Your task will not be an easy one.

Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battlehardt.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.

There is the United States of America.

Good night and good luck.

Hey, folks.

You know, the elephant in the room this week is inside of a beautiful 18th century mirrored hallway.

The elephant in the room is the surrender that was signed at Versailles.

Now, look, I know you're thinking, wow, Wilson's got off the deep historical in with some weird references.

What the hell?

Well, look, if you were a World War I student of

history in any conceivable way, you know that the Germans signed their, the armistice

after the end of World War I in Versailles. Versailles itself became a short of shorthand,

sort of a code word for the humiliating surrender of the German people.

It became a hook by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis said that we could restore German pride.

We could bring Germany back.

We could, if you will, make Germany great again.

In January, the Treaty of Versailles comes into effect, assigning Germany the blame for the First World War.

The consequences are costly reparation payments.

Hundreds of thousands of young men lose their jobs in the military.

Outrage spreads across the country, across all party lines.

The Treaty of Versailles is seen as a treaty of shame.

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