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Tom Nichols: The Trump Tribe Thinks This Will Go On Forever

Aug 22, 2026 ยท 47m

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Sponsor: Grainger Sponsor: Honda Summer Event The Cook Report and political landscape Introduction and Tom Nichols' recent activity National debt hits $40 trillion under Trump JD Vance's 'seizure' of administrative state assets Vance as a post-liberal threat compared to Trump Republican delusion and refusal to cede power Schedule F and the spoils system debate Biden's VP choice and the need for reckoning Sponsor: Ground News and Biden transcript ruling Sponsor: Grainger Natalie Harp: The 'human printer' and Trump's attachment Security clearance issues and Republican outrage Trump's adulation of dictators and geopolitical retreat Sponsor: Grainger Geopolitical decline in the Pacific and Iran missteps Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon's 'bring your spouse' policy Trump's obsession with steam catapults and carrier design Congressional dereliction of duty and checks on power Closing: Dog adoration and final thoughts Sponsor: Grainger Sponsor: Honda Summer Event
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