Tom Nichols

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2,378 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 19 May

Tom Nichols’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Don Lemon Show · LEMON DROP | Boots On The Ground In the Middle East! · 25 Mar 2026 podcast

It thinks of itself as representing a certain percentage of the American people. matched

And everyone else is an enemy, including Phil and the Pentagon reporters. matched

They're the enemy. matched

I mean, if you listen to the way Pete Exet talks about this, they are the enemy. matched

as much as any foreign enemy. matched

And that is very much part of this administration's whole ethos, that other Americans, if they don't support Donald Trump, if they ask hard questions, if they're not going to read Pete Hicks' talking points, they are not just Americans with whom you disagree, they are the enemy. matched

And they're trying to fight a war on one hand. matched

That's why there's been no rally around the flag position here. matched

You know, usually presidents launch a military operation. matched

They come out and they say, here's where I'm doing it. matched

I hope I hope that, you know, the American people will back me on this. matched

Here's my explanation. matched

And the Trump administration has been we've started this war. matched

And if you don't like it, screw you, then you're not on our side. matched

And that that's not working for them. matched

I don't just show that's not working for him. matched

Can I make a point about the thing Jasper just said, though? matched

I mean, I worked on Capitol Hill during the first Gulf War, which I just sort of dated myself and revealed my age, I guess. matched

But, you know, it's a really... matched

It's a tight needle to thread once troops are actually in the field to come out and say, you know, we're going to stop Donald Trump, because at this point, the attempts to invoke the War Powers Act have failed. matched

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