S14 EP137: Hour 2 - The President Goes to War Against the Cartels
The Erick Erickson Show
Erick Erickson
4.5 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Trump is going to war with the cartels, a public school in Fairfax Country helped students get abortions without parental consent plus WorkDay was hit with a major lawsuit since it was discovered their algorithm threw out white applicants.
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| 0:42.2 | Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, hour two. |
| 0:44.1 | All right, I want to take your phone calls. |
| 0:46.1 | It's open line Friday, but we got breaking news. |
| 0:47.4 | This is a very big deal. |
| 0:48.4 | We're going to war. |
| 0:51.0 | We're going to war. |
| 0:53.2 | Not against a nation. |
| 1:00.2 | The President of the United States has ordered the military to begin targeting foreign drug cartels. |
| 1:04.2 | This is clear and present danger time. This is Tom Clancy territory. |
| 1:11.5 | The New York Times is breaking this. The president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against Latin American drug cartels that his administration has classified as terrorist |
| 1:16.6 | organizations. The decision to bring the American military into the fight is the most aggressive |
| 1:21.5 | step so far in the administration's escalating campaign against the cartels. It signals Mr. |
| 1:26.7 | Trump's continue willingness to use |
| 1:28.2 | military force to carry out what is primarily a law enforcement responsibility. |
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