Starting today, Stephen Miller is officially Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Now what? Kai Wright speaks with Ben Rhodes, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World and a former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, about why Trump is handing even more power to Miller after Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms. Will Miller – the architect behind Trump’s mass deportation agenda – lead Trump to meddle even further in Cuba, the Panama canal and elsewhere? Plus, with Thomas Massie and others in Congress now threatening to impeach Pete Hegseth, Rhodes explains how Democrats will have to pull a “reverse Doge” if they want to restore the Department of Defense. (This episode was recorded at Crooked Media’s Crooked Con in DC)
Stephen Miller is in. Is Pete Hegseth out? With Ben Rhodes – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Starting today, Stephen Miller is officially Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Now what? Kai Wright speaks with Ben Rhodes, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World and a former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, about why Trump is handing even more power to Miller after Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms. (This episode was recorded at Crooked Media’s Crooked Con in DC)
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