Trump’s Second Term: “The Greatest Mulligan of All Time”
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🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Townhall Review January 18, 2025
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with Tony Perkins about the Trump agenda and the formidable challenges Trump will face, including border security, defense and passing conservative legislation.
Hugh Hewitt turns to Alex Gray, from the National Security Council under Trump 1.0, to discuss Trump's focus on hemispheric defense, prioritizing Greenland and Panama as strategic assets against threats from China and Russia.
Chris Stigall and Sean Spicer, Trump's first press secretary, discuss Democrats potentially working with Trump, the focus on effective communicators in Trump's administration, and the border as a top priority for immediate action.
Victor Davis Hanson highlights failures in Los Angeles' leadership, resource allocation, and decision-making, contributing to the city's vulnerability during fire season.
Larry Elder talks with Paul Scrivano, a restaurant owner and a soon-to-be candidate for Los Angeles City Council District 3, about the woke failures of California's government, which insists on upholding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.
Charlie Kirk talks with veteran political reporter Mark Halperin about the fascinating inroads Trump has made with Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the town hall review with Hugh Hewitt, on the cusp of inauguration day, we'll hear from Mark Helprin on his remarkable moment in history. |
| 0:12.5 | Donald Trump's second term is the greatest mulligan of all time. The conditions under which he will enter office is so different than eight years ago. |
| 0:21.2 | And the Speaker of the House on the Trump agenda. |
| 0:23.8 | President Trump talks all the time now about common sense. |
| 0:26.9 | That's sort of the guiding principle now. |
| 0:29.2 | As silly as it sounds, we have to return to common sense. |
| 0:32.4 | And the challenges. |
| 0:33.6 | This is an around-the-clock operation right now because we have to fix everything. |
| 0:36.8 | And Alex Gray, Chief of Staff of the National Security Council in the first Trump term, on our |
| 0:41.8 | dangerous world. |
| 0:43.2 | We face very real threats in our hemisphere from great power adversaries like China and like Russia, |
| 0:49.4 | and President Trump is going to act core principles. |
| 0:52.6 | We've got all this and more. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. Great to be with you. Catch my program each |
| 0:56.8 | weekday afternoon. Now noon to three Pacific, three to six, eastern and on demand 24-7. Learn more at |
| 1:02.9 | Hugh Hewitt. And please follow me on X at Hugh Hewitt. Follow this program as well, please. |
| 1:08.5 | At Town Hall Review. Town Hall Review is part of the |
| 1:11.8 | Salem Podcast Network. So here we are on the cusp of inauguration Day in one of the most |
| 1:16.5 | remarkable, if not the most remarkable, come back in American political history. Donald Trump, |
| 1:22.3 | our 45th president, takes the oath of office as our 47th president on Monday. |
| 1:30.1 | Monday will mark a moment of triumph for Trump. |
| 1:33.6 | What he has overcome to get to this moment really is, Herkulean. |
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