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Category Archives: America
Amy Wax Calls Out Nathan Cofnas, Richard Hanania For Their TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)
Watch here. "With Amy Wax: For and against TDS" Full vid at ncofnas dot com pic.twitter.com/Z7rF8xx2kK — Nathan Cofnas (@nathancofnas) April 17, 2025 I support Trump overall (I think his 2020 election denial was a horrible thing that incentivized the … Continue reading
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Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War
VDH writes for the Free Press: Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans. …By 1975, however, annual trade deficits grew larger and were … Continue reading
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Decoding Media Coverage Of Trump’s Tariffs (4-9-25)
01:00 I critique Nathan Cofnas’s critique of Trump, MAGA and the right, https://x.com/nathancofnas/status/190993739428941867903:00 Why is the elite media so uniformly contemptuous about Trump’s tariffs while they are wildly popular with tens of millions of Americans? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16051227:00 Mark Halperin on Trump’s … Continue reading
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Decoding Trump’s Tariff Strategy (4-6-25)
01:00 Trump tariffs, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16048308:30 The One Way Trump’s Tariffs Might Make Sense, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090CqPrw_AE27:00 Jordan joins the show to discuss Israel and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories 50:00 ‘NATIONAL EMERGENCY’: Economist sounds alarm on US trade deficits, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRqCGvJIrGg1:06:40 Prof. John Mearsheimer: Trump Pushing … Continue reading
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Any good news regarding Trump’s tariffs?
Grok says: For those who support the “America First” agenda, a key piece of good news is that the tariffs are projected to generate significant revenue and encourage domestic manufacturing. For instance, the White House has claimed that a 25% … Continue reading
Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History
Grok says: Chris Whipple’s latest book is Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, published on April 8, 2025… Uncharted chronicles the chaotic and unprecedented 2024 U.S. presidential election, focusing on how … Continue reading
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What are the next books to come out about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the 2024 election?
Grok says: “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” Authors: Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson Release Date: May 20, 2025 Publisher: Penguin Press Description: This book dives into Joe Biden’s decision to seek … Continue reading
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What stunning thing will Trump do next? (3-30-25)
01:00 My best self would spend zero time listening to pundits in favor of experts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=160417 07:00 What stunning thing will Trump do next? https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-stunning-thing-will-trump-do-next.html 12:00 Video: MASSIVE B-2 Bomber Deployment… Iran About to Be HIT HARD, 18:20 Michael joins, … Continue reading
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WSJ: For Trump, Recent Setbacks Are a Price Worth Paying for Radical Change
My two biggest fears about this Trump administration were that it would lack competence and have too much corruption. The Signal chat mess from last week demonstrated a lack of competence. Overall, I’m thrilled with this administration. It is far … Continue reading
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