Michael Knowles
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that needs to change.
This is why, by the way, to your point, Matt, I had the same reaction, again, as someone who before, during, and after was quite skeptical of the Iran strikes and argued against it.
I do actually get why Trump is doing more stuff in foreign policy than he might be able to get done in domestic policy.
That said, there have still been, what, over 700,000 deportations formally in the first year, another million or more self-deportations, which we can track on a
multiple levels.
So there was something.
We all want 10 million deportations.
We want 15 million deportations.
But the reason he's playing more in foreign policy is actually because there are no district judges in Bahrain.
The reason he's doing it is because he has a lot more control to actually affect things in foreign policy than he does in domestic policy.
You can say that's a terrible system.
I agree that it is.
But they're the ones who actually have to go out there and do the things in the political order.
It's much easier for pundits to complain about it, myself included, as one of the people who complains.
Well, you mentioned recent history, Matt.
I think you have a show that is about recent history.
Am I correct about that?
I thought you meant whichever side, like Union or Confederate.
Now, enough about history.
I want to talk about the future.