Weve also got the bug in a moment before i do, i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to call colin himself and a dani pletka and Richard Fontaine. Im George Mason University and also a nonresident of what the American Enterprise institute nextdoor, literally. Colin hast made his mark thinkg deeply about politics and this book is a trademark that examines the concept of conservative nationalism a phenomenon that has been brought to the attention conspicuously to the rise of president of trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found manifestation especially in the debates about the role in the world. So, the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it is also a delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and commend it to your attention so it is a pleasure to have you with us. Im also very grateful dani pletka and Richard Fontaine have joined us. We couldnt have
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craziness has to end. it just has to. and i think the crown prince is young enough, and maybe the good side strong enough that it s not totally naive to suggest that some personal person-to-person pressure could really have an effect here. and if trump doesn t do it, then we know he is as we ve assumed thus far. dani, you can t help but look at the picture of vladimir putin. i take his word for it. kim jong-un, i take his word for it. and the king of saudi arabia, i take his word for it. what message is that sending around the world? we know what message donald trump sends to autocrats. donald trump sees them as beleaguered leaders like himself who have a good story to tell that the people don t understand. you know, i ve long believed that donald trump has a psychological approach to leaders like putin, which is, i m going to be nice to him for as long as i need to.
race, dani. i think what s happening is the way in which the kavanaugh hearings proceeded and how much and how partisan they became and how bitter at the end, it tends to bring people back to their party. i remember i m a republican, i remember i m a democrat. i think that s happened all over the country and it certainly has happened here in tennessee. dani, he s basically hinting that him publicly saying yes and we heard some reports that some volunteers quit over that, that even though he s from a red state, it might have cost him more votes on the left than in the middle. honestly i can t say pup know, what we talked about in the wake of kavanaugh was everybody kind of returning home. and i think that for a lot of republicans who didn t like donald trump and were offended by donald trump, they were even more offended by the kavanaugh hearings. the same is probably true on the left for the democrats and that s what bredeson is going to