Why Trump’s Grift and Destruction Will Doom Him

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🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) returns to the Daily Beast Podcast to break down why he believes America is repeating the same costly mistakes in the Middle East, what years of combat taught him about war, and why he says the latest agreement with Iran leaves the U.S. weaker than before. Rep. Crow tells Joanna Coles what Republican lawmakers tell him behind closed doors about Donald Trump, explains why he thinks Congress has abandoned its constitutional responsibilities, and lays out his plan to investigate what he calls the Trump family's unprecedented corruption if Democrats retake the House. Plus, he weighs in on Pete Hegseth, JD Vance's role inside the administration, and the symbolism behind Trump's sweeping changes to Washington that he argues reveal far more than politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	There are so many physical manifestations of the corruption of this administration, over
0:36.2	$2 billion that the Trump family has benefited
0:39.0	over the last year and a half. But then there's all these physical manifestations of it.
0:43.9	The huge UFC cage that was directed on the South Lawn, the demolishing of the East Wing.
0:51.1	And that was actually a turning point. You don't want to spend over a
0:55.8	billion dollars for a gilded ballroom and people are 20 million Americans are at risk of losing
1:00.4	their health care. I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. And the last time
1:07.9	you saw Congressman Jason Crowe, he was filleting Pete Higgs-eth,
1:13.4	the secretary of, is it war, is it defense?
1:16.1	Who knows what is the secretary of the Pocket Square?
1:18.5	The Secretary of the Pocket Square.
1:20.8	Anyway, Jason Crow is back with us to discuss, because he's the recipient of a bronze medal,
1:26.4	and he's the member of the House
1:28.5	Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee, and he's on a subcommittee of
1:33.1	superintelligence. What he thinks of the Iran deal, the memo of understanding, whose understanding
1:40.8	is it? Because the Iranians and the Americans seem to have different understanding
1:44.3	of it, and his new caucus that he set up to investigate the president's grift. So, let's get into it
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