Hello and welcome to the Bullard podcast.

I'm your host Tim Miller.

I'm delighted to have backed, favorite of the pod, opinion columnist for the New York Times,

co-host of the legal podcast Advisory Opinions.

His most recent book is divided.

We fall America's secession threat

and how we restore our nation, an uplifting topic. It's David French. How you doing, David?

Hey, Tim. It's always great to see you. It's good to see you, too, man. You calm me for some

reason. And people notice that I don't cuss as much when you're on the podcast. So that's a double victory for you as a guest.

Yeah, I'm just, I'm glad to have that calming effect, Tim.

I don't have it on everybody, I've found out.

I've noticed that.

I've noticed that.

I want to start with Pete Hague, Seth.

There's this guy I follow on social media, Max Twain. I really like him because he's a

rabid Desantis supporter, way more conservative than me. But unlike like 99% of Maga World,

he does not go along with the Trump BS. You know, he's just, it's like what you would expect from

somebody living on Earth. Here's how he described the DOD nomination.

I thought he put it quite well.

Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified cabinet nominee in American history,

and that's before accounting for all the rape and alcoholism.

And so I wanted to start with you as a veteran, as a conservative, somebody that cares about this.

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