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The Michael Steele Podcast

What the Hell Was That Trump Speech? DEI, Culture Wars & "Meritocracy" (with Sophia A. Nelson)

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with Sophia A. Nelson, scholar, author, and DEI facilitator, about Trump's joint address on Tuesday, including his rhetoric on DEI, meritocracy and the culture wars. Michael and Sophia also discuss our current era of Post Reconstruction 2.0, white folks' misinterpretation of 'wokeness,' Trump's meeting with Zelenskyy and America's relationship with Russia.

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That joint session, state of the union, whatever you want to call it, he laid out very clearly that

1:36.0

he is the executive, has all the power vested in him, he's going to take Greenland one way or another.

1:44.2

I couldn't believe he said it, but he did.

1:46.5

And he's got tariffs against Mexico, Canada, the markets are tanking.

1:52.7

I came up with this King Donald I first because he's acting just like King George

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