Highlights from an interview with The Economist:
An instructive podcast, published six days ago, with Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for the secretary of defence position. A few takeaways: https://t.co/fPkLGjQAjV
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) November 13, 2024
I think his book was a key reason for the pick. He’ll be an antidote to all of the woke nonsense that rose during the Obama administration.
How Trump crushed it.
Good riddance.
Is it finished?
We can only hope. But it’s been around for over a century. Not sure what we need for a wooden stake.
How they undermined the Democrats.
I hope we’ll find out this week just how undermined they are.
Walter Russell Mead on the failure of leadership.
[Late-morning update]
From “clingers” to garbage: Why sixteen years of vilification of the American people?
Bob Zimmerman has some (rare) good news from the company.
Whether or not one agrees with him, Vance is by far the most impressive of the 4 candidates. https://t.co/9MZVRWJZVS
— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) November 1, 2024
Can the West survive four years of either?
For all his myriad flaws, I think we’ll be much better off with him.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: Will Israel save western civilization?
[Update a few minutes later]
Did Israel just get permission to retaliate against Iran from a (not so) surprising source?
[October 25th update]
Since it’s become an issue in comments, I think that this X post is relevant.
I worked in the White House with John Kelly, and I don’t believe a word he says. He was a terrible chief of staff who dishonestly kept information from the President to pursue his own agenda, an unelected former military official substituting his judgment for the duly elected… https://t.co/x1kk27vie6
— Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) October 25, 2024
[Bumped]
[Afternoon update]
How to solve the problem with the military:
I’ve had a number of people ask me what I think happened that caused our senior military leadership to go from being the most respected institution in America to being a bunch of banana republic narcissistic self-serving politicos.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 24, 2024
There are so many ways to answer that, but I…
…are Democrats. And they should be ashamed of themselves for the deception. But they’re Democrats, so they have no shame.
[Afternoon update]
33 reasons why former Democrat Bill Ackman is voting for Trump:
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must…
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 11, 2024