Jake Tapper: Trump Texted "Total Obliteration"—Then Ghosted Me | The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark Published October 7, 2025

English

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1:07:54

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US

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Politics Society

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A new kind of McCarthyism has settled in at the Justice Department, where career prosecutors—including those handling tough national security cases—are getting canned for voicing any opposition to politically-motivated demands from top DOJ officials. And those who survive the ongoing purge are literally working in fear that they are being surveilled by the FBI. Meanwhile, MTG may play a role in resolving the shutdown. Plus, Tapper's timely new book, his maybe/maybe not text interview with Trump, and the heat he's still taking over his earlier Biden book. Jake Tapper joins Tim Miller. show notes Jake's new book out Tuesday, "Race Against Terror" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Race-Against-Terror/Jake-Tapper/9781668079447 Jake and Alex Thompson's book on Biden, "Original Sin" https://bookshop.org/p/books/original-sin-president-biden-s-decline-its-cover-up-and-his-disastrous-choice-to-run-again-alex-thompson/72e6c157432d8dc7 Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with special guest Rep. Sarah McBride. On sale at https://TheBulwark.com/events Get 15% off OneSkin with the code BULWARK at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://RocketMoney.com/thebulwark Go to https://zbiotics.com/THEBULWARK and use THEBULWARK at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/j...