Trump at Davos Insults Greenland, Denmark, NATO, Ukraine w/ Eddie Glaude.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Politics, News, National Security, News Commentary, Daily News, Veteran

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s “America First” has become Trump against the world—and the stakes for democracy, justice, and basic decency have never been higher. In Episode 420 of Independent Americans, Paul Rieckhoff sits down with Princeton scholar, author, and public intellectual Eddie Glaude to break down white nationalism and white Christian nationalism in Trump’s America, what they’re doing to our institutions, and what it will really take for courageous everyday people to fight back. Glaude explains why he believes white nationalists have effectively captured the executive branch, how “great replacement” panic is driving ICE and immigration policy, and why liberty in America has been twisted into a synonym for selfishness and greed.

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0:00.0	I've never in my lifetime thought I would say that white nationalists had captured the executive branch.
0:09.0	And what that means, right, for the nation.
0:14.4	I've never thought I would be in a position where I would have to say that out loud to the nation.
0:38.0	Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:40.7	Welcome to episode 420.
0:42.4	420 people.
0:44.0	Smoke them if you got them.
0:45.5	I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.
0:47.6	We're going to need a little warmth today.
0:50.4	It is Wednesday, January 21st.
0:56.2	One year ago, Trump was sworn in for a second term. And what a year it's been. I am coming to you from a bitterly cold New York City, USA. It is cold, damn cold, dangerously cold,
1:03.0	painfully cold, felt like 11 or 12 Fahrenheit this morning, but still not as cold as Ukraine,
1:09.4	where it's going down to six degrees Fahrenheit,
1:12.3	but they still fight on. And we will too, because we must, and especially on this hump day,
1:18.3	we're going to help you get over the hump with the five eyes. We bring you in every show,
1:22.1	independence, integrity, information, inspiration, and impact. And our guest coming up is going to
1:27.4	bring that. The great
1:28.4	Eddie Gleod is here, one of my favorite people in America. He's a true public intellectual. You may
1:35.0	know him from Morning Joe. We've been together on Deadline White House and many other shows on MS Now.
1:40.7	He's one of the nation's permanent scholars. He's an educator, author, political
1:44.9	commentator. He's got a great substack. He's got an incredible book called We Are the Leaders
1:49.1	We Have Been Looking for and a new book called America, USA coming up. But he's just one of my
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