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

But also I think the reason Trump is engaging in these kooky overseas adventures is because that's what authoritarian leaders do when they're frustrated and stuck at home. matched

They go to the one thing that's kind of their play. matched

They go to the one thing they can control, which is the army. matched

And they say, go get me a victory. matched

Let's have a parade, you know, go kick some ass over here or over there. matched

And yeah, matched

You know, when you were talking about his comments in the White House about Greenland, he didn't just say we need it for national security. matched

He point blank just because, you know, him, he just says the quiet part out loud. matched

I need it psychologically. matched

Imagine a president psychologically. matched

It's important for me. matched

That's a pretty weak and deeply messed up thing to say. matched

And to say it out loud as if it's normal. matched

But I think the part of the problem, the people around him, there's nobody around him saying, you can't do this. matched

You have to stop doing these things. matched

As for the conflict escalating, I point out in the article, it came out this afternoon in The Atlantic. matched

Look, he could wake up in the middle of the night, as you and I apparently do, and say, I am the Lord Protector of Greenland. matched

America owns Greenland. matched

That wouldn't matter very much unless he tries to enforce that. matched

and says, now we're going to take over. matched

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