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Discussion on Donald Trump's influence and the state of America leading into 2026.
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0:032026 is shaping up to be perhaps one of the most important years not only in American history but in world history We need Greenland for national security purposes. And Katie Balls, the Washington editor of the Sunday Times and the Times, and I, Jerry Baker, editor-at-large of the Wall Street Journal and columnist for the Times, are going to guide you through it. He's a T-Rex. You mate with him or he devours you. One or the other. You can learn what's really going on, understand the background, by listening to The State of It USA. In words you might understand. Mr. President, f*** off. Make Venezuela great again, very simple.
0:51I think the combination of Donald Trump's expansionism, the 250th, and then the big questions about the midterm and really Donald Trump's power, there are a few signs that his grip on his party is loosening. The primary message is how well the United States is doing. and I say it all the time, a year and a half ago we were a dead country. As Donald Trump continues his extraordinary revolutionary effort to remake America and indeed to remake the world. Listen to The State of It USA, wherever you get your podcasts. You know, I've always found about the British, they don't need much help. They can take care of themselves very well.
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