around 50,000 officials will be newly subject being fired while 50,000 under a proposed scheme notice schedule f. the economist warns that a second trump term could seek america quote follow hungary and poland down the path of a liberal democracy. now, you might say that s just the liberal media being hyperbolic, that s trump derangement syndrome. but according to former trump dhs official miles taylor has it damning new book called blowback i m gonna speak to in a moment a top former u.s. intelligence officer has a same warning for us. so gordon who is the deputy director of national intelligence the 25 veteran of the u.s. intel community, she told taylor on the eve of the last election than another trump turn or another trump-like figure in the oval office could mark america s slow turn toward despotism.
him complacent so many people still are not just in the uk but across american public life about the threat posed by trump. a threat that is in plain sight, it s not hidden. trump people are not hiding what they plan to do in january, 2025 less than 18 months from now. in fact, this week the new york times put out a piece headlined trump and allies forge plans to increase presidential power in 2025. a true understatement from the times as ever. i would ve headlined it, trump and allies forge plans to build an american autocracy in 2025. here is the stunning opening paragraph of that times piece. quote, donald j trump s allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return into the white house in 2025. reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. the times reveals that mr. trump intends to bring
talked out of in a first term. people like ron desantis have merged forward with it. it worries me. i don t think we will have a more rational republican in the white house if ron desantis wins. i think he would be a savvier successor to the helm of the mob movement now, who would i like to see, i d like to see a republican that actually believes in what we consider real conservative values. free mines and free markets and free people a government that s actually a limited government and what we are hearing donald trump talk about on the campaign trail as a government that s almost a fascist in nature he wants to exert power so much into our lives that would be probably the biggest government we ve ever seen and that s to a conservative pretty scary stuff. you mentioned the abusive migrants as political pawns. the guardian describes here is having the zeal of a convert in its review of your new book because you did serve in the administration before becoming his outspoken trump criti
presidential nominee. let s bring in my panel of experts. glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst and former prosecutor and judge the doors claudell, the author of the book huron up my life on the bench. what works what s broken and how to change it. thank you both for coming back on the show. dutch cordell, the last time we spoke, you are on my peacock show talking about judge cannon s interesting role at the the conflicts of interest. she is now split the difference on timing and scheduling this trial later than the december date that the team wanted. not to be and definite postponement that trump wanted. that our federal state for trump or for smith? preliminarily, the argument that trump made that it should be postponed because he s going to be really busy running for president the implication was that if he were to be elected he would then would not be busy. he would deal with all the litigation. it is absurd.