Hello and welcome to the Bullard podcast I'm your host Tim Miller. Yes, I wasn't just going to punish you with the

all-in podcast guy today. We have a regular podcast. We have your candy. We have your

favorite guest. He's Professor Emeritus at the Naval War College,

staff writer at the Atlantic.

He wrote the Atlantic's cover story for November

called The Moment of Truth.

His books include the death of expertise.

It's Tom Nichols.

What's going on, Tom? Hey Hey Tim, thanks for having me back.

There's a lot going on. I think we're going to have plenty to talk about today.

There is so much going on.

It's hard to even know where to start, but I guess we have to start here.

Donald Trump had a town hall of sorts and Oaks, Pennsylvania last night with Christie Nome and her new face.

At some point, a couple people passed out in the crowd and so

Trump stopped answering questions and for 39 minutes he swayed to a

playlist that included opera, show tunes, rufus Wainwright, and the village people.

It's a familiar playlist for me.

He stopped periodically at one point to talk.

He said that the Democrats are evil during these brief intermissions, but he spent many minutes just kind of spacing out.

It's hard to know how to translate such a bizarre scene to this podcast medium, but I just want to give people a little taste.

So let's listen to one little 32nd bit

go and vote let me hear that music please everyone let's thank President Trump

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