Trump keeps filling out his administration with the unqualified and the inexperienced, including the recent addition of borderline literate hack Dan Bongino at the FBI. Meanwhile, Trump's Friday night DOD purge was another step in embedding autocracy in our government. Plus, Elon's and Vance's efforts to influence the German elections seem to have backfired. And before the Proud Boy drama and the bomb threat at the annual Principles First conference, Tim spoke with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about the right way to cut government waste and build more houses—and how the Dems should polish their prosperity messaging. Gov. Jared Polis and Bill Kristol join Tim Miller. show notes Bill's "Bulwark on Sunday" interview with Bob Kagan Principles First's "Declaration of Principles"
Why is Dan Bongino's appointment to the FBI controversial?
Hello and welcome to the Bullard Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. It is Monday, February 24th. We are in the Upside Down. One of my competitors in the podcasting space, the borderline literate Dan Bongino, is taking over as the Deputy Director of the FBI. So that is our big news item for this Monday, and I'm happy to be here with Bill Kristol to discuss it. How are you doing, Bill?
I'm fine, Tim. Yeah, I don't really follow Dan Bongino that much. I said in Morning Shots that I thought he was one of the more clownish of the Trumpists. Was that unfair?
No, that is not unfair. And we're about to just listen to a little clip from him that's going to show it. And we're going to get into more in the second part of this podcast. I interviewed Jared Polis at the principal's first conference, which ended up having a lot of drama and fireworks, more so in the past five years. So we'll get to that in a minute.
But first up, let's test your theory that Pongino is one of the more clownish Trumpists. And listen to a clip from his podcast.
Anything that matters is what? Chat, what matters? Anyone? You can see what I'm talking about. Power. That is all that matters. No, it doesn't, Dan. We have a system of checks and balances. That's a good one. That's really funny.
That is really funny, having checks and balances. And then I've got another tweet for you that he sent recently. The irony about this for the scumbag commie libs is that the cold civil war they're pushing for will end really badly for them. Libs are the biggest pussies I've ever seen, and they use others to do their dirty work. But they're not ready for what comes next. They never have been.
You assholes wanted it. Now you've got it. Good luck. Does that seem like the temperament for somebody that we'd want for the number two slot at the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
Yeah, it's wonderful. I hadn't heard that clip. That's pretty amazing, actually. Yeah, I mean, checks and balances, all that stuff, law, rule of law. So yesterday, really, you know, for Dan.
I mean, I say in the morning, he's clownish, not much about him, but I will defend myself in a sense by saying that I also mentioned that Charlie Sykes used to love to say that, still says, that clowns with flamethrowers can do a lot of damage. And that's the situation we're in, right?
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