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Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force | The Ezra Klein Show

ICE now has the biggest budget of any law enforcement agency in America. “ICE and Customs and Border Protection have long been the most rogue, kind of renegade and certainly pro-Trump police agencies in the federal government,” explained Radley Balko, a journalist who’s covered policing for decades. “What I think we are seeing right now is Trump is attempting to build his own paramilitary force. They want people whose first, ultimate loyalty in this job is going to be to the president.” Balko is the author of “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces.” And he’s been tracking the changes at ICE and the Trump administration’s escalating law-and-order tactics on his excellent newsletter, The Watch. 0:00 Introduction 3:57 Following the Money in Law Enforcement 5:47 The New Normal of Immigration Enforcement 8:59 A New Paramilitary Force 14:43 The Democratic Argument vs. Constitutional Rights 17:11 The Policy of Fear and Eviscerating Due Process 23:40 The Attack on Legal Aid and Civil Society 29:43 The Rise of Punitive Detention Centers 32:55 The Path to Catastrophe 42:25 The Merging of Military and Homeland Defense 54:08 Project 2025 and the Erosion of the Chain of Command 58:24 The Role of Civil Society and Political Opposition 1:05:34 Book Recommendations Read the full transcript here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/op... Watch more on @EzraKleinShow Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at [email protected]. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-... Thumbnail photo credit: Morry Gash/Associated Press