{"id":158954,"date":"2025-02-16T08:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158954"},"modified":"2025-02-16T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T23:45:00","slug":"trumps-days-of-thunder-2-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158954","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Days Of Thunder (2-16-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9iPY94nU4Nw?si=qWdz1jrZLB7aNQwP\" 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 Mayor of Kingstown, <a 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work ethic <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4800\">1:20:00<\/a> Treat Your Own Knee by Robin McKenzie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Treat-Your-Own-Knee-838\/dp\/0987650483\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Treat-Your-Own-Knee-838\/dp\/0987650483\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:26:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5160\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5160\">1:26:00<\/a> Jewish vs goyisha suffering perspectives <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:29:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5340\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5340\">1:29:00<\/a> Underearners Anonymous, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.underearnersanonymous.org\/newcomers-to-underearners-anonymous\/symptoms-of-underearning\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.underearnersanonymous.org\/newcomers-to-underearners-anonymous\/symptoms-of-underearning\/<\/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> Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness By Frederic Luskin, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=133590\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=133590<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:06:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7560\">2:06:00<\/a> John Mearsheimer Feb. 12 said Trump wasn&#8217;t settling the Ukraine war<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:08:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7680\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7680\">2:08:00<\/a> Feb. 13, Mearsheimer changes his analysis of Trump settling the Ukraine war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g8G9I1ZdEGU\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g8G9I1ZdEGU<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:18:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8310\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8310\">2:18:30<\/a> After Pete Hegseth&#8217;s speech Feb. 12, Mearsheimer completed changed his analysis on the war in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m5-L5pyXLZQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m5-L5pyXLZQ<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:29:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8940\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8940\">2:29:00<\/a> The ideological straitjacket strangling real talk <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:38:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9480\">2:38:00<\/a> WP: Trump\u2019s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo, <a 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