David McWilliams
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17,921 appearances
50 recordings
8 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 2d ago
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You're a rule taker.
And once you're a rule taker, you've got to figure out, well, how do I negotiate this?
And that's what elevates the opposite of hard power, which is this soft power.
Is how do you convince somebody to do what you want to do without
Imposing your will on them.
So it's the power of imagination, it's the power of persuasion, it's the power of friendliness, it's the power of good fun, it's the power of experience, it's the power of memory, it's the power of all those soft skills that small countries have to be good at because we can't be good at hard skills because the bigger countries will bulldoze us.
it's actually the limitations of geography and of size require you to be that little bit more nimble.
And I think what we're gonna see this weekend is an exercise in Irish soft power framed against the background of golf.
Which is calm, pragmatic.
It's the sport of the boardroom, it's the sport of the chief executive.
It more than anything else sums up the relationship between Ireland and America as it has evolved.
And ultimately, it is the power of persuasion that keeps somebody like Donald Trump not on your side.
But just away from you.
And that's exactly where we want him to be.
So we'll talk to you after the weekend.
It's all about Germany today, what the AFD's victory means, what it means for Germany, what it means for economics, what it means for European Union, what it means for the globe.
And is this the moment where things begin to shift on their axis?
So it is all Germany coming up in a couple of minutes.
To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature.
Wie geht's?
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