Ross Douthat

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4,896 appearances 23 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 27 Aug

Ross Douthat’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Interesting Times · Iran, China, Canada? A Defense of Trump’s Grand Strategy · 23 Jul 2026 podcast

And this is something, by the way, that the president, who you're very careful to praise throughout this conversation, has himself said. voice-verified

commented on repeatedly on Taiwan. voice-verified

It's so close to China, so far from the U.S. voice-verified

When we're talking about platforms, we're talking about aircraft carriers primarily in the Pacific? voice-verified

So there's a lot. voice-verified

There's a lot. voice-verified

But you were essentially trying to set up a scenario where even if China has a big advantage, we have enough platforms surviving? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Well, advantage to do what? voice-verified

and our prosperity. voice-verified

That's not what we talk about. voice-verified

So you think the second Trump administration has a more reasonable... Yeah, oh, absolutely. voice-verified

Let's then head for the Middle East, but maintaining the connection to China. voice-verified

Is it not, in fact, the case that many of exactly the kind of munitions and platforms that we need for the strategy of denial that you've described are now being used up in a currently stalemated conflict with Iran? voice-verified

All right, I'll ask you about that next. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

So you just sort of prickled a little bit at the suggestion that the conflict is stalemated. voice-verified

Mm-hmm. voice-verified

We had Vice President Vance on the show when the memorandum of understanding was just being hashed out. voice-verified

And he expressed a great deal of confidence that the administration was reaching through military force, but also diplomacy, a stable place where the war would come to an end and there would be sort of fruitful engagement with Iran going forward. voice-verified

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