# Steve Schmidt: Donald Trump Is the Weakest President in U.S. History

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Podcast: [The Warning with Steve Schmidt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038)
Published: 2026-05-12T17:54:01+00:00
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Donald Trump is headed to China for the first time since 2017 to meet with Xi Jinping. Steve Schmidt explains why America has never been weaker and Trump bears the blame. Today's Merch: The People's House https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/the-peoples-house-tee SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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