In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ 00:00 – Welcome 01:10 – Trump’s DC police takeover, and the Posse Comitatus Act 08:14 – Limits on Trump and California court case over troop deployment 12:12 – Putin meeting and ICC implications 15:58 – Continued economic troubles 21:35 – Trump’s mental decline and J.D. Vance’s positioning 24:40 – Trump's disapproval, business pushback, and media fact-checking 28:20 – Democratic leaders’ pushback and strategy