On today's Daily Standard podcast, deputy online editor Jim Swift and reporter Andrew Egger discuss President Trump's handling of the disappearance of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and take a look at how the issue of preexisting conditions is shaping Missouri's toss-up Senate race. Plus, proof that President Trump calls his television surrogates to discuss... Charlie Sykes?

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