Konstantin Kisin
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Would getting people of different lines of work change things? And if so, how do we get these to the top of the food chain?
Would getting people of different lines of work change things? And if so, how do we get these to the top of the food chain?
I think it's incredibly unwise to make bold predictions about what's going to happen over the next six to seven months. I do think what America had at the election and what the election of Donald Trump represents is something that we in the UK don't have, which is choice.
I think it's incredibly unwise to make bold predictions about what's going to happen over the next six to seven months. I do think what America had at the election and what the election of Donald Trump represents is something that we in the UK don't have, which is choice.
They had a very clear choice between two very different perspectives on the world, between two very different approaches, between two very different candidates. And ultimately, criticisms of President Trump are necessary and legitimate. Of course, they are.
They had a very clear choice between two very different perspectives on the world, between two very different approaches, between two very different candidates. And ultimately, criticisms of President Trump are necessary and legitimate. Of course, they are.
But at the end of the day, I believe, having spent quite a lot of time in America around election time and also just generally and traveling around real America, not just in D.C. and L.A. and New York, The reason that he was elected was that the American people are not prepared to accept what Europeans have decided they're prepared to accept, which is managed decline.
But at the end of the day, I believe, having spent quite a lot of time in America around election time and also just generally and traveling around real America, not just in D.C. and L.A. and New York, The reason that he was elected was that the American people are not prepared to accept what Europeans have decided they're prepared to accept, which is managed decline.
The American people do not want their country to become weaker. They do not want it to become poorer. They do not want to impoverish their fellow citizens through net zero. What they want is their country to be great, their country to be powerful, their country to be influential. The economic realities for most Americans are not really reflected in the figures that we are told.
The American people do not want their country to become weaker. They do not want it to become poorer. They do not want to impoverish their fellow citizens through net zero. What they want is their country to be great, their country to be powerful, their country to be influential. The economic realities for most Americans are not really reflected in the figures that we are told.
So when people talk about inflation, the reality of people's lives on the ground is that their cost of living has gone up very, very significantly over the last few years. And that's not always reflected directly in the overall inflation figure that we're shown because certain things are much more influential in people's lives than others.
So when people talk about inflation, the reality of people's lives on the ground is that their cost of living has gone up very, very significantly over the last few years. And that's not always reflected directly in the overall inflation figure that we're shown because certain things are much more influential in people's lives than others.
And so whether the decision to elect President Trump ends up being this positive thing for which there should be lots of optimism is a matter of the next four years? Are we going to see a presidency that really does everything it promises? And by the way, you know, if you look at the things that Donald Trump is promising,
And so whether the decision to elect President Trump ends up being this positive thing for which there should be lots of optimism is a matter of the next four years? Are we going to see a presidency that really does everything it promises? And by the way, you know, if you look at the things that Donald Trump is promising,
I think whether you're left or right, you have to acknowledge that they are things that are worth doing. Having a secure border so that people don't come into your country illegally is a basic duty of government. Economic prosperity is a basic duty of government. Withdrawing America from a kind of
I think whether you're left or right, you have to acknowledge that they are things that are worth doing. Having a secure border so that people don't come into your country illegally is a basic duty of government. Economic prosperity is a basic duty of government. Withdrawing America from a kind of
simultaneously aggressive but weak posture around the world where America sort of says, yeah, yeah, we're going to get involved in these foreign conflicts, but we're not actually going to then practically help Ukraine win that war is a kind of stupid position on both whichever side you're on. So on all of these things, and of course, you know, Scott mentioned wokeness.
simultaneously aggressive but weak posture around the world where America sort of says, yeah, yeah, we're going to get involved in these foreign conflicts, but we're not actually going to then practically help Ukraine win that war is a kind of stupid position on both whichever side you're on. So on all of these things, and of course, you know, Scott mentioned wokeness.
I think he's absolutely right that there is a massive backlash happening around the world because lots and lots of people who were completely apolitical until the last three or four years or maybe until 2016 just feel like the world has gone crazy and suddenly they're supposed to pretend that men can change sex and become women and now they're entitled to be in female prisons and
I think he's absolutely right that there is a massive backlash happening around the world because lots and lots of people who were completely apolitical until the last three or four years or maybe until 2016 just feel like the world has gone crazy and suddenly they're supposed to pretend that men can change sex and become women and now they're entitled to be in female prisons and