Bari Weiss

Pretty like conservative, classical liberal, the kind of things that I grew up thinking a conservative would sound like. The shift, I would say, is marked, at least in this country, in two big places. One is an embrace of protectionism economically and certainly Trump's embrace of tariffs. He says it's the most beautiful word in the English language. Yeah.

Pretty like conservative, classical liberal, the kind of things that I grew up thinking a conservative would sound like. The shift, I would say, is marked, at least in this country, in two big places. One is an embrace of protectionism economically and certainly Trump's embrace of tariffs. He says it's the most beautiful word in the English language. Yeah.

Pretty like conservative, classical liberal, the kind of things that I grew up thinking a conservative would sound like. The shift, I would say, is marked, at least in this country, in two big places. One is an embrace of protectionism economically and certainly Trump's embrace of tariffs. He says it's the most beautiful word in the English language. Yeah.

And then also of isolationism, of a turn against a kind of muscular foreign policy that I think the U.S. certainly, you know, certainly the Republican Party, for my entire adult life, I'm 40, had been known for. Where do you fall on those two issues? And do you see a distinction between yourself and sort of where the right is going here in America?

And then also of isolationism, of a turn against a kind of muscular foreign policy that I think the U.S. certainly, you know, certainly the Republican Party, for my entire adult life, I'm 40, had been known for. Where do you fall on those two issues? And do you see a distinction between yourself and sort of where the right is going here in America?

And then also of isolationism, of a turn against a kind of muscular foreign policy that I think the U.S. certainly, you know, certainly the Republican Party, for my entire adult life, I'm 40, had been known for. Where do you fall on those two issues? And do you see a distinction between yourself and sort of where the right is going here in America?

So it's like, we'll trade with China and democracy will come to China.

So it's like, we'll trade with China and democracy will come to China.

So it's like, we'll trade with China and democracy will come to China.

Tory Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said that Britain was Greece to America's Rome, the wise old empire helping to guide the brash young superpower. What do you see as Britain's primary role in the world today, and especially vis-a-vis the US?

Tory Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said that Britain was Greece to America's Rome, the wise old empire helping to guide the brash young superpower. What do you see as Britain's primary role in the world today, and especially vis-a-vis the US?

Tory Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said that Britain was Greece to America's Rome, the wise old empire helping to guide the brash young superpower. What do you see as Britain's primary role in the world today, and especially vis-a-vis the US?

One of the things that's been really interesting for people to watch over the past six weeks in this country is the way that people who we do not think of as being D.C. swamp creatures, as being government bureaucrats, people like Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk are sort of heading into Washington. They're doing this, you know, government efficiency thing. They're calling it Doge.

One of the things that's been really interesting for people to watch over the past six weeks in this country is the way that people who we do not think of as being D.C. swamp creatures, as being government bureaucrats, people like Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk are sort of heading into Washington. They're doing this, you know, government efficiency thing. They're calling it Doge.

One of the things that's been really interesting for people to watch over the past six weeks in this country is the way that people who we do not think of as being D.C. swamp creatures, as being government bureaucrats, people like Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk are sort of heading into Washington. They're doing this, you know, government efficiency thing. They're calling it Doge.

People are really excited to see what that might bring. What do you think of that? Is there a thought that you maybe could do something similar in the U.K.? And have you met Elon Musk?

People are really excited to see what that might bring. What do you think of that? Is there a thought that you maybe could do something similar in the U.K.? And have you met Elon Musk?

People are really excited to see what that might bring. What do you think of that? Is there a thought that you maybe could do something similar in the U.K.? And have you met Elon Musk?

One last question and then we'll do a quick lightning round. We've talked about a lot of crises that the West is facing and maybe the one that's sort of like underlying all of it is the crisis of meaning, right? This sense that, you know, what is life about?

One last question and then we'll do a quick lightning round. We've talked about a lot of crises that the West is facing and maybe the one that's sort of like underlying all of it is the crisis of meaning, right? This sense that, you know, what is life about?