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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt: Trump’s Abuses Will Spread

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, Government

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Trump brought in Tom Homan to be “the voice of reason” after Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem failed to control ICE’s abuses in Minneapolis. Steve Schmidt exposes the weakness behind this half-measure and warns that the danger isn’t over.

Today's Merch: F*CK ICE
https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/collections/ice

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

Tom Homan, Donald Trump's border czar, has taken command in Minneapolis.

0:09.6

He did his first news conference and something rather remarkable happened.

0:14.0

He was asked a direct question.

0:16.8

And honestly, for the first time in memory, a Trump official gave a straight answer.

0:23.6

It was comprehensible.

0:25.3

It was even truthful.

0:27.7

It's staggering when you think about Christy Knoem, Stephen Miller, Carolyn Levitt, Trisha McLaughlin.

0:36.0

They are incapable of answering a single question without snarling, sneering, pathological disrespect,

0:47.3

and nonstop lying.

0:50.3

Can you please be specific about how many ICE and how many Border Patrol agents are currently operating in the state?

0:57.7

I think we're near three.

1:00.5

But Tom Holman, he just answered the question.

1:05.6

Now, I know who Tom Homan is.

1:08.1

He's a guy who the FBI recorded accepting $50,000 in a calvabag. But the truth is,

1:15.3

Donald Trump and his family have stolen at least a billion dollars in the first year of his second

1:21.1

term. The grift, the corruption is fantastical if Tom Homan only took $50,000.

1:28.3

Well, of course it's a felony, but in the Trump administration,

1:32.3

it may make him the most honest guy in the room.

1:36.3

This is the warning.

1:38.3

Now, here's what he said.

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