The Tom Woods Show, episode 184.

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classes at Skillshare by going to Skillshare.com slash Woods 99. Hi everybody. Tom Woods here. Jeff

Deist is with me. He is the president of the Mises Institute, formerly chief of staff to Ron Paul.

And we're going to talk about Donald Trump's first state of the union address, which was delivered last night. Just hash it out. Just see what was interesting about it, what was deplorable about it. Well, so to speak, I suppose. Lots to talk about here for sure. Jeff, welcome.

Hey, Tom. Great to talk to you. We want to talk about the state of the union, but let's talk about here for sure. Jeff, welcome. Hey, Tom. Great to talk to you.

We want to talk about the State of the Union, but let's talk about this Kennedy fellow first.

What were your impressions there? That poor guy.

So unbelievable. First of all, I read something this morning. I can't verify this, of course,

but I read something this morning that his estimated net worth is $10 to $50 million.

So I thought that was rich. But what was great is that they had him in this auto repair shop, presumably somewhere in Massachusetts where he's a

congressman. And I was thinking to myself, well, you know, first he looks a lot like Conan O'Brien. So he's

not, he's probably doesn't have a background in,-collar work, let's just say.

But it just struck me that the image was that after his response to the State of the Union

is done, he's going to turn around and drop a new transmission in that Oldsmobile sitting

back there behind him or something.

And then, of course, there were some jokes about his uncle, the infamous

Ted Kennedy. I think that's his uncle. And the idea of a car with that open hood as a metaphor

was maybe not the best decision on the part of the Democrat. Very, very strange. He didn't

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