Trump's 2nd term is now three months old. How does his second "first 100 days" compare to his first pass? Mark Halperin explains how, whether you agree or disagree with his policies, this is the most monumental and ambitious presidential regime in memory. Then, TikTok's Older Millennial talks about the pathetic end of the "Un-F*** America" tour that tried to harass Charlie's campus tour...until it imploded in on itself. Become a member at members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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But I think it's not an exaggeration to say in the next 100 days, the second 100 days, how he handles the world when he's unleashed through the tariffs is going to be determinative, not just about the tariff policy or his economic record, but I think it was the entire presidency. Then there's everything else. Some recalibration regarding Putin, but I think that's more tactical than strategic.
I think most of what we're seeing in the other bucket is not shown a lot of change the course or regret on the margins on immigration, on the margins on some of the economic policies. But for the most part, I think you're going to see more of the same, except in that first bucket where, again, he has bet everything on a theory of how to make this work.
And I think the challenges, particularly as they relate to China, are extraordinary. I read the other day, I don't know if it's true, but it's too good not to repeat. one in every three things that's made in the world now is made in China. One in every three. I believe that. And I'm sure it's close to true.
So how he confronts China, not just economically, but militarily, strategically, diplomatically, this is as big a play as I've seen any president I've covered done. People talk about George Bush trying to change the social security system or Barack Obama passing health care. Those are big Big, big changes. Big changes. One case successful, one unsuccessful in terms of passing a bill.
But this is reshaping the world economy with a few strokes of a few pens.
So one thing that you mentioned, which is the Russia-Ukraine situation, which I'm incredibly interested in, and I hear things I can't say publicly. You could respect that. But I'll just ask this question, which is, has this taken them by surprise that this is harder to settle than they might have imagined?
And what does the world look like, in your opinion, if Putin says, yeah, actually, I think I'm winning the war. Thanks. I'm just going to keep on marching.
Well, great questions. And I'm super interested in it, too. It's an interesting story, but it's also important. And just as with the tariffs, very easy to say the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Look, I think that President Trump doesn't have much confidence in either Putin or Zelensky that they really want a deal. And his public comments reflect that. Some days he thinks, yeah, we'll
get a deal. And other days, he's very bearish on a deal. You know, my joke for a while has been, and it's a grim joke, that Zelensky will make a deal except under two circumstances, when the war is going well for him, because he doesn't want to make a deal when he's on the march, or when the war is going poorly for him, because he's on his back foot, and he knows the terms wouldn't be good.
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