The Good Fight Club: Maduro’s Capture, Trump’s Foreign Policy Vision, and the Future of American Power

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk, Amanda Ripley, and George Packer examine the Trump administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro and the chaotic aftermath in Venezuela, whether Trump’s foreign policy represents a coherent “shock and awe” strategy or a dangerous overreach, and the political outlook for 2026. Amanda Ripley is the co-founder of Good Conflict and author of High Conflict. George Packer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of The Emergency. Note: This episode was recorded on January 7, 2026. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google X: @Yascha_Mounk & @JoinPersuasion YouTube: Yascha Mounk, Persuasion LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.1	questions they weren't asking six months ago. And I think some of that has to do,
0:37.9	a lot of it has to do, with the sense that he is not holding to his America First mantra,
0:45.0	which has been the defining principle of his entire political career.
1:00.2	Dear listeners, happy new year, happy 2026.
1:03.8	I hope that the world will be really boring this year and we'll be struggling for interesting things to talk about.
1:06.8	I don't think that's going to be the case.
1:09.0	But may we have a karma, 2026, and may you have
1:12.9	a personally fulfilling 2026.
1:15.6	I also wanted to just say one thing before the start of this conversation, which is that many
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