Trump Gets His Big Beautiful Bill To Restore American Dignity (7-4-25)

05:0 There are excellent critiques of Donald Trump
10:00 Video: After the “Hammer”: Postwar Opportunities and Risks for U.S. Policy in the Middle East, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9w5Vn8ko-4
25:00 The best way to have a safe community and safe country is high trust & cohesion
26:00 If we have nice things, we have groups who will destroy them. Australia has lovely public goods that would be destroyed in America.
29:00 Was it obliteration? https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/was-it-obliteration
32:30 Video: Iran’s paranoia has ayatollahs turning on each other after Israeli spy infiltration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9jC8QTo9w
40:00 Yoram Hazony: The Iran Strikes and the Trump Doctrine, https://www.thefp.com/p/the-iran-strikes-and-the-trump-doctrine
1:07:00 Video: Was JD Vance Right About Europe? | Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MB-jI1aVM
1:13:30 Charles Lipson: Major Global Impact from Israel’s Short, Decisive War Against Iran, https://www.charleslipson.com/
1:19:30 Video: Here’s what would happen if China invaded Taiwan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E943TsA-bw
1:22:00 Christopher Caldwell: Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick, https://thespectator.com/topic/everyone-talking-about-bill-belichick/
1:33:30 MC: From Iran to the Supreme Court, the president is on a roll. How long will his winning streak last?, https://www.thefp.com/p/this-is-peak-trump-politics-policy-matthew-continetti
1:36:00 Mike Johnson is the most effective House Speaker in a century, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l66iTxfPXQ
1:56:30 Gadi Taub and Mike Doran on Israel’s deep state vs Bibi Netanyahu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1_k29R33k
2:06:20 Video: The Price of Comfort: How We Traded Freedom for “Free Stuff” in the West | Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZeQHxFuBA
2:14:00 CompactMag: The Costs of the Foreign Student Influx, https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-costs-of-the-foreign-student-influx/
2:20:00 Video: The Real Reason CBS Caved to Trump, with Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuiuRkO09Vo
2:34:20 Book: Why Your Religion Went Obsolete, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmsM8O_P76k,
2:40:40 Why Industrial Policy Matters | Ian Fletcher, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiTHqm6EMI4
3:02:00 NYT: Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/world/asia/trump-bill-debt-china.html
3:04:50 Video: Kyle Bass: China’s Economic Spiral and the Coming Taiwan War, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEv8yFfNYY
3:16:30 How Much Money Has Trump Raised Through Tariffs? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=161676
3:33:00 Video: Is William F. Buckley’s Still Relevant?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5W4We1CCs
3:39:00 Ricardo joins
3:50:30 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid