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The News Agents - USA

Trump wages war on the "enemy within"

The News Agents - USA

Global

News, Politics, Government

4.3719 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, the jaw-dropping personal account from a former government employee whose life has been turned upside down by the US President.

Miles Taylor finds himself the subject of an unprecedented executive order and faces accusations of "treason" from Donald Trump. His crime? Speaking out about the dangers he saw coming in the first administration. How did dissent become criminalised in America in 2025? And what is the message Trump is sending out to his military when he orders them to fight the 'enemy from within'?

Later, Pete Hegseth on fat generals and ripping up the rules of war.

The News Agents USA is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

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0:00.0

The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.1

This is a global player original podcast.

0:12.6

Only in recent decades did politicians somehow come to believe that our job is to police the far reaches of Kenya and Somalia,

0:23.3

while America is under invasion from within.

0:25.9

We're under invasion from within.

0:34.3

No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don't wear uniforms.

0:37.4

At least when they're wearing a uniform, you can take them out.

0:37.8

These people don't have uniforms. But we are under invasion from within. We're stopping it very quickly.

0:43.9

How dark is that getting? The U.S. President talking about an invasion from within. He said he wants

0:52.6

to use American cities as training grounds for the military.

0:56.3

And he's addressed his speech to a roomful of generals, military men and women, America's top brass,

1:04.3

to order them to follow what he's going to ask them to do next. But the law of America is very clear.

1:12.1

The military should not be used

1:14.1

for domestic law enforcement purposes,

1:16.9

a restriction that dates from 1878.

1:20.8

And what Donald Trump seems to be saying is,

1:23.5

you don't follow the Constitution,

1:25.4

you follow me.

1:29.7

Welcome to the Newsagents USA.

1:47.4

The Newsagents USA with Emily Maitliss and John Sopal. It's John. It's Emily. And today you're going to be hearing a pretty extraordinary voice, a man who has become one of Trump's political enemies. His name is Miles Taylor. He worked in Trump's first administration and he's now been accused by the president of treason. We're going to

1:54.5

hear just what it's done to Miles Taylor's life and just what it says about America's

2:00.3

leanings towards authoritarianism right now

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