The Conversation with Steve Schmidt

With 18 days until the midterms, Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta Show" to discuss surging Democratic fundraising, Trump's escalating rhetoric, White House chaos, and why government corruption could define the election. Steve predicts a Democratic wave — but warns that winning won't be enough. The next Congress must be ready to investigate corruption, enforce accountability, and exercise its ...

As part of the Save America Movement's "Fighting Americans" series, Steve Schmidt sits down with Adam Mockler to talk about debating Trump supporters on corruption. Bring up Trump, and somehow the Clintons and Bidens are the ones on trial. Meanwhile, Democrats are still studying a rulebook Republicans shredded years ago. Steve and Adam get into why calling out Trump's behavior isn't going low. It's just telling the truth. They also...

Steve Schmidt joins investigative journalist Anne Nelson and Reverend Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, all featured in the documentary "Bad Faith," to examine the rise of Christian nationalism and the stakes of the November midterms.

Steve predicts a historic MAGA defeat, but warns of a dangerous struggle over the election results. The panel discusses what comes next: accountability, restoring constitutiona...

Steve Schmidt sits down with historian and author Timothy Snyder for a conversation about the future of American democracy and what it'll take to put the country back together. They get into Trump's tough-guy act and how losing abroad makes that image a whole lot harder to sell. Plus, the Republican Party's crisis of dignity, the fight to restore the rule of law, and why Democrats need to take ownership of the corruption problem. S...

With 26 days until the midterms, Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta" Show, along with former Trump administration official Olivia Troye for a revealing look at the election, Trump’s growing political troubles, and alarming developments inside his administration. Steve predicts a historic Democratic wave, warns of possible election interference, and exposes the stakes behind the Kimberly Guilfoyle corruption scandal.&nbs...

With 27 days until Election Day, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar joins Steve Schmidt to explain how his state is preparing for potential federal interference, voter intimidation and post-election legal challenges. Aguilar describes legal filings already prepared, coordination with local law enforcement and Nevada’s plans to respond if federal agents appear at polling locations. His message to voters is simpl...

Could Louisiana deliver one of election night’s biggest surprises? Steve Schmidt sits down with U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Davis, a third-generation farmer who says his latest polling has him just four points behind — and believes a coalition of Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans can finish the job. Davis talks candidly about soaring costs crushing farmers, corporate power, Louisiana’s ...

The most consequential elections in America may be the ones you’ve never heard of. Steve Schmidt sits down with Kim Rogers, president of the State+Local Election Alliance (SLEA), to expose the overlooked local races that will determine who counts, contests and certifies America’s votes in 2028. From county clerks to commissioners and judges, they examine the spread of election denial into local government, the extr...

Steve Schmidt joins Don Lemon to discuss the growing public distance between Donald Trump and Republicans who previously embraced him. What’s behind the change? What does it reveal about the party? And what happens to political accountability when the calculation changes?

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Steve Schmidt joins Scott Galloway for a wide-ranging conversation about the political reckoning he believes is coming — and what must happen next.

With the midterm elections just 35 days away, Steve explains why he believes the Trump coalition is collapsing, where unexpected Democratic victories could emerge and why the election will be less an embrace of the Democratic Party than a repudiation of Donald Trump and MAGA.

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What happens if Democrats take control of Congress? Rep. Robert Garcia tells Steve Schmidt they’re already preparing. The ranking Democrat on House Oversight lays out four major investigative fronts: Trump family financial dealings, the Epstein files, corporate corruption, and allegations involving DHS and ICE. But the conversation goes much further. Rep. Garcia says Congress may need ...

Steve Schmidt sits down with retired U.S. Naval aviator and combat correspondent Ken Harbaugh, straight from his reporting on the frontlines in Ukraine. Ken shares harrowing, firsthand accounts and deep strategic insights that mainstream cable news rarely covers:

• The 20-mile “death zone” and drone warfare: Inside the lethal frontline corridor where kamikaze drones make any surface movemen...

Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta Show" to talk about how the coalition that elected Donald Trump is "dead, kaput," as 2026 midterm polls show Democrats and independents competitive in red states like Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska and Alaska. With the map expanding into states Republicans usually take for granted, Schmidt argues the coming mandate isn't a love letter to Democrats, it's a demand to make the chaos stop.

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We’re heading west to cowboy country for today's edition of the Save America Movement's "Fighting Americans" series. Steve Schmidt sits down with Brian Bengs to talk about his independent run for U.S. Senate in South Dakota. A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and JAG, Navy veteran, and National Park ranger, Brian talks corruption, restoring the power of individual voters, ethics and accountability in the military, putting...

Harry Dunn knows what it means to defend American democracy because he has done it — literally. In this urgent conversation, Steve Schmidt sits down with the former U.S. Capitol Police officer to talk about the stakes of the coming midterms, the fight to restore the rule of law, and the responsibility that comes after Election Day. They take on January 6, MAGA extremism, accountability, voter suppression, the failur...

Donald Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants, fabulists and people willing to tell him exactly what he wants to hear. On this week's edition of "Oh Schmidt! It's Friday," Jim Acosta and Steve Schmidt take a hard look at the increasingly strange world inside Trump’s orbit, including the extraordinary story of Natalie Harp and what it reveals about the people who have access to the president of the United States.

They al...

The Save America Movement's "Fighting Democrat" series is back, and Congressman Jared Huffman is not holding back — he's exposing just how deep Christian nationalism has burrowed into American government. Huffman joins Steve Schmidt to break down the tactics and myths Christian nationalists use to advance their agenda, straight from his new book "NO PROPHETS: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism." Huffman is...

Steve Schmidt joins Jennifer Welch on the “I’ve Had It” podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the crisis unfolding in America — and what it will take to defeat it.

They talk about the humiliation of American power abroad, the rise of gangster capitalism at home, the failures of a Democratic establishment that too often seems incapable of understanding the urgency of the hour, and the corruption, secr...

Steve Schmidt joins "The Jim Acosta Show" with LIVE breaking news, along with Adam Mockler and Abdul El-Sayed.

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