Tom Nichols

And then he lost.

And then he lost.

And then he lost.

I'm not justifying it. I'm not justifying it. I'm trying to explain it, but I think that's wrong in general. When you say, well, we should listen, you know, Trump was reelected. We should listen to the people to my, my answer is listen to them about what, if they're not telling you the truth, the ones who said, well, I voted because of the price of eggs.

I'm not justifying it. I'm not justifying it. I'm trying to explain it, but I think that's wrong in general. When you say, well, we should listen, you know, Trump was reelected. We should listen to the people to my, my answer is listen to them about what, if they're not telling you the truth, the ones who said, well, I voted because of the price of eggs.

I'm not justifying it. I'm not justifying it. I'm trying to explain it, but I think that's wrong in general. When you say, well, we should listen, you know, Trump was reelected. We should listen to the people to my, my answer is listen to them about what, if they're not telling you the truth, the ones who said, well, I voted because of the price of eggs.

who are then spending thousands of dollars to go to an inauguration, then you, you know, no, you cannot derive upon, and this is something I've been, even before Trump was ever elected, back when I wrote The Death of Expertise, I said, look, politicians cannot derive signals from the American public if the public isn't making any sense.

who are then spending thousands of dollars to go to an inauguration, then you, you know, no, you cannot derive upon, and this is something I've been, even before Trump was ever elected, back when I wrote The Death of Expertise, I said, look, politicians cannot derive signals from the American public if the public isn't making any sense.

who are then spending thousands of dollars to go to an inauguration, then you, you know, no, you cannot derive upon, and this is something I've been, even before Trump was ever elected, back when I wrote The Death of Expertise, I said, look, politicians cannot derive signals from the American public if the public isn't making any sense.

If someone calls a member of Congress and says, keep the Affordable Care Act and ditch Obamacare, There is no way to resolve those kind of signals from people that don't know what they're talking about. So on this, you know, if Donnie saying, oh, we have to listen to the people and what they're telling us about why Trump lost.

If someone calls a member of Congress and says, keep the Affordable Care Act and ditch Obamacare, There is no way to resolve those kind of signals from people that don't know what they're talking about. So on this, you know, if Donnie saying, oh, we have to listen to the people and what they're telling us about why Trump lost.

If someone calls a member of Congress and says, keep the Affordable Care Act and ditch Obamacare, There is no way to resolve those kind of signals from people that don't know what they're talking about. So on this, you know, if Donnie saying, oh, we have to listen to the people and what they're telling us about why Trump lost.

I think that the Democrats who are flagellating themselves about their kind of inability to talk to ordinary voters. I think there is something to that. I mean, the most devastating. Yeah, I'm with you on that. You know, we've talked about it before, right? The trans ad did a lot of damage, you know, and that was a pretty effective piece of advertising.

I think that the Democrats who are flagellating themselves about their kind of inability to talk to ordinary voters. I think there is something to that. I mean, the most devastating. Yeah, I'm with you on that. You know, we've talked about it before, right? The trans ad did a lot of damage, you know, and that was a pretty effective piece of advertising.

I think that the Democrats who are flagellating themselves about their kind of inability to talk to ordinary voters. I think there is something to that. I mean, the most devastating. Yeah, I'm with you on that. You know, we've talked about it before, right? The trans ad did a lot of damage, you know, and that was a pretty effective piece of advertising.

But normalizing what he's doing, I take your point about that half the country has been lost. They're already siloed, you know, in the stuff they watch. I don't know what the right answer is. For a reporter at, you know, ABC or CBS who has to cover the White House and come out every day and say, you know, the president did a bonkers thing today.

But normalizing what he's doing, I take your point about that half the country has been lost. They're already siloed, you know, in the stuff they watch. I don't know what the right answer is. For a reporter at, you know, ABC or CBS who has to cover the White House and come out every day and say, you know, the president did a bonkers thing today.

But normalizing what he's doing, I take your point about that half the country has been lost. They're already siloed, you know, in the stuff they watch. I don't know what the right answer is. For a reporter at, you know, ABC or CBS who has to cover the White House and come out every day and say, you know, the president did a bonkers thing today.

And I think that the answer has been, you know, first, as my editor, Jeff Goldberg, always says, you know, there's this terrible. need to impose coherence because you can't report something that's just word salad. So you try to impose some sense of coherence on it. That is going to keep happening, unfortunately, because otherwise you don't have a story.

And I think that the answer has been, you know, first, as my editor, Jeff Goldberg, always says, you know, there's this terrible. need to impose coherence because you can't report something that's just word salad. So you try to impose some sense of coherence on it. That is going to keep happening, unfortunately, because otherwise you don't have a story.