{"id":158739,"date":"2025-01-24T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158739"},"modified":"2025-01-25T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T02:04:59","slug":"donald-trump-the-great-man-theory-of-history-1-24-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158739","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump &#038; The Great Man Theory Of History (1-24-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z8BZABO6iD0?si=7EGv4EUq2foHjgtg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 11:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#660\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"660\">11:00<\/a> Comedian Adam Carolla Talks About the Los Angeles Wildfires, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1200\">20:00<\/a> Last Boys at the Beginning of History &#8211; Thymos comes to the capital by Mana Afsari, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/politics\/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/politics\/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 30:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1840\">30:40<\/a> LAFD: &#8220;Design For Disaster&#8221; &#8211; The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration | 1962, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UxnC1WW95XE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UxnC1WW95XE<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 34:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2040\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2040\">34:00<\/a> Ross Douthat: How the liberal cathedral cracked up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/ross-douthat\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/ross-douthat<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2700\">45:00<\/a> NYP: Jerry Springer Show\u2019 producer claims he acted as \u2018pimp\u2019 for iconic host, dismisses new Netflix doc: \u2018Whitewash\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/22\/entertainment\/jerry-springer-show-producer-claims-he-acted-as-pimp-for-host\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/22\/entertainment\/jerry-springer-show-producer-claims-he-acted-as-pimp-for-host\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 55:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3300\">55:00<\/a> Jerry Springer despoiled my precious Kendra Jade<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:02:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3750\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3750\">1:02:30<\/a> Vanity Fair on Democratic Party infighting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/inside-the-democratic-partys-epic-hangover\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/inside-the-democratic-partys-epic-hangover<\/a>  <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3900\">1:05:00<\/a> How a Dose of MDMA Transformed a White Supremacist, <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:10:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4240\">1:10:40<\/a> How POLITICO suppressed Biden stories, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pm3XiIKD910\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pm3XiIKD910<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:13:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4380\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4380\">1:13:00<\/a> Mark Halperin on Trump\u2019s First 100 Days,, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7t_CoA7WqU\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7t_CoA7WqU<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4560\">1:16:00<\/a> Trump&#8217;s Comeback (full documentary) | FRONTLINE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VbdLehKFQY\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VbdLehKFQY<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:25:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5100\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5100\">1:25:00<\/a> Rumblings About Barack and Michelle Obama Divorce (and Jennifer Aniston) Getting Louder, w\/ Ruthless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fdge3FAat7o\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fdge3FAat7o<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:33:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5580\">1:33:00<\/a> Kamala Harris &amp; Doug Emhoff having troubles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14306237\/kamala-harris-blames-doug-emhoff-political-setbacks-marriage-turmoil.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14306237\/kamala-harris-blames-doug-emhoff-political-setbacks-marriage-turmoil.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:35:50\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5750\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5750\">1:35:50<\/a> MAGA mad at Bank of America for debanking conservatives<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:38:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5880\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5880\">1:38:00<\/a> Climate change caused our recent disasters in LA fires?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158727\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158727<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6000\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6000\">1:40:00<\/a> Trump\u2019s Anti DEI Blitz, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158736\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158736<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6240\">1:44:00<\/a> Silicon Valley anecdote about a company crafting a memo for employees on George Floyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics, https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics11:00 Comedian Adam Carolla Talks About the Los Angeles Wildfires, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs20:00 Last Boys at the Beginning of History &#8211; Thymos comes to the capital by Mana Afsari, https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/politics\/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history\/30:40 LAFD: &#8220;Design For Disaster&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158739\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"01:00 The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics, https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/the-big-tech-takeover-of-american-politics11:00 Comedian Adam Carolla Talks About the Los Angeles Wildfires, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3MEr441LKs20:00 Last Boys at the Beginning of History - Thymos comes to the capital by Mana Afsari, https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/politics\/last-boys-at-the-beginning-of-history\/30:40 LAFD: &quot;Design For Disaster&quot; 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