Tom Nichols

Maybe not on the economic side, but we'll get to that. In terms of what he's up to between he and Elon Musk, this is not going so great. With that said, what's really dispirited me has been the kind of passivity

of millions of americans including you know at least some of the institutional democratic party but also a lot of other folks who are kind of you know feeling helpless now i know there have been big protests and people have been marching but i guess i am always stunned when trump does something staggeringly illegal i mean doge let's just doge itself for the past three months there is no such thing as doge they made it up it's not a thing

of millions of americans including you know at least some of the institutional democratic party but also a lot of other folks who are kind of you know feeling helpless now i know there have been big protests and people have been marching but i guess i am always stunned when trump does something staggeringly illegal i mean doge let's just doge itself for the past three months there is no such thing as doge they made it up it's not a thing

of millions of americans including you know at least some of the institutional democratic party but also a lot of other folks who are kind of you know feeling helpless now i know there have been big protests and people have been marching but i guess i am always stunned when trump does something staggeringly illegal i mean doge let's just doge itself for the past three months there is no such thing as doge they made it up it's not a thing

You know, and and yet, you know, news reports of, well, you know, the new Doge, a new Department of Government Efficiency. It's not stop talking about it as if it were, you know, passed with legislation and that it's a real thing with offices and letterhead and, you know, a cabinet department. It's not. I think that's been kind of a pebble in my shoe for the for the past three months.

You know, and and yet, you know, news reports of, well, you know, the new Doge, a new Department of Government Efficiency. It's not stop talking about it as if it were, you know, passed with legislation and that it's a real thing with offices and letterhead and, you know, a cabinet department. It's not. I think that's been kind of a pebble in my shoe for the for the past three months.

You know, and and yet, you know, news reports of, well, you know, the new Doge, a new Department of Government Efficiency. It's not stop talking about it as if it were, you know, passed with legislation and that it's a real thing with offices and letterhead and, you know, a cabinet department. It's not. I think that's been kind of a pebble in my shoe for the for the past three months.

I suppose I focus on that stuff because I don't want to focus on legislation. really what is probably the most important story, which is how quickly Trump has unwound America's position in the world. I mean, the stuff about tariffs and, you know, dollies and all that stuff, that's bad. And that will mostly affect us.

I suppose I focus on that stuff because I don't want to focus on legislation. really what is probably the most important story, which is how quickly Trump has unwound America's position in the world. I mean, the stuff about tariffs and, you know, dollies and all that stuff, that's bad. And that will mostly affect us.

I suppose I focus on that stuff because I don't want to focus on legislation. really what is probably the most important story, which is how quickly Trump has unwound America's position in the world. I mean, the stuff about tariffs and, you know, dollies and all that stuff, that's bad. And that will mostly affect us.

But to see, you know, 80 years of post-World War II construction of a world order that was created by the Americans, led by the United States, to the advantage of the United States of its allies, just come apart in a matter of you know, three months is really astonishing.

But to see, you know, 80 years of post-World War II construction of a world order that was created by the Americans, led by the United States, to the advantage of the United States of its allies, just come apart in a matter of you know, three months is really astonishing.

But to see, you know, 80 years of post-World War II construction of a world order that was created by the Americans, led by the United States, to the advantage of the United States of its allies, just come apart in a matter of you know, three months is really astonishing.

Well, as a lifelong Russia expert, let me say. That to have the secretary of state of the United States clapping and respectfully reviewing a parade of Russian military might while they are pounding the living daylights out of civilians.

Well, as a lifelong Russia expert, let me say. That to have the secretary of state of the United States clapping and respectfully reviewing a parade of Russian military might while they are pounding the living daylights out of civilians.

Well, as a lifelong Russia expert, let me say. That to have the secretary of state of the United States clapping and respectfully reviewing a parade of Russian military might while they are pounding the living daylights out of civilians.

in ukraine and trying to territorially overrun a friend of the united states would be as we experts would say bad okay that's bad and you shouldn't do it and you shouldn't be there for that now it could be that I believe Svizda is the, it's the military paper.

in ukraine and trying to territorially overrun a friend of the united states would be as we experts would say bad okay that's bad and you shouldn't do it and you shouldn't be there for that now it could be that I believe Svizda is the, it's the military paper.

in ukraine and trying to territorially overrun a friend of the united states would be as we experts would say bad okay that's bad and you shouldn't do it and you shouldn't be there for that now it could be that I believe Svizda is the, it's the military paper.

They may be just trolling, you know, Belousov and Svizda may be just trolling the United States to see if they can rattle our cage, which they do now and then. On the other hand, with the you know, staggering incompetence and pro-Russian tilt of this administration. I have to say, I wouldn't be surprised if I saw Rubio show up in Moscow.