On this week’s The Motive Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome a really particular visitor, Andrew Sullivan, to debate President Donald Trump’s defiance of court docket orders on deportations, his antagonism towards Canada, and the COVID-19-era lies informed by Anthony Fauci, former director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Ailments.
11:55—Trump deportations ignore due course of and defy court docket order
38:19—Canada because the 51st state?
50:38—Weekly listener query
58:09—The five-year anniversary of COVID-19 and Fauci’s lies
1:07:30—This week’s cultural suggestions
Talked about on this podcast:
“Trump’s Studying of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Traditional Which means of Its Phrases,” by Jacob Sullum
“Trump Administration Deports Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members Regardless of Court docket Order,” by Katarina Corridor
“Did ICE Deport This Man Over a Actual Madrid Tattoo?” by Eric Boehm
“Pesky Judges,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“Trump’s Decide Bashing Provokes a Rebuke From Chief Justice John Roberts (Once more),” by Jacob Sullum
“Neglect Woke Snow White. Disney’s Remake Is Extra Like Socialist Snow White,” by Peter Suderman
“Why Did This Man Mislead Us?” by Andrew Sullivan
Motive Speakeasy: Jeffrey A. Singer, April 8, 2025
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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser
Assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve
- Video Editor: Ian Keyser
- Producer: Hunt Beaty
