Trump's Imaginary Peace Deals (w/ Mark Hertling) | The Bulwark Podcast

The lethal U.S. military strike on a speedboat in the Caribbean was more about putting on a show than countering the drug trade out of South America. And it's not even clear that the people killed on the boat were running drugs, or that any contraband was bound for America. Meanwhile, if senators are truly concerned that local police departments are insufficiently staffed, then they should pass a bill to fund more officers instead of pushing the charade that Guard troops can legally do police work. Plus, Russia is running out of ammunition, Ashli Babbitt was no hero, and a dissection of Trump's fatuous 'seven wars' lie. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins Tim Miller.

show notes
Hertling's piece, "Bombs Won't Win the War on Drugs"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bombs-wont-win-the-war-on-drugs?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

"Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-ashli-babbitt-dishonors-military-january-6-funeral?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Hertling on the 'perils of yes-men'
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-general-kruse-and-the-perils-of-yes-men?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Rand Paul on the speedboat bombing
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1963382824880259393

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