Maduro, revived his threat to seize Greenland, and seized a Russian-flagged
1:03.2	oil tanker in the North Atlantic. All this against the background of a moribund economy,
1:08.7	ice raids, which this week resulted in a US citizen being shot and
1:12.3	killed, dropping poll numbers, and the continuing saga of the largely unreleased Epstein files.
1:19.8	So what will Trump's 2026 actually look like? Is this a presidency entering its most assertive
1:27.2	phase? Or are we watching the familiar
1:29.3	chaos of disruption, grievance and headline-grabbing threats play out on a global stage?
1:35.3	Trump spoke this week to House Republicans at the Kennedy Center, which he's renamed the Trump
1:40.3	Kennedy Center. This was on the anniversary of his alleged encouragement of an attempted
1:44.8	coup after losing the 2020 election. The president said to his party, you got to win in the midterms,
1:51.4	because if we don't win in the midterms, it's just going to be, I mean, they'll find a reason to
1:56.2	impeach me. I'll get impeached. If he does get impeached, that would be his third time. So what next for Trump?
2:03.6	On today's episode of The Bunker, I'm joined by Dr. Casey Bergett of George Washington University, host of Mastering the Room podcast, and author of the new book, We Hold These Truths, How to Spot the Myths that are Holding America back. Casey, thanks so much for joining us.
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