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Trump Has NEVER Been "America First"
Podcast Episode | 38 min
Trump's newest fiction comes with a price tag: $40 billion to Argentina. It's not aid, it's a favor - a payoff to Wall Street insiders and political loyalists who bankrolled his second term. While American farmers drown under tariffs and ...See moreTrump's newest fiction comes with a price tag: $40 billion to Argentina. It's not aid, it's a favor - a payoff to Wall Street insiders and political loyalists who bankrolled his second term. While American farmers drown under tariffs and export bans, Trump's cronies are cashing foreign checks. And right on cue, he approves a Qatari airbase in Idaho, conveniently following his Doha golf course deal. Rick Wilson calls it what it is: a presidential pay-to-play scheme on a global scale. But Trump's authoritarian impulses don't stop at the border. At home, armed agents act as his private militia, silencing dissent and intimidating journalists under vague "national security" orders. This isn't leadership - it's monarchy cosplay with taxpayer funding. Rick reminds listeners that this country was founded in rebellion against one man's unchecked power. Two hundred and fifty years later, the warning still stands: We are a nation of No Kings. See less
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Pete Hegseth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Fox and Friends Weekend (2006)
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Karoline Leavitt
Self - Propagandist (archive footage) Self - Propagandist (archive footage)   See fewer
PBS News Hour (1975)
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Rick Wilson
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