The New Three Legs of Conservatism | Interview: Matt Lewis

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The Dispatch

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4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In Jamie Weinstein’s final Dispatch Interview Podcast, he invites Matt Lewis, podcaster and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, to grade President Donald Trump's foreign policy, national security, and economic policy objectives. The Agenda:—The raid of John Bolton’s house—The new three legs of conservatism—D.C. crime and the national guard—California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trolling—Who will be the presidential candidates for the 2028 election? The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.2	podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein. My guest today for the final episode of the
0:57.1	Dispatch Podcasts interviews is my good friend Matt Lewis. You know him from CNN, where he formerly was a
1:05.5	contributor. He formerly was a columnist for The Daily Beast. Now he contributes all over the place,
1:09.9	including a recent article
1:11.2	in the Los Angeles Times. I thought it was fitting to close things out by bringing Matt back on
1:18.3	one more time to talk about the state of the Trump era, never Trumpism. And we get into Gavin Newsom
1:24.9	and how he is trying to emulate Trump and whether that makes him the frontrunner
1:29.4	for 2028 on the Democratic side. I ask you, as I mentioned, this is our final episode and my final
1:36.5	episode for interview show here at the dispatch to stick around at the end as I have something
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