Jennifer Burns

Right, exactly. So if we think of the evolution of conservatism, it was a whole set of ideas that was crafted, refined, the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, sort of really found their emotional standard bearer, translator, salesperson in Ronald Reagan, who incidentally had been following these ideas as they developed and had been honing his ability to express them and apply them politically. Right.

It's a very opposite if we look at Trump as the political definer of the era. There's a set of ideas, but it was more attitudes, impulses, vibes, and the ideas are coming after that, trying to figure out how they patch on. So it's interesting to watch, to see that difference. And I...

It's a very opposite if we look at Trump as the political definer of the era. There's a set of ideas, but it was more attitudes, impulses, vibes, and the ideas are coming after that, trying to figure out how they patch on. So it's interesting to watch, to see that difference. And I...

It's a very opposite if we look at Trump as the political definer of the era. There's a set of ideas, but it was more attitudes, impulses, vibes, and the ideas are coming after that, trying to figure out how they patch on. So it's interesting to watch, to see that difference. And I...

hazard that a lot of it just has to do with the immediacy of the media environment we're in and it's just power of the media messages to get out so fast what do you think milta freedom would say about donald trump about uh him winning in 2024 and just in general this political moment I think he would love Doge. I think that's, you know, it goes without saying.

hazard that a lot of it just has to do with the immediacy of the media environment we're in and it's just power of the media messages to get out so fast what do you think milta freedom would say about donald trump about uh him winning in 2024 and just in general this political moment I think he would love Doge. I think that's, you know, it goes without saying.

hazard that a lot of it just has to do with the immediacy of the media environment we're in and it's just power of the media messages to get out so fast what do you think milta freedom would say about donald trump about uh him winning in 2024 and just in general this political moment I think he would love Doge. I think that's, you know, it goes without saying.

I think he would focus on that part because I think he would really love it. He would be very alarmed by the idea of tariffs and very alarmed by the return to protectionism. I mean, I think he believed that part of what... made the world peaceful in the second half of the 20th century, as opposed to during World War II, was the world was knit together more by trade.

I think he would focus on that part because I think he would really love it. He would be very alarmed by the idea of tariffs and very alarmed by the return to protectionism. I mean, I think he believed that part of what... made the world peaceful in the second half of the 20th century, as opposed to during World War II, was the world was knit together more by trade.

I think he would focus on that part because I think he would really love it. He would be very alarmed by the idea of tariffs and very alarmed by the return to protectionism. I mean, I think he believed that part of what... made the world peaceful in the second half of the 20th century, as opposed to during World War II, was the world was knit together more by trade.

And that was the great hope, that if people traded with each other, they wouldn't fight. He was also, you know, a proponent of the free movement of capital. You know, he would absolutely oppose this idea that You know, Nippon Steel wasn't allowed to invest in the United States, you know.

And that was the great hope, that if people traded with each other, they wouldn't fight. He was also, you know, a proponent of the free movement of capital. You know, he would absolutely oppose this idea that You know, Nippon Steel wasn't allowed to invest in the United States, you know.

And that was the great hope, that if people traded with each other, they wouldn't fight. He was also, you know, a proponent of the free movement of capital. You know, he would absolutely oppose this idea that You know, Nippon Steel wasn't allowed to invest in the United States, you know.

I think he would struggle, and he wholeheartedly embraced Reagan, and he worked to minimize the parts of the Reagan legacy he didn't like. I think he would find it harder to embrace Trump because he's not of that style, and he just had a different style. But I'm guessing he would have come around through... I think he would just say, okay, we have a chance to reduce the size of government.

I think he would struggle, and he wholeheartedly embraced Reagan, and he worked to minimize the parts of the Reagan legacy he didn't like. I think he would find it harder to embrace Trump because he's not of that style, and he just had a different style. But I'm guessing he would have come around through... I think he would just say, okay, we have a chance to reduce the size of government.

I think he would struggle, and he wholeheartedly embraced Reagan, and he worked to minimize the parts of the Reagan legacy he didn't like. I think he would find it harder to embrace Trump because he's not of that style, and he just had a different style. But I'm guessing he would have come around through... I think he would just say, okay, we have a chance to reduce the size of government.

At the same time, the spending plans of the Trump administration are not fiscally conservative in any way. And that was his concern, was not so much with debt, but with the feeling that there's no mechanism to stop the growth of government, that it just grows and grows and grows. And so he ended up saying,

At the same time, the spending plans of the Trump administration are not fiscally conservative in any way. And that was his concern, was not so much with debt, but with the feeling that there's no mechanism to stop the growth of government, that it just grows and grows and grows. And so he ended up saying,

At the same time, the spending plans of the Trump administration are not fiscally conservative in any way. And that was his concern, was not so much with debt, but with the feeling that there's no mechanism to stop the growth of government, that it just grows and grows and grows. And so he ended up saying,

Like even deficits aren't so bad because they make politicians cautious, he thought, about continuing to spend. But I have to believe he would be concerned about the potential threats to the U.S. currency's position as the world's reserve currency. with increased levels of debt and spending.