Tom Nichols

And you just got at something, Tim, which is all of this is happening. We talk about memory holes and Stalinism. All of this is happening as if Donald Trump had never been president. Yeah. Right? It's like, I'm finally going to make America great and end this terrible situation where you look familiar. Yeah.

You know, weren't you the... And, you know, we've got to do something with this terrible deal with Mexico.

You know, weren't you the... And, you know, we've got to do something with this terrible deal with Mexico.

You know, weren't you the... And, you know, we've got to do something with this terrible deal with Mexico.

As with Ukraine, as with all the other things we've been talking about, you can't defend it without completely sort of staring into the middle distance while your body and your mind where your mind dissociates from your body like an accident victim. And you end up having to say things that you know are true. Just bonkers. I agree with you, but I disagree with you.

As with Ukraine, as with all the other things we've been talking about, you can't defend it without completely sort of staring into the middle distance while your body and your mind where your mind dissociates from your body like an accident victim. And you end up having to say things that you know are true. Just bonkers. I agree with you, but I disagree with you.

As with Ukraine, as with all the other things we've been talking about, you can't defend it without completely sort of staring into the middle distance while your body and your mind where your mind dissociates from your body like an accident victim. And you end up having to say things that you know are true. Just bonkers. I agree with you, but I disagree with you.

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 –

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 –

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 –

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.