Ian Bremmer

And if those elections were today,

the Republicans would get thumped pretty badly and he knows it, he knows it.

So this was not an easy speech to give.

And for someone who's only gonna have so many opportunities to be in front of the population and really explain to them why it is they need to turn out for him and for the people that are his proxies on the ballot in November, he didn't do much of that last night in my view.

I mean, for me, the 65 million people that he personally saved in India and Pakistan, I mean, were that true, you know, we should—he should—

He should be president for life.

That's pretty extraordinary.

Of course, it's utter bollocks.

So, yeah, I mean, it is to be fair.

You're saying it's normal for Trump.

And that's a that's a significant caveat.

Yes.

I think that we should try to avoid that caveat.

because it is still a representative democracy.

Look, I mean, the biggest thing he had to respond to was his signature policy for his first year was struck down by the Supreme Court.

I've never seen that happen in the State of the Union before.

And there the Supreme Court justices are, and people that he appointed voted against his signature policy because it was clearly illegal.

And he was told by members of his cabinet, this is illegal, sir.

You don't need to do this.

You can actually do these tariffs in other ways and you're not going to get hit back.