Ezra Klein

So what does that create as a possible long tail?

I think people in their heads have the idea that the energy price disruption ends the moment, roughly, the war ends.

What would a war look like where that would not be true?

Then always our final question.

What are three books you recommend to the audience?

Jason Bordoff, thank you very much.

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So imagine you're Donald Trump, or maybe you're one of Donald Trump's political advisors, or his kids, one of the ones who doesn't want to lose the midterms and start getting your crypto and AI trades investigated by congressional Democrats.

So you're there, and you're planning out last night's State of the Union, and you're

What would you do?

Well, you'd probably start with a problem that you need to solve.

The issues that got you elected in 2024 have turned into huge vulnerabilities in 2026.

Go back a year.

Go back to February 2025.

Immigration is your strongest issue.

All those weenie liberals looking at your approval rating can see it right there on Nate Silver's poll tracker.

Your net approval on immigration is around 10%.

That means 10% more of the country approves of the job you're doing