Jonathan V. Last

The New Republic invented it. Yeah. Before Slateway existed, the slate pitch was the New Republic. Okay. Anyway, when Trump flew to Saudi Arabia, he basically – he gave a speech where he was saying like we're not here to moralize. We're just about making business deals with people and that's what our foreign policy is about. I think a lot of people took that idea completely at face value.

But my argument is actually they do have a values-based foreign policy. J.D. Vance has gone to Europe and he's lectured people about their immigration policies and about their free speech policies and about letting AFD have more access to the political system, their policies. They've lectured South Africans on their treatment of white farmers.

But my argument is actually they do have a values-based foreign policy. J.D. Vance has gone to Europe and he's lectured people about their immigration policies and about their free speech policies and about letting AFD have more access to the political system, their policies. They've lectured South Africans on their treatment of white farmers.

But my argument is actually they do have a values-based foreign policy. J.D. Vance has gone to Europe and he's lectured people about their immigration policies and about their free speech policies and about letting AFD have more access to the political system, their policies. They've lectured South Africans on their treatment of white farmers.

Their concepts of democracy and free speech and human rights are very important to their foreign policy. So they have values, but their values are bad. It's not amoral, it's immoral foreign policy. And I think it actually gives them too much credit to assume that it's pure commerce-based, just making money and making deals. Trump's dealings with the Gulf are corrupt. They are money-based.

Their concepts of democracy and free speech and human rights are very important to their foreign policy. So they have values, but their values are bad. It's not amoral, it's immoral foreign policy. And I think it actually gives them too much credit to assume that it's pure commerce-based, just making money and making deals. Trump's dealings with the Gulf are corrupt. They are money-based.

Their concepts of democracy and free speech and human rights are very important to their foreign policy. So they have values, but their values are bad. It's not amoral, it's immoral foreign policy. And I think it actually gives them too much credit to assume that it's pure commerce-based, just making money and making deals. Trump's dealings with the Gulf are corrupt. They are money-based.

But there is a shared value system. I mean, he genuinely admires... the authoritarian character of these regimes. He loves the fact that he can go there and no one is allowed to protest against him and that, you know, he can get his palms greased. So that's not just about making deals for the country or even for himself. It's really, you can see it in his face. He loves dictators. He admires them.

But there is a shared value system. I mean, he genuinely admires... the authoritarian character of these regimes. He loves the fact that he can go there and no one is allowed to protest against him and that, you know, he can get his palms greased. So that's not just about making deals for the country or even for himself. It's really, you can see it in his face. He loves dictators. He admires them.

But there is a shared value system. I mean, he genuinely admires... the authoritarian character of these regimes. He loves the fact that he can go there and no one is allowed to protest against him and that, you know, he can get his palms greased. So that's not just about making deals for the country or even for himself. It's really, you can see it in his face. He loves dictators. He admires them.

It's a value of his. And so like it's a values-based policy, I think is an important point.

It's a value of his. And so like it's a values-based policy, I think is an important point.

It's a value of his. And so like it's a values-based policy, I think is an important point.

Yeah. The pluralist countries are the foes. Yeah. It's across the board. It's like anything in life. When you have a friend or a colleague, you know what gets them excited. You can just tell. You can tell in their energy and their voice and their engagement level. Trump gets very engaged and excited when he is attacking our small L liberal allies around the world. He does not like them.

Yeah. The pluralist countries are the foes. Yeah. It's across the board. It's like anything in life. When you have a friend or a colleague, you know what gets them excited. You can just tell. You can tell in their energy and their voice and their engagement level. Trump gets very engaged and excited when he is attacking our small L liberal allies around the world. He does not like them.

Yeah. The pluralist countries are the foes. Yeah. It's across the board. It's like anything in life. When you have a friend or a colleague, you know what gets them excited. You can just tell. You can tell in their energy and their voice and their engagement level. Trump gets very engaged and excited when he is attacking our small L liberal allies around the world. He does not like them.

He does not want to be in their company.

He does not want to be in their company.

He does not want to be in their company.

And when they're black, all the more so.