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Adam Kinzinger

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

I would think that Trump has seen that, right? That's why it's important to talk about, because if he all of a sudden sees Ben Stein saying that Smoot-Hawley didn't work. That's been the interesting thing, by the way, Tim, is I've seen a few Republicans try to reimagine Smoot-Hawley actually as having worked.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

which is the weirdest thing, and they blame the recession or the further into depression on something else, kind of feels like where we're at now when you see some of these guys saying, well, we're just, in essence, front-loading the recession because we were going there anyway, and it was going to be way worse, and now we're front-loading the recession. You've got to trust Donald Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

which is the weirdest thing, and they blame the recession or the further into depression on something else, kind of feels like where we're at now when you see some of these guys saying, well, we're just, in essence, front-loading the recession because we were going there anyway, and it was going to be way worse, and now we're front-loading the recession. You've got to trust Donald Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

which is the weirdest thing, and they blame the recession or the further into depression on something else, kind of feels like where we're at now when you see some of these guys saying, well, we're just, in essence, front-loading the recession because we were going there anyway, and it was going to be way worse, and now we're front-loading the recession. You've got to trust Donald Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

He knows what he's doing. I mean, it's madness.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

He knows what he's doing. I mean, it's madness.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

He knows what he's doing. I mean, it's madness.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Yeah. Look, my wife said something yesterday that I guess I had, I mean, I've thought about it, but not really these starker terms, which is like, you know, everybody's like, well, why is Trump doing this? And so the assumption for the magas is this is some grand negotiating tactic. Like you said, here's the truth. I think, I think this makes him feel powerful because,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Yeah. Look, my wife said something yesterday that I guess I had, I mean, I've thought about it, but not really these starker terms, which is like, you know, everybody's like, well, why is Trump doing this? And so the assumption for the magas is this is some grand negotiating tactic. Like you said, here's the truth. I think, I think this makes him feel powerful because,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Yeah. Look, my wife said something yesterday that I guess I had, I mean, I've thought about it, but not really these starker terms, which is like, you know, everybody's like, well, why is Trump doing this? And so the assumption for the magas is this is some grand negotiating tactic. Like you said, here's the truth. I think, I think this makes him feel powerful because,

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Now, listen, if you're a true narcissist, I don't even know if narcissist is what he is. I think like, and I mean this, yeah, whatever the worst possible thing is, megalomaniac, all you care about is feeling powerful in the moment. You're impulsive and you want to feel powerful. You want to have people grovel to you. And honest to God, I mean, there's no better way to be powerful than to

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Now, listen, if you're a true narcissist, I don't even know if narcissist is what he is. I think like, and I mean this, yeah, whatever the worst possible thing is, megalomaniac, all you care about is feeling powerful in the moment. You're impulsive and you want to feel powerful. You want to have people grovel to you. And honest to God, I mean, there's no better way to be powerful than to

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

Now, listen, if you're a true narcissist, I don't even know if narcissist is what he is. I think like, and I mean this, yeah, whatever the worst possible thing is, megalomaniac, all you care about is feeling powerful in the moment. You're impulsive and you want to feel powerful. You want to have people grovel to you. And honest to God, I mean, there's no better way to be powerful than to

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

frankly, than to tank the world economy. And he may not be intentionally tanking the world economy, but what he's doing is saying to the rest of the world that we're in control, which we aren't. He's going to learn that soon. And here's the other thing is, so we're going to watch, you know, the stock market's going to fall. There's going to be a day.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

frankly, than to tank the world economy. And he may not be intentionally tanking the world economy, but what he's doing is saying to the rest of the world that we're in control, which we aren't. He's going to learn that soon. And here's the other thing is, so we're going to watch, you know, the stock market's going to fall. There's going to be a day.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

frankly, than to tank the world economy. And he may not be intentionally tanking the world economy, but what he's doing is saying to the rest of the world that we're in control, which we aren't. He's going to learn that soon. And here's the other thing is, so we're going to watch, you know, the stock market's going to fall. There's going to be a day.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

It could be, you know, ultimately by the time people listen to this today or whatever, where it's going to kind of settle and you may get a hundred points in the green at some point, because ultimately this is just, it's when people make the decision, okay, now it's gone down enough. I'm going to invest some money. But that's the initial hit of what we're seeing from the tariffs.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

It could be, you know, ultimately by the time people listen to this today or whatever, where it's going to kind of settle and you may get a hundred points in the green at some point, because ultimately this is just, it's when people make the decision, okay, now it's gone down enough. I'm going to invest some money. But that's the initial hit of what we're seeing from the tariffs.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

It could be, you know, ultimately by the time people listen to this today or whatever, where it's going to kind of settle and you may get a hundred points in the green at some point, because ultimately this is just, it's when people make the decision, okay, now it's gone down enough. I'm going to invest some money. But that's the initial hit of what we're seeing from the tariffs.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire

That's the emotional stuff. The deep tariff stuff is going to last over the next, frankly, five or 10 years. You know, we talk about supply chains. I'm watching even Mark Wayne Mullen, who says, well, it's really easy. You don't want the tariffs. Just build your company here in America. Okay. It's a great idea.