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JVL (Jonathan V. Last)

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
409 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

It's really important.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

You know, Marco was a good neocon on this stuff.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

It is.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Well, except that here, this is an interesting question.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Is this a flourishing of Marco's neocon worldview or is this a flourishing of Marco's political instincts, which are that he realized that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

that being right or wrong about Iran was less important for his political future than making sure that he figured out where Trump wanted to be and got there so that he could be on Trump's side so that win or lose with Iran, whether the war went well or badly, he was always with Trump, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And so the king would look, well, my loyal courtier Marco was with me.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

I mean, I got to say, based on Marco's career of figuring out where he needs to be to get ahead politically,

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

The only misstep he's ever made was being anti-Trump in 2016.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Yeah, really calculating.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And so that's why I don't know that he got here because this is adherence to neocon principles or because I don't know that Marco honestly has any principles other than in the very long game.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

He wants the Castro regime gone in Cuba.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Yeah, right.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Right.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

I mean, that that that is his kind of like Trump's tariffs.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

You know, the one thing that he actually cares about is Cuba.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

What would you think would be really hinky?

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

What would that look like?

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Something that becomes a real total economic.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

It's like a recession, just like a normal recession.