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Know Your Enemy

Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far? — And Other Questions

Know Your Enemy

Matthew Sitman

Ronald Reagan, Conservative Movement, Politics, Right Wing, Society & Culture, National Review, Socialists, Reactionaries, News, History, William F Buckley, Conservatism, Leftists Look At Conservatism

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Trump 2.0, Judaism and Catholicism, bourbon, literature, and more.

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0:00.0

All right, welcome listeners to episode 117 of Know Your Enemy.

0:04.4

I'm Matt Sitman, your podcast co-host, and I'm here as always with my great friend Sam at their bow.

0:08.9

Hey, Sam.

0:09.6

Hi, Matt.

0:10.1

We got a good one in store, at least...

0:12.6

Fun for us.

0:13.8

Yeah, it's fun for us, but the listener response, the enthusiasm behind it, and the wave of questions we received for this mailbag episode,

0:23.2

I'm always impressed by how earnestly and enthusiastically and intelligently our listeners

0:29.9

ask us questions.

0:31.2

It's amazing.

0:32.1

And if this is the first year hearing about it, it is because at this point, you know,

0:36.7

we have enough subscribers

0:37.8

that we kind of reserve the mailbag question asking as a perk for them.

0:43.3

Yeah, on Patreon.

0:44.4

Yes, on Patreon. So if you're not subscribed on Patreon, you're missing the chance to ask

0:49.5

us questions for these mailbag episodes. Exactly. If the bonus episodes and the dissent digital subscription

0:55.2

and the discord aren't enough enticement, you do get a privileged place in asking mailbag episode

1:02.4

questions. I mean, it's crazy. We put this out two days ago. We have like 150 responses,

1:08.1

and every single one of the questions is like more sophisticated than

1:11.9

you know than like the topic ideas we come up with for the podcast on our own yes why don't we

1:18.2

just move on to some housekeeping items as always we're grateful to our partners at descent

1:22.6

and one thing they do as the podcast sponsor is they provide a free digital subscription to dissent.

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