Hello and welcome to the Bullwark podcast. I'm your host Tim Miller. Stick around at the end. We've got a mailbag for dealing with Thanksgiving family members coming your way. But first, I'm so thrilled to have George Will, columnist for the Washington Post.

The Post is honoring his writing and his legacy this week on the 50th anniversary of his tenure at the

paper with a series of tributes, including by our own Mona Charon. And there was also a delightful

quiz with George Will quotes that I'd recommend that you take. I did just so-so on it.

His books include American happiness and discontents and the conservative sensibility.

Welcome back to the Bullwark podcast. George Will. How you doing? I'm doing very well. How about you?

I'm okay. I'm okay. My puckish impulse required that I wear this denim shirt. So I apologize

for that in advance, but I just couldn't help myself this morning. I've written, I don't know,

somewhere between five and six thousand columns. And that's the one people remember most is my

harangue against the ubiquity of denim. Yeah, that's maybe not the one I remember most. But

it does stick with you.

It does stick with you for sure. I want to spend a bunch of time on your columns and your career,

but alas, we are tormented to live in interesting times, and I need to start with a little bit of news,

if that's okay, to get your response to. We have the latest decree from our new president-elect on his social media feed.

I'm going to read it to you.

On January 20th, as one of my many first executive orders, so on the grammar there,

I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products coming

into the United States and its ridiculous open borders. The tariff will make in effect until

such time as drugs, in particular, fentanyl and all illegal aliens, stop this invasion of our

country. Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long

simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it's time

for them to pay a very big price. I wonder what your thoughts are on that. Well, first thought is

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