Andrew Egger

Washington, D.C.

White House Correspondent at The Bulwark

White House correspondent @BulwarkOnline. Covered campaigns for @thedispatch, @weeklystandard. Brain marinated @Hillsdale. Christian, husband, dad.

Articles

‘America First’ Is Dead

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Jim Swift

Worth keeping an eye on the strains growing between GOP appropriators and Donald Trump’s OMB Director Russell Vought. Politico reports:The White House budget director has been persistently touting the virtues of “pocket rescissions,” a tactic he has floated as a way to codify the spending cuts Elon Musk made while atop his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, and which the federal government’s top watchdog says is illegal. . . .
Marco Rubio, Velociraptor

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Andrew Egger |Jim Swift

Donald Trump never met a war he wouldn’t pretend he could easily solve, but it seems he’s getting tired of talking about only the current ones. Here he was yesterday rolling back the clock: “I wonder if—you know, the Civil War, it always seemed to me maybe that could’ve been solved without losing 600,000-plus people.” Happy Thursday. by Andrew EggerIt’s never good to see an opponent learn from his mistakes.
Marco Rubio, Velociraptor

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Andrew Egger |Jim Swift

4 hours agoWe've become a failed nation-state in 150 daysDonald Trump made his personal transformation of the White House nearly complete Wednesday morning. He already announced his intentions to add a ballroom — “the biggest and best ever” — to the East Wing and has begun paving over the lawn of Jackie Kennedy’s iconic Rose Garden.
Trump’s Goon Squad Strikes Again

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Jim Swift

With one week to go, Andrew Cuomo holds a shrinking but still substantial lead over democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in polling for New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor. A new Marist poll this morning finds Cuomo leading Mamdani through every stage of the city’s ranked-choice voting, eventually winning out at 55 percent to Mamdani’s 45 percent. This will be one to watch. Happy Wednesday. by Andrew EggerLast Thursday, California Sen.
Trump Keeps Posting Crazy Stuff About The Iran-Israel War

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Sam Stein |Andrew Egger

Sam Stein and Andrew Egger break down a surreal and alarming day in American foreign policy, as President Trump seemingly live-blogged potential military action against Iran on Truth Social, calling for “unconditional surrender,” and urging 10 million people in Tehran to evacuate. We unpack what this means for U.S. policy, global stability, and the ever-blurring line between social media and warfare. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment.
Donald Trump, Welcome To The League of Globalists

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Cathy Young |Jim Swift

Minnesota is reeling from the shootings of several state lawmakers, but Donald Trump wants you to know he’s much too busy to call Gov. Tim Walz about the tragedy. After all, that’s time he could be using to slag on Tim Walz. “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One early this morning. “I’m not calling. Why would I call him? I could call and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess.
Ten Years of Trump-With a Bit of Light Ahead

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Will Selber |Jim Swift

It may be true that Stephen Miller is a “world-class hater” driven by “bile” rather than “brains,” but if you report for ABC News, you’re apparently not allowed to say it. The network’s former star Terry Moran—fired last week for what the network called “a clear violation of ABC News policies” and we call “a pretty good tweet”—will join Tim this morning at 10 a.m. EDT for a live Substack chat. Should be a good time! Happy Monday.
Trump’s Parade Flops as Millions Protest Nationwide

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Sarah Longwell |Jonathan V. Last |Andrew Egger |Will Sommer

JVL, Sarah Longwell, Will Sommer, and Andrew Egger talk Trump’s sad, sparsely attended military/birthday parade in Washington DC while ‘No Kings’ protests across the country draw unprecedentedly massive crowds. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.
Donald Trump’s Middle East Tinderbox

2 weeks ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Will Selber |Jim Swift

Yesterday was one of those days when the news seemed to grow more existential by the moment. There was Trump’s apparent about-face on immigration enforcement, the manhandling of Sen. Alex Padilla at a DHS press conference, a judge’s ruling that Trump’s use of California’s National Guard was unconstitutional, and then Israel’s attack on Iran.
Department of Health and Human Crackpots

2 weeks ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Jim Swift

We hope that President Trump enjoyed his trip to the Kennedy Center to see Les Miserables last night. As we’ve argued in the past, as far as we’re concerned, the more time the big guy spends running around the Kennedy Center, doing interior design at the White House, micromanaging the installation of flagpoles on the lawn, and so on, the better for the rest of us. Happy Thursday. byAndrew EggerA year ago, if you’d told somebody familiar with Robert F.