About this episode
Charlie Sykes discusses the implications of the Trump purge with guest David French.
New York Times Opinion writer David French joins Charlie to discuss the beginning of "the great Trump purge," which started with the firing of Pam Bondi but is now rippling through the Pentagon and the military. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Charlie Sykes
Guest: David French
Topics covered
- Trump purge
- politics
- military
- Pentagon
- firing
- commentary
Keywords
- Trump
- purge
- David French
- Pam Bondi
- Pentagon
- military
- politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times, Pentagon, military
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