Hey, Sagar. Welcome back to the realignment.

Thanks, Marshall. Thanks for having me.

So let's just get into it. My first question for you is the conflict in Iran a betrayal of America

first because you could actually argue it in different directions. And that's why this is an

interesting one. Great question. It really depends on the same. I, I hate to dodge it the very first question, but it kind

of defends on your definition on who and what you think America first was as an idea.

So we could go with Donald Trump's idea.

America first is about Donald Trump.

And I think he does firmly believe that.

And I think politically he's not wrong. America first, though, you know, I think he does firmly believe that. And I think politically,

he's not wrong. America first, though, you know, the idea, which he claims that he invented,

is firmly not invented by Donald Trump. In fact, it's a long history in the United States of nearly 100 years. So if you were to say, is it a betrayal of that idea? I would say yes.

But I think there's a difficulty in describing this,

because I don't want to emphasize to anybody falsely that this will lead to a drop in his approval

ratings with Republicans literally whatsoever. Even if you were to poll so-called America First

Republicans, many of them would say, as long as Donald Trump is the

person who's behind this war, I will support it. Now, that doesn't mean that there is technically

correct. And I've been in this business for long enough to see deep contradictions inside of

people's own personal political philosophies. But, you know, from a spiritual level, yes, I would say yes.

And I actually think

there's a nicer and more interesting question, which is, is the war with Iran a betrayal of the

America First Movement? And the America First Movement is an elite political project that existed

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