Jonathan V. Last: Trump's Decadence Is Rubbing off on Americans

With a shooting at Mar-a-Lago and some real counterterrorism issues associated with Trump's threat of war on Iran, Kash Patel probably had more important matters to attend to than shotgunning beer with the U.S. hockey team. And the team itself might have remembered that Patel himself is standing in the way of investigating the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. But too many people at the top don't give a crap, and others are taking their cue. And that includes the larger media, which has moved on from Minnesota, even though women are having to resort to giving birth at home out of fear that federal agents will snatch family members in the labor & delivery ward. Meanwhile Trump is aggressively promoting regime change in Iran, and Sam Altman sounds like he thinks Neo was the bad guy in "The Matrix." Plus, does Netanyahu's role in helping get Trump back into power—and perhaps pushing him to war— open up a political opportunity for Dems to put pressure on Israel?

JVL joins Tim Miller.

show notes

Tim plays the guest on Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday"
Sonny and Tim assess the aesthetics of Trump's performance at his press conference
JVL's "Triad" about what he saw in Minnesota
The Wright Thompson Bulwark pod interview that Tim referenced
The Atlantic on the other aid programs being cut
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