Corrupting Influences | Roundtable

Steve Hayes invites Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Kevin Williamson to discuss the ‘double tap’ order (wsj.com/politics/national-security/survivors-o…) from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that may violate the laws of war. Is this another issue where Trump can ‘win’ because we’re an outcomes-over-process society?

The Agenda:
–We’re not at war
–Legality of airstrikes
–What is narco-terrorism exactly?
–Megyn Kelly likes violence for some reason (x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/19956693966779516…)
–A damning indictment (npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5630519/signalgate-pe…)
–Pardon (our) abuse
–NWYT: Our top podcasts and artists of the year (who listens to Caamp?)

Show Notes:
—AFPI’s Josh Trevino on School of War podcast (x.com/schoolofwarpod/status/198312718923201342…)
—Kevin (thedispatch.com/article/trump-pardon-cocaine-h…), David (nytimes.com/2025/11/13/opinion/trump-pardons-c…), and Jonah (thedispatch.com/article/pardon-power-abuse-con…)’s pieces on the pardon powers

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