Josh Hammer

And what Ronald Reagan famously said when he was asked for his approach to the Cold War, and he came into power in 1980, coming off the 1970s. You had differing opinions in the 1970s. There was Henry Kissinger in Dayton. There was kind of the Cold War hawks back then. Ronald Reagan famously said that his approach to the Cold War, we win and they lose.

People said that he was crazy, that he was a cowboy, he was a warmonger. But that mentality, Andrew, helped win the Cold War. I think Donald Trump has taken that exact same mentality to his second term in office. And I'm not entirely sure what the exact moment was that galvanized him to adopt this Reaganite mantra.

People said that he was crazy, that he was a cowboy, he was a warmonger. But that mentality, Andrew, helped win the Cold War. I think Donald Trump has taken that exact same mentality to his second term in office. And I'm not entirely sure what the exact moment was that galvanized him to adopt this Reaganite mantra.

I suspect it was probably around the time that Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and so-called special counsel Jack Smith Start to incarcerate him, to prosecute him, try to throw him in jail, bankrupt him, ruin him of all his possessions, basically deprive him of his liberty and his livelihood.

I suspect it was probably around the time that Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and so-called special counsel Jack Smith Start to incarcerate him, to prosecute him, try to throw him in jail, bankrupt him, ruin him of all his possessions, basically deprive him of his liberty and his livelihood.

Maybe it was around the time that Thomas Matthew Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania, came within millimeters of assassinating him before a global television audience. But at some point, at some point, Donald Trump had kind of his Clarence Thomas 1991 Anita Hill moment where he looked at all this radicalization around him and said, you know what? This is enough. I am over this. And you know what?

Maybe it was around the time that Thomas Matthew Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania, came within millimeters of assassinating him before a global television audience. But at some point, at some point, Donald Trump had kind of his Clarence Thomas 1991 Anita Hill moment where he looked at all this radicalization around him and said, you know what? This is enough. I am over this. And you know what?

To quote Barack Obama, get me my freaking pen, get me my freaking phone, because this crap ain't gonna fly anymore come day one. And that was what we saw last week, Andrew. We saw all these executive orders. I mean, the DEI executive order alone, just focusing on that one executive order, and there's been so many amazing ones, it's hard to know even where to start.

To quote Barack Obama, get me my freaking pen, get me my freaking phone, because this crap ain't gonna fly anymore come day one. And that was what we saw last week, Andrew. We saw all these executive orders. I mean, the DEI executive order alone, just focusing on that one executive order, and there's been so many amazing ones, it's hard to know even where to start.

There's been the gender ideology, birthright citizenship. It's amazing stuff coming out of this White House. But just the DEI executive order It doesn't just get rid of DEI in the executive branch. It actually goes way past that.

There's been the gender ideology, birthright citizenship. It's amazing stuff coming out of this White House. But just the DEI executive order It doesn't just get rid of DEI in the executive branch. It actually goes way past that.

It instructs the attorney general and the secretary of education, the whole cabinet, to enforce Title VI and to interpret the Supreme Court's affirmative action case, Students for Fair Emissions, so as to effectively ban DEI in any taxpayer support institution in America. This is the kind of stuff that wins culture wars overnight. So again – Let's not rest on our laurels.

It instructs the attorney general and the secretary of education, the whole cabinet, to enforce Title VI and to interpret the Supreme Court's affirmative action case, Students for Fair Emissions, so as to effectively ban DEI in any taxpayer support institution in America. This is the kind of stuff that wins culture wars overnight. So again – Let's not rest on our laurels.

I understand, like, you know, constant vigilance, and let's keep our foot on the gas pedal and keep on plowing full speed ahead. But for now, for now, what we have seen is the stuff of legends, frankly.

I understand, like, you know, constant vigilance, and let's keep our foot on the gas pedal and keep on plowing full speed ahead. But for now, for now, what we have seen is the stuff of legends, frankly.

It kind of reminds me, as I said in the column, I remember when I was a kid learning about how the English took over what was then called New Amsterdam, and then they renamed it New York City from Peter Stuyvesant to the Dutch in the 1600s. They famously took it over without firing a single shot because Because it was just a pure, unmitigated demonstration of force.

It kind of reminds me, as I said in the column, I remember when I was a kid learning about how the English took over what was then called New Amsterdam, and then they renamed it New York City from Peter Stuyvesant to the Dutch in the 1600s. They famously took it over without firing a single shot because Because it was just a pure, unmitigated demonstration of force.

And the enemy yielded at that demonstration of force. That's very much how I view what happened over this past week.

And the enemy yielded at that demonstration of force. That's very much how I view what happened over this past week.

I absolutely do. I think I think that J.D. Vance is vice president. United States is kind of the natural heir to the throne. And we'll obviously have that debate, I presume, in the year 2028. But God willing, the next four years will go well. And and J.D., who is literally only 40 years old, is kind of a logical successor there. And that's part of the reasons that Donald Trump tapped J.D.