Sarah Longwell, JVL, and Martha Raddatz: Trump Is Looting Us in Broad Daylight
The Bulwark Podcast
The Bulwark
4.6 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump—as a private citizen—sued our government, which he runs, and then "settled" the lawsuit with $1.8 billion that he stole from the U.S. Treasury. See, he needs a secret fund of taxpayer money so he can pay not only reparations to his band of Jan 6 rioters, but also to incentivize future (election) criming on his behalf. In a special emergency TNL, Tim, Sarah, and JVL break it all down. Plus, Martha explains how Iran’s demands for money may be why Trump won’t officially end the war. And she discusses Zelensky's resiliency, along with her new book about the 9/11 generation that fought our wars.
Martha Raddatz, Jonathan V. Last, and Sarah Longwell join Tim Miller.
show notes
- Pre-order Martha's book, "The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose"
- Monday's "Morning Shots"
- Sarah's ‘Illegal News’ podcast; interview with Andrew Weissmann out Thursday
- One thing to pack, five ways to power! Get up to 40% off @Ridge during their Father’s Day Sale at ridge.com/THEBULWARK #Ridgepod
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| 1:16.8 | I'm your host, Tim Miller. |
| 1:17.8 | We have a double header for you today in segment two, Martha Raditz of ABC News. |
| 1:23.1 | We'll be with us. |
| 1:23.6 | She's got a new book out. |
| 1:24.5 | We're going to talk some foreign policy stuff. |
| 1:26.0 | But I had too much rage to just have Martha on today. So we have an emergency segment A with the TNL gang because we don't have TNL this week. And we already did one emergency TNL, but we're doing a second one because we love each other. And we have too much anger in our hearts to just, you know, go a full week without discussing together. |
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