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Episode
How Trump Is Shredding The US's Reputation Around The World (Congressman Jim Himes)
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194K
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Episode194K
Show avg212K
Published
16mo ago
May 12, 2025
Length
1h 01m
show avg 1h 04m
From the show
Chapters
Will Europe ever trust the US again? What is the future of the Democratic party? What does the signal chat leak tell us about the psychology of the Trump administration?
- 0:00Trump and U.S.–Europe alliances
- 0:38Introduction of Jim Himes and his political background
- 1:43Winning a Republican seat in 2008
- 3:31Born in Peru: constitutional limits on presidency
- 5:24Comparing Trump’s populism to Latin American politics
- 7:29Threat of authoritarianism in the U.S.
- 10:24Dismantling of federal institutions
- 12:08Department of Defense and moral erosion
- 13:25Signal group culture and testosterone politics
- 14:57Democratic Party’s credibility problem
- 16:12Himes’ political positions vs. Trump's policies
- 17:53Why Biden’s economic policies failed politically
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