Trump’s ICE raids, National Guard deployments, and maritime missile strikes make for potent visuals. But behind the spectacle, the DOJ, Treasury, and other agencies are broadcasting a very different—and more permissive—signal to criminals, kleptocrats, and foreign adversaries.
In this podcast, anti–money-laundering expert Daniel Tannebaum warns that the Trump administration is weakening the systems used to catch terrorists, corrupt regimes, and cartels. A rollback of critical enforcement tools—combined with eroding deterrence—is fostering the conditions in which blood money thrives.
In this episode, we unpack:
• The policy signals criminals are paying attention to
• How enforcement drives national security outcomes
• What changed inside the regulatory system
• What needs to happen now to restore U.S. credibility
