Inside Trump’s National Security Dumpster Fire (w/ Julie Curlee)
Mona Charen speaks with former CIA officer Julie Curlee about her two decades in intelligence, her removal from the Trump White House, and what she describes as the dangerous erosion of expertise and ...
30 Aug 46min
Trump’s Iran War Blew Up His “America First” Promise (w/ Will Saletan) | Mona Charen Show
Mona Charen and Will Saletan discuss the fallout from Trump’s Iran war, his attacks on America’s allies, growing trouble for Republicans ahead of the midterms, and the Democratic message that could ca...
23 Aug 45min
Bulwark Book Club: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’—Was Twain Ahead of His Time? (w/ Mona Charen & Bill Kristol)
Mona Charen is joined by Bill Kristol to discuss Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson for the August edition of The Bulwark Book Club with viewers. Published in 1894, the novel tells the story of two boys—o...
16 Aug 50min
America Didn’t Lower the Bar for Character. We Buried It.
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) joins Mona Charen for a conversation about why character still matters in leadership, how America lost many of the institutions that once helped build it, and what the mi...
9 Aug 43min
Trump is Making America Third World (w/ Idrees Kahloon)
Mona Charen speaks with The Atlantic’s Idrees Kahloon about how Trump’s immigration, university, trade, fiscal, and foreign-policy agenda could weaken the foundations of long-term American prosperity ...
2 Aug 50min
How Democrats Can Win Big (w/ Thomas Edsall)
Thomas Edsall tells Mona Charen Democrats can recover from Trump's bad ratings by moderating on three fronts: transgender policy (affirm two sexes, restrict sports/prisons/youth surgery), immigration ...
26 Jul 41min
How Badly Has Trump Botched the Iran War? (w/ Eric Edelman)
Mona Charen and Eric Edelman examine how Trump stumbled into the Iran war without a clear plan, alienated allies, strengthened Tehran's position, and left the United States looking weaker.Get 15% off ...
19 Jul 1h 4min
Trump, Platner, and the Mistake America Keeps Making (w/ Will Saletan)
Democrats swore they'd never do what Republicans did with Trump. Then came Graham Platner. Mona Charen and Will Saletan on the fake oysterman, the vetting failure, and the death of shame—plus Trump's ...
9 Jul 56min
