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 LIVE at 5 | Donald Trump & ICE Are On A Deadly Power Trip! · 15 Jan 2026 podcast

The National Guard has been told to go home. matched

The courts have ruled that Donald Trump cannot pull them out and just put them in the streets. matched

I think people have been glad. matched

I think even the people who support the president have quietly said, yeah, that's probably a good idea. matched

That's over. matched

And ICE isn't big enough to send all around the country during elections to try to stand around and scare people. matched

And I think this is I think they've I mean, I don't want to be overly optimistic. matched

I don't want to be Pollyanna about it. matched

But I really think that this is a classic case of overplaying your hand and showing people that, no, you're actually not here to help them and serve them and protect them and keep their neighborhoods safe, that you're here to intimidate them and beat them up and be kind of the long arm of, you know, Donald Trump's power. matched

And I don't think that's I don't think that's going to pan out for them. matched

I really don't. matched

I'm 65. matched

So my clarity in the morning is, you know, I. matched

Yeah, I've been having a weird week where I find myself agreeing with Rand Paul, you know, which which kind of freaks me out, because even back when I was a conservative, I didn't agree with Rand Paul that often. matched

But I wanted to point out something else before we get to Greenland. matched

I mean, your point about he looks deranged and unstable. matched

I also think he looks scared. matched

I think part of the reason he's doing all this is an expression of weakness, not of strength. matched

And I think that's partly why he's, you know, the people, again, the people around him, I think the domestic stuff, especially is being run by people in the white house who really feel like they need to establish control over this unruly democracy that is not going to do what it's being told to do, which is to stay home and stay out of the public square and stay away from elections and matched

which I think is part of the authoritarian playbook here. matched

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