Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Emergency

On this week’s episode of the It’s Happening Here podcast, hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Kristol examine the Trump administration’s threats to manufacture a national emergency around the 2026 election. They discuss Steve Bannon’s call to deploy ICE at polling places, Trump’s history of invoking emergency powers under false pretenses, and why an administration filled with loyalists poses a greater danger than it did before January 6.Subscribe to It’s Happening Here, a Home of the Brave podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get full access to Home of the Brave at newsletter.ofthebrave.org/subscribe