The Warning with Steve Schmidt Democrats Fall Short To Save America From Trump
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Nov 11, 2025 On Veterans Day, a critique of Democratic leadership reveals their complicity in empowering Trump. The rise of extremist figures in Trump's cabinet poses alarming threats to American liberty. Economic inequality and corporate power highlight a collapsing system. A failed Senate shutdown strategy only strengthened Trump's position. Schmidt argues that appeasing the GOP risks losing the country, echoing past political failures. Listeners are urged to resist growing abuses of power and engage with ongoing political discourse.
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Veterans' Sacrifice Versus Political Decay
- Steve Schmidt argues America's reverence for veterans has been forgotten amid current political decay.
- He links this forgetting to normalization of extremist figures and abuses by the MAGA regime.
Extremists Normalized In MAGA Coalition
- Schmidt connects the rise of Nick Fuentes and Nazis to the mainstreaming of the MAGA coalition.
- He says this signals a fundamental erosion of American freedom and norms.
From Market To Feudal Corporate Power
- Schmidt frames current corporate power as feudal, not free-market capitalism.
- He cites enormous executive pay and automation as signs of a new, unequal economic order.