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I’m sure you’ve all seen the news about the United States’ attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend. It’s a fast moving situation that we are going to talk about on future episodes of this podcast.
It also happens that I wrote an op-ed about presidential politics that is in The New York Times today. I wanted to publish a podcast elaborating on my thinking around the op-ed and that’s what today’s episode is. In a nutshell, it’s about the lessons that can be learned from how Trump ran against his own party and outflanked it from both the right and the left in 2016. By the way, today’s episode was recorded before Saturday’s attack.
To give you a sense of the rest of the week, I also recently recorded an interview with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, which is going to be in your feeds on Tuesday. The first question I asked her was whether she thought the US should bomb Iran and she was candid on that and many other topics.
In the meantime, I’ll start gathering information about how Americans are reacting to the war with Iran. In classic fashion, YouGov is one of the first pollsters out of the gate. So far, more Americans disapprove of the bombing than approve — 46 percent to 35 percent. On the question of whether it will make the U.S. safer, 25 percent said so, while 44 percent said it would make the U.S. less safe, and 67 percent believed that the attack is at least somewhat likely to lead to a broader war with Iran.
We will see what unfolds next, but for now, send in any questions you have about today’s episode.
in theory, i agree with you - idk if i trust the democrats to actually do it, though
Maybe you have a different source, but what I’m finding from SF Fed is the ARP contributed .3% to core inflation and not 3%. Source: https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2021/10/is-american-rescue-plan-taking-us-back-to-1960s/#toc_Conclusion My understanding is high inflation was a problem across the rich world and Americans in general fared better than our peer countries. Especially our poorer people. Somewhat due to generous federal handouts to businesses, families and local governments.