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Tom Nichols

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1513 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

I agree with you this is unsustainable in a normal world. In the first Trump term, we would say these things are unsustainable. And sure enough, Tillerson or Mattis or even Mnuchin or whoever would kind of say, all right, all right, we got it. But this bunch, this is just kind of โ€“

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

I agree with you this is unsustainable in a normal world. In the first Trump term, we would say these things are unsustainable. And sure enough, Tillerson or Mattis or even Mnuchin or whoever would kind of say, all right, all right, we got it. But this bunch, this is just kind of โ€“

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

A sort of, you know, looting the ship of state and pointing out that the masts are breaking and the ship is listing and we're taking on water. They're like, look, we don't care. We're just going to take as much stuff out of the hold as we can jump into little lifeboats and paddle away. And, you know, all the circuit breakers on this stuff are gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

A sort of, you know, looting the ship of state and pointing out that the masts are breaking and the ship is listing and we're taking on water. They're like, look, we don't care. We're just going to take as much stuff out of the hold as we can jump into little lifeboats and paddle away. And, you know, all the circuit breakers on this stuff are gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

A sort of, you know, looting the ship of state and pointing out that the masts are breaking and the ship is listing and we're taking on water. They're like, look, we don't care. We're just going to take as much stuff out of the hold as we can jump into little lifeboats and paddle away. And, you know, all the circuit breakers on this stuff are gone.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

And ironically, and I know, you know, people really enjoy the shot and for it about this, but these are our fellow citizens, you know, like the policies are not, these are our brothers and sisters as American citizens. The people that are going to really pay the price for this are ordinary Americans. And most of them are going to be Trump voters.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

And ironically, and I know, you know, people really enjoy the shot and for it about this, but these are our fellow citizens, you know, like the policies are not, these are our brothers and sisters as American citizens. The people that are going to really pay the price for this are ordinary Americans. And most of them are going to be Trump voters.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

And ironically, and I know, you know, people really enjoy the shot and for it about this, but these are our fellow citizens, you know, like the policies are not, these are our brothers and sisters as American citizens. The people that are going to really pay the price for this are ordinary Americans. And most of them are going to be Trump voters.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

It just astonishes me how much he punishes his own voters for,

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

It just astonishes me how much he punishes his own voters for,

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

It just astonishes me how much he punishes his own voters for,

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Well, normally he pays attention to the markets, but in part because he had to pay attention to the markets because he wanted to get reelected. Now he doesn't have to care. I mean, now it's, am I doing good? Are my enemies yowling? Remember, you know this, Tim, the one rule in MAGA world that the test of a policy being good or bad is how loudly someone else yells about it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Well, normally he pays attention to the markets, but in part because he had to pay attention to the markets because he wanted to get reelected. Now he doesn't have to care. I mean, now it's, am I doing good? Are my enemies yowling? Remember, you know this, Tim, the one rule in MAGA world that the test of a policy being good or bad is how loudly someone else yells about it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Well, normally he pays attention to the markets, but in part because he had to pay attention to the markets because he wanted to get reelected. Now he doesn't have to care. I mean, now it's, am I doing good? Are my enemies yowling? Remember, you know this, Tim, the one rule in MAGA world that the test of a policy being good or bad is how loudly someone else yells about it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

That's all they care about.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

That's all they care about.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

That's all they care about.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.

The Bulwark Podcast
Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0

Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.