"The Authoritarian Olympics." - With Norm Ornstein
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🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Norm Ornstein, an Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the implications of Donald Trump's appointments to key government positions if he becomes president again in 2024. Ornstein expresses concern about Trump's plan to appoint individuals who would undermine democratic institutions, such as the FBI, national intelligence, and the Department of Defense. He argues that there are few guardrails left to stop this "madness" and prevent the erosion of American democracy. Ornstein also criticizes the reactions of the media and some Democrats to President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, noting the selective outrage compared to Trump's past pardons of associates convicted of serious crimes.
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| 1:06.0 | Hello, good friends, and welcome back to the Bill Press Pod in this first week of December 2024. Good to see you again. And needless to say, we live in troubled times with the blessing of |
| 1:14.2 | almost half the American people. Donald Trump, who once tried to overthrow the American government |
| 1:20.0 | by violence, is now trying to overthrow it from within by appointing people who will tear down |
| 1:27.2 | our democratic institutions one by one. |
| 1:31.2 | Like an FBI director whose goal is literally to tear down the FBI building. |
| 1:36.8 | Like a national intelligence director who can't even get a national security clearance. |
| 1:42.0 | Like a defense secretary who wants to fire all of our top generals, |
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