Stephen A. Smith

Hold the people accountable who are abusing it. But then you have to have rules. You have to have standards, accountability, personal responsibility so you can build a better, safer society so that we can go to the public and say, you know, not just don't go with the fascist, which I would love. I would have hoped that that would have been enough. One would think. I will be honest with you.

But it's very clear that it's not. No. So we have to say, come with us because here's how we're going to build a better life for people.

But it's very clear that it's not. No. So we have to say, come with us because here's how we're going to build a better life for people.

Just on that point. And I work a lot. I think I mentioned Simon Rosenberg. I've worked with him a lot, a bunch of different issues. And he's in favor of opening a second front. Front number one is Trump's destroying our economy and, you know, threatening a whole bunch of different things. Threat number two is he's making us weaker.

Just on that point. And I work a lot. I think I mentioned Simon Rosenberg. I've worked with him a lot, a bunch of different issues. And he's in favor of opening a second front. Front number one is Trump's destroying our economy and, you know, threatening a whole bunch of different things. Threat number two is he's making us weaker.

He is actually making us more vulnerable as a country, that his national security strategy is making us weaker, more vulnerable, and economically less strong. And that these institutions that he's smashing because he just sees it as, you know, basically he sees allies and partners as people to be exploited, not as a partnership. That is making us weaker economically.

He is actually making us more vulnerable as a country, that his national security strategy is making us weaker, more vulnerable, and economically less strong. And that these institutions that he's smashing because he just sees it as, you know, basically he sees allies and partners as people to be exploited, not as a partnership. That is making us weaker economically.

And the idea that the system of alliances that we built was a giveaway by the U.S. to the rest of the world, we benefited from that more than anybody by having the richest, most powerful country in the history of the world. Now, we screwed up on the distribution of that wealth. We've generated a lot of wealth. We've concentrated in the hands of the few and left the working class behind.

And the idea that the system of alliances that we built was a giveaway by the U.S. to the rest of the world, we benefited from that more than anybody by having the richest, most powerful country in the history of the world. Now, we screwed up on the distribution of that wealth. We've generated a lot of wealth. We've concentrated in the hands of the few and left the working class behind.

But the notion that we have become weaker because of that, we need to go after Trump for weakening us by picking fights with everybody in the world, isolating us. It makes us less safe. Yeah.

But the notion that we have become weaker because of that, we need to go after Trump for weakening us by picking fights with everybody in the world, isolating us. It makes us less safe. Yeah.

See, that would be the second leg in my three-leg stool about how Donald Trump is making us weaker. By weakening our institutions, by weakening our federal government, and certainly at DOD, but he's doing it at NIH. He's doing it at the FAA. He's doing it at the National Nuclear Security Agency.

See, that would be the second leg in my three-leg stool about how Donald Trump is making us weaker. By weakening our institutions, by weakening our federal government, and certainly at DOD, but he's doing it at NIH. He's doing it at the FAA. He's doing it at the National Nuclear Security Agency.

By randomly firing people, canceling programs and sowing chaos amongst our workforce, he is making us weaker. And yes, he is making us weaker at the Pentagon. I have a death of Stalin analogy, which I like to use at this point. So it's bad enough. And C.Q. Brown is a highly qualified individual. He has led commands in a whole bunch of different places.

By randomly firing people, canceling programs and sowing chaos amongst our workforce, he is making us weaker. And yes, he is making us weaker at the Pentagon. I have a death of Stalin analogy, which I like to use at this point. So it's bad enough. And C.Q. Brown is a highly qualified individual. He has led commands in a whole bunch of different places.

Deputy CENTCOM commander, ran the Air Force, I believe. And I've met with him. I've worked with him for years. Deeply talented individual. So getting rid of that level of talent right off the bat makes you weaker. But the death of Stalin analogy is at the start of that movie, Stalin has a stroke, doesn't die. And they show up, what do we do? Well, we got to go get a doctor.

Deputy CENTCOM commander, ran the Air Force, I believe. And I've met with him. I've worked with him for years. Deeply talented individual. So getting rid of that level of talent right off the bat makes you weaker. But the death of Stalin analogy is at the start of that movie, Stalin has a stroke, doesn't die. And they show up, what do we do? Well, we got to go get a doctor.

Let's get the best doctor available. And it's like, we don't really have a best doctor. What do you mean we don't? Well, we kind of, we either killed them or we sent them to Siberia to make sure that they were loyal to us. So they're all just kind of not that good anymore. And that's what you get because it's okay. They fired C.Q. Brown and they fired others as well. The people who are left,

Let's get the best doctor available. And it's like, we don't really have a best doctor. What do you mean we don't? Well, we kind of, we either killed them or we sent them to Siberia to make sure that they were loyal to us. So they're all just kind of not that good anymore. And that's what you get because it's okay. They fired C.Q. Brown and they fired others as well. The people who are left,

Now, some of them will be brave and some of them will say, I'm doing my job and I don't care. And then they'll get fired. But a lot of people say, if this is the way the game is played, I know that being competent, being good at my job is not important. I simply have to be a sycophant and a loyalist to Trump. I'm going to do that and I'm not going to focus on actually running this place well.