LINCOLN AND TRUMP? - #934
THE SAVAGE NATION
Michael Savage
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Savage explores a central question: will America choose dictatorship or liberty? He examines the tension between freedom and authority, referencing his books "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder" and "Trickle Down Tyranny" to frame the current moment. Savage then steps away from politics to share some of his most memorable childhood stories from "A Savage Life," offering a warm, personal reflection on the experiences that shaped his worldview.
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| 0:00.0 | And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture. |
| 0:14.8 | Here he is, Michael Savage. |
| 0:19.8 | Dictatorship or liberty. Is it either or? Well, we're going to be talking about that |
| 0:25.5 | today and many other things on today's very brief discussion, as it turns out. Let's begin |
| 0:34.3 | with the question, dictatorshipictatorship or liberty? |
| 0:38.0 | Well, we all say what we want liberty. |
| 0:40.3 | How about Abraham Lincoln? |
| 0:42.0 | He's considered by most Americans to be one of our greatest presidents. |
| 0:45.5 | Yet Lincoln acted like a dictator during the Civil War. |
| 0:49.1 | Many people don't know this. |
| 0:51.5 | Sometimes it takes extreme actions to counter-entrenched policies which were enforced |
| 0:56.7 | bipartisan judges over many years. You know, it's been said that freedom is not free. And sometimes |
| 1:03.8 | we have to give up some of our freedoms to free ourselves from the yoke of a naked left-wing |
| 1:07.7 | dictatorship, which has dictated American policy for decades against |
| 1:11.8 | the will of the American people. Most people don't know this, but during the Civil War, President |
| 1:16.8 | Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, allowing the detention of thousands of suspected Confederate |
| 1:23.5 | sympathizers without trial. People don't know that. Honest Day, really. Lincoln also |
| 1:31.2 | implemented martial law, used military tribunals to try civilians he didn't like. He censored |
| 1:39.3 | newspapers and supervised elections to maintain control. This was not taught to you in grade school. |
| 1:45.0 | Some of the key actions that were taken by the great Abraham Lincoln |
| 1:49.0 | against civil liberties included one suspension of habeas corpus. |
| 1:54.0 | In 1861, Lincoln authorized military commanders to arrest and detain people suspected of disloyal practices without trial, |
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