Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok return with another packed episode of the top-rated Legal AF podcast, tackling the latest legal and political chaos shaping the nation. This episode is being provided to our Meidas+ subscribers ad-free! If you are able to support our reporting and the growth of this network, and would like to see more ad-free content like this, please consider joining now as a paid subscriber.
Here’s what’s on deck: First, Trump is back to conducting foreign, domestic, national security, and trade policy through social media posts—but this time, it’s backfired spectacularly. The President of Mexico has outmaneuvered him, using Trump’s erratic online declarations to her advantage and effectively "winning" the trade war before it even began. Second, Trump’s picks for national security and defense roles are raising alarms—and for good reason. His Department of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, has been deemed unfit for the position by none other than his own mother, who inadvertently shared her blunt assessment in an email, calling her son an "abuser of women." Third, the Trump transition continues to redefine corruption, fueled by dark money, cryptocurrency schemes, and unethical relationships between proposed regulators and the industries they’re supposed to oversee. The result? A less safe and secure America. And that’s just the start—tune in for more insight and analysis at the intersection of law and politics.
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