David French

So if you are walking into that court and you can speak originalism fluently,

regardless of which ideological side that you're on, you've got a good case to make to this court.

And it was very clear to me, it was very clear throughout the argument that the challengers to the EO were absolutely in line with the judicial philosophy of a majority of the court.

And the administration was way, way out of line with the philosophy of a majority of the court.

Well, you know, I'm still working my way through Blue Lights, by the way, Michelle, just magnificent.

But I'm reading a book called De Gaulle by Julian Jackson because in an interesting way, he is one of the most currently relevant figures of the 20th century and in a way that we should kind of all be grateful for.

And that is, de Gaulle had some priorities about France and for the independence and greatness of France that included, you know, he's gonna make a commitment that France is gonna have an independent defense industry.

France is gonna have an independent nuclear deterrent.

And with the fractures with NATO, which are increasing, increasing, it's fascinating to me how much de Gaulle's vision of France has actually created a secondary bulwark

against Russian aggression.

In other words, we have a completely independent European nuclear deterrent that does not rely on the United States of America, thanks to de Gaulle.

Now, much weaker than the U.S.

The French military obviously can't replace whatever we've lost, but to the extent that NATO can retain stability and strength with us wavering, it's a lot because of de Gaulle and sort of his long-term vision.

And he's also just an endlessly fascinating,

I mean, for a consequential world leader, he might have ticked off more of his peers and counterparts than any other living world leader.

Oh, that's a bold claim.

He was prickly.

He was prickly.

But it's a fascinating story, just absolutely fascinating.

Highly recommend.