Chuck Todd

And who knows about the president?

And who knows about the president?

This is easily turning into one of the more humiliating moments in modern American history.

This is easily turning into one of the more humiliating moments in modern American history.

So, Megan, welcome to the podcast.

Well, before we get started with the Westerners and sort of your interest in the frontier and sort of trying to essentially re-educate, if you will, those of us who might not be as familiar, what got you into that topic?

I mean, this is nothing short of a debacle for American prestige.

I mean, this is nothing short of a debacle for American prestige.

throw in concern about whether any ally can trust us, whether you're Israel, whether you're Europe, whether you're a Gulf state, you're Qatar.

throw in concern about whether any ally can trust us, whether you're Israel, whether you're Europe, whether you're a Gulf state, you're Qatar.

What got you to where you are today?

How'd you get to become somebody who was obsessively studying this era of American history?

We can judge how close these allies can be, but Donald Trump is proving to be an erratic partner.

We can judge how close these allies can be, but Donald Trump is proving to be an erratic partner.

And before I get into what I think the fallout and where we're going, I wanted to just remind ourselves, you know, boy, could anybody have seen this coming?

And before I get into what I think the fallout and where we're going, I wanted to just remind ourselves, boy, could anybody have seen this coming?

Where in Colorado?

this idea that we would have somebody running American foreign policy as the commander in chief who would create, somehow take situations which were impossible to make worse and he would make them worse.

this idea that we would have somebody running American foreign policy as the commander in chief who would create, somehow take situations which were impossible to make worse and he would make them worse.

Yeah.