good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
there is a limit to how much h is able to dallas. we never heard this stor before, most of us, because he has kept this quiet for 43 years mostly he s been embarrassed about, this he realized that was th purpose of a trip. as a democrat, he was afraid h would be criticized by fello democrats if he admitted t having been part of this he wants to clear they are now in hospice, heading in theory toward his last chapters i would say, you can t sa this, but i will say it, i seems to me bizarre that the would meet with the reagan campaign chair who would guy g on to be this cia director, bu apparently never reached ronal reagan i found it amazing that if i is true how america would be different country today of jimmy carter had been reelected, not ronald reagan. amazing to think about tha historical counterfactual. peter baker, thank you for you reporting. i appreciate you coming on thank you still ahead, conservative complain about wokeness so muc but it s lost all meeting, hasn t it?
campaign chair who would go on to be the cia director, bu apparently it never reache ronald reagan. i found it amazing that if i is true, how america would b different country today of jimmy carter had been reelected, not ronald reagan. amazing to think about tha historical counterfactual. peter baker, thank you for you reporting. i appreciate you coming on thank you still ahead, conservative complain about wokeness so muc that it s lost all meaning hasn t it? plus, don t forget you can listen to the mehdi hasan show anytime free wherever you ge your podcasts. birds flyin high, you know how i feel. breeze driftin on by. .you know how i feel. you don t have to take. [coughing] .copd sitting down. it s a new dawn,. .it s a new day, it s time to make a stand. and i m feelin good. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd. .medicine has the power to treat copd. .in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler,.