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…That for me has been the most discouraging thing. The public has moved against Trump. The elites are the ones who seem incapable of standing up to him.
>> They’re still cow cowtowing has become their default position now.
>> It really has.
>> Let’s end today’s show with an overview of US politics from leading commentator Bill Crystal. He was once a leading Republican. He’s now, I think it’s fair to say, an impleable enemy of Donald Trump. Bill, let me start with the Republicans in this question. Is the Republican party now the MAGA party for the foreseeable future?
>> I’m afraid so, Andrew. I mean, polls show that there are Republicans, ofc ourse, voters and some members of Congress who aren’t altogether MAGA or or are uncomfortable with aspects of
MAGA, but they’re willing to go along. And as long as Trump is president, I don’t see what that that will change. And if he was to be succeeded um in the 2028 election with JD Vance, that would continue, I assume, in the MAGA strain. He’s part of that MAGA movement.
>> Oh, very much so. In some ways, Vance probably believes in it a little more than Trump. Trump’s Trump’s more of a whatever demagogue who’s put it all together. I mean, that assumes Trump will run again, which I’m not so confident of. But, um,
>> you think he might run again? How’s he going to get around the Constitution to do that? He’s going to ignore it as he’s ignoring all kinds of laws and rules. And are people going to really tell him no? If he wins Republican primaries, is the Supreme Court going to have the nerve to say, “No, I’m sorry. You have to step off the ballot.” Or will secretaries of state do so? Maybe a few Democrats will. I I don’t know. The degree of cravenness of the Republican party, then unwillingness to take on Trump on issues they know much much much uh they don’t agree with him on and they know much better. I mean, the most recent one
Being obviously NATO and Greenland and all that, I mean, that was supposed to be the bridge too far. You know, Venezuela, that’s a little more complicated. Maduro is a very unsavory character. There was an agreement that he was—he stole the election. He was indicted in the US. Okay, you go in there and snatch him. You should really have congressional authorization, but okay, we can turn a blind eye to that. Threatening NATO, going after Denmark, part of, you know, an autonomous kingdom, part of the Kingdom of Denmark, an ally, a NATO ally of ours. I mean, every republic—if you had said three months ago to people, are you going to be okay with that? Oh, no. That can’t be permitted. That can’t happen. I don’t see a whole lot of voices. I don’t see a whole lot of voices being raised strongly in opposition here.
Well, I was going to ask you, was it foreseen that Trump’s
second term would be such a wrecking ball for NATO, the UN,
which he now seems to be building an alternative to—domestic law
and order with troops and other federal forces deployed on the
streets. Did people foresee that the second term would be as
disruptive as it’s been?
I mean, obviously not enough voters did since his approval is
now about 40% and he started off at 50. So, he has lost support,
which from my point of view is encouraging. I thought it would
be—once he got through January 6, once he survived that, you’ve
got to give him political credit for doing so because—