Trump's War on the Neocons

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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The president gave a major speech in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that had uncomfortable echoes of Barack Obama's "apology" address in 2009—and with the same target: The idea that America should represent Western civilization and fight for it in the world. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:08.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink and pain.
0:12.0	Some die of thirst.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst. oh for the best expect the worst
0:22.2	Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily podcast.
0:28.0	Today is Wednesday, May 14th, 2025.
0:30.8	I am John Podhoritz, the editor of Commentary Magazine.
0:34.1	With me, as always, executive editor, A. Greenwald.
0:36.8	Hi, Abe.
0:37.4	Hi, John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Contonetti. Hi, Matt.
0:41.1	Hi, John. And senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth.
0:44.3	Hi, John. We have just closed our June issue, contents of which should be up sometime today and certainly all by tomorrow with glories untold our lead article is by dan seignore
1:03.1	and it is about the future of american jewelry after october seventh how to find Find Purpose and Clarity in Horrors Wake.
1:13.2	A very important piece.
1:15.1	I commend it highly to your attention.
1:18.7	Dan will be on the podcast tomorrow to talk about it.
1:24.1	So speaking of purpose and clarity,
1:41.8	President Trump is on his tour of the Gulf and gave an important speech yesterday that I think actually was not about what it looked like.
1:42.5	It was about.
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