To Truly Understand Trump, Remember That He Called Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine A “Genius Move"

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

Joe, Politics, Trump, Wash, Joewalsh, News, Thedaily, Thelincolnproject, Podsaveamerica

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Last night, Trump said that the U.S. should take over and “own” Gaza. Why? Because Trump believes it will enrich himself personally and because Trump is an autocrat, and like all good autocrats, Trump believes he has a right to anything. Freedom, sovereignty, and democracy can’t get in his way. But please don’t laugh at Trump. Take him seriously.

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0:00.0	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:07.3	That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.5	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.6	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.3	Hey, hump day, Wednesday, hope everybody is doing well.
0:34.9	Let me begin with a confession.
0:40.1	I mean it. Let me bear my soul let me be really straight and honest with you let me confess something we
0:47.9	don't do enough of this in politics we don't do enough of this in public life
0:52.9	we don't do enough of this with the people we know and
0:56.2	love. Let me confess something. And this won't surprise probably everybody listening to me.
1:07.6	I have a real difficult time covering and talking about Donald Trump.
1:13.6	No great news flash there. It's not breaking news. I have a hell of a tough time covering and
1:23.6	talking about Donald Trump. Shouldn't surprise anybody.
1:30.6	But I want to tell you why, because it's going to, it will provide context on what we're going to talk about today.
1:40.2	I have a hard time covering Trump for two reasons.
1:47.8	I have a hard time acknowledging that he's president.
1:53.3	Because to me, and he won fair and square, He won the 2024 election.
2:04.1	Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election.
2:08.1	There, listen to what I just said.
2:10.4	I just said what Donald Trump still can't say about the 2020 election.
2:16.6	I just said what damn near every Republican cannot say
2:20.7	and will not say about the 2020 election. I just said Trump won in 2024. Kamala Harris lost in
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