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Bulwark Takes

Trump Turns the NBA Scandal Into a Delusional Rant

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller and JVL take on Donald Trump’s unhinged reaction to the NBA gambling scandal—and what it reveals about his plan to turn the Department of Justice into a weapon for revenge.

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0:00.0

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0:33.9

Hey everybody, Tim Miller from the Bullwark here with my buddy JVL, author of the Triad newsletter, which you must read over at theborek.com.

0:36.6

I wanted to talk about some developing information about what Donald Trump plans for

0:43.2

the Department of Justice.

0:45.6

And he tried, he had a take, I guess, to put it this way.

0:48.3

He had a take on the NBA cheating scandal.

0:51.3

I mean, I should hope so.

0:52.4

He's the president.

0:53.2

Doesn't he have to have takes on everything? Yeah. I mean, I should hope so. He's the president. Doesn't he have to have takes on

0:54.3

everything? Yeah. I mean, surely he always has back on his Twitter feed. And he, I think he one

1:00.2

time weighed in on on the breakup between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Yes, good

1:07.1

call. Yeah. So yeah, so he's going to weigh on on everything. He's like the talk radio call in. Team Robert, if I'm remembering. I mean, I'm Team Robert. So I don't really remember what the breakup was over. I just find him handsome. Okay. So anyway, so I just hate for you to lump me in with Donald Trump. So he had a take on this. Many people have takes on this. There's too much gambling involved in sports. There's too little gambling. Like, who cares? Is it poor Chauncey Billups, Mr. Bigshot? His legacy now seems to be in question because it seems like he was doing some bad stuff. I'm sure you have some takes on it. His take was a little strange, though, And I'd like to read it to you. It was a little bit of a kind of a right turn. It didn't seem like you was like weighing in on the merits of what Terry Rozier was up to. He writes this, what's worse? The NBA player is cheating at cards and probably much else. Black people must probably be doing other crimes. You don't really know.

2:01.1

But we can just assume there are other crimes happening.

2:03.5

I wouldn't say that about golfers, would he?

2:05.2

Yeah.

2:05.6

I don't think so.

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