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The Politics Guys

Greenland U-Turn, Board of Peace, Gaza, House Budget ICE Warrants

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week, Trey and Justin open the show by announcing The Politics Guys Presents: The U.S. Constitution. This is a new drop coming on Wednesdays, open to all listeners, to get a detailed understanding of the U.S. Constitution! After that, the pair move to Trump’s seeming U-Turn on Greenland. Trey argues that the goal isn’t Greenland necessarily, but rather to change the relationship with our former allies. He connects it to the United States exiting the World Health Organization. Justin argues Trump was trying to project strength and did not realize the extent of opposition he would face from Europe. Next, the pair moves to the Board of Peace, President Trump’s pet project. Justin sees the entire organization as a joke, but Trey tends to see it more seriously, arguing that it lays out the underlying Trumpian vision: himself in total control. They also discuss its empirically unique status and the weirdness of having a subscription model for an international organization. They also discuss the Board’s first deliverable: Jared Kushner’s 100-Day Gaza Plan. Then the guys move to the House budget bills. Here, they both largely agree that the defection of Republicans on spending items is due to the upcoming midterm elections and the realization that DOGE-like cuts cannot, and will not, solve the budget deficit. The guys close with a discussion of the new warrant policy with ICE and the decision to begin arresting children. The pair agree the tactics are designed to illicit fear, even among legal immigrants.  The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support atpatreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Trey Warnedorf, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University, and I am joined by Justin Holmes, a professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa.

1:26.5

Well, Justin, welcome to the snowpocalypse.

1:30.4

Ah, hey, Tray, it's good to be here. We didn't get any snow, but it was negative 18 this morning

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when I woke up and the high was 10 below. So, yeah, that's what makes men, men. We wake up,

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we get cold and we, I don't, isn't that, isn't that what our secretary of defense slash war was saying that we need to do?

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