# Steve Schmidt: The Real Cost of Trump’s Political Machine Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine.md Podcast: [The Warning with Steve Schmidt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038) Published: 2026-05-15T20:27:42+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/33540024-ed06-44d0-a06c-b33100f8453e/eb315a49-3419-40d9-9b87-b44b014f8ae2/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2307f122-2695-49ea-a058-b33100f84545 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/episodes/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine Duration seconds: 561 ## Resource Donald Trump’s proposed $1.7 billion slush fund deal with the IRS, at taxpayers' expense, for January 6 defendants and questions around Jared Kushner’s foreign dealings reinforce the never-before-seen in American history corruption. Steve Schmidt breaks down the allegations, arguing they reflect broader abuse of power and personal enrichment during Trump’s presidency. Support The Warning and become a member today!     / @thewarningwithsteveschmidt   Today's Merch: The American Nero Hoodie  https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.co... Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack:  https://steveschmidt.substack.com/sub... Store:  https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningse... Facebook:    / steveschmidtses   TikTok:    / thewarningses   Instagram:    / thewarningses   X:  https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES This episode is sponsored by Chapter. For complete Medicare guidance, dial (857)-396-0830 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/steve. Disclaimer: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/episodes/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-the-real-cost-of-trump-s-political-machine.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.