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Trump’s Deportations Are ‘Performance Art

Plus: The former ambassador’s reaction to the Signal saga.

Jamie Weinstein is joined by John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations and Donald Trump’s onetime national security adviser, to discuss the Trump administration’s mass deportation program, the “loss of American prestige,” and the Signal saga.

The Agenda:
—“Loss of American prestige” on the world stage
—How to negotiate with Greenland
—The Soviet Union won
—“The biggest trade deal in history”
—Why does Trump attack our allies?
Groupchat-gate
—Trump’s deportations are “performance art”
The “Free World” is gone

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Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show. He has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and HBO’s “Real Time w/ Bill Maher.” When Jamie is not hosting, he is spending time with his wife and three rambunctious boys or working on his many entrepreneurial pursuits.

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