Al and Norm Ornstein on The Blueprint for Trump's Cruelty

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Jun 7, 202659:58News & Politics

What's actually driving the Trump administration? Our good friend and emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Norm Ornstein, joins Al to follow the blueprint laid out by Project 2025. The chief architect o...

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