EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 28 MIN
Trump Subverts Congress as War Escalates
from The Court of History · host Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz
Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz talk with James Mann, foreign policy expert, author of The Rise of the Vulcans, about how both presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush went to the UN and the Congress for approval of the Gulf War and Iraq War, in stark contrast to Trump in his Iran War. Books: The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln https://a.co/d/1dLTVjG All the Powers of Earth: https://a.co/d/imrGwQx Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920
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