Excellent interview. I have been dismayed at the same thing. Why aren't news reports saying anything about his cognitive decline. He talks like a crazy person. The hand tatoos has had some coverage, but the language needs to be more definitive of what he is actually saying. We need to address his ability to perform his duties and question his abilities. No more "sane washing" all the crap we are seeing.
I sometimes recruit lawyers to write books for a legal publisher and Ryan is 100% right about the websites! Some of them now read like Trump tribute pages. It's awful!!!
Thank you for this interview, Charlie. Just as I still miss you at the Bulwark, I miss Ryan at Politico. I know there was some other stuff that went down with his former fiancé, but he was always an excellent reporter, and his approach was impeccable. After he had left, I heard an interview with Rachel Bade and a Republican operative, which I guess was their way of being fair and balanced. I almost wrote to politico after the interview because its viewpoint was so disdainful of the Democratic platform and Kamala Harris‘s campaign that had I not already planned on voting Democrat, it would have convinced me that Trump was a better alternative.
I'll help to understand the why of it..it's a concerted effort by billionaire class to take power. They got on the trump train to benefit their position of power. They think they can control him
And they can. As long as they're the one in his ear. To be in his ear you have to make concessions so he'll play nice. You're thinking these institutions/guardrailsplauers see picture of democracy and American idealism as a motivating factor to action. They don't and never have. They don't lobby our governemnt to help uplift and advance humanity. They lobby to enrich themselves often at the expense of the citizenry. The first time it was a fluke. So they acted the part. The second time is an opportunity. That's what they know. So to me it's horrifying but not that hard to believe.
Ryan, you really can’t figure out Elon’s motivations? FFS, he gave Nazi salutes. Sometimes when people show you who they really are, it’s on you if you don’t believe them.
The attempt to destroy the economy just might be a part of the Trumpian 2025 plan. Don’t dismiss it out of hand.
I am sorry Politico is giving you such a hard time. I have always thought their trustworthiness was suspect, and this confirms my longstanding gut feeling.
Charlie, your piece; What would you do, is quite time worthy. Perhaps Two, three weeks ago, I felt that same question and how I would respond especially after the stories of ICE, immigration and actions of the DOJ and FBI. I simply do not trust anything that is adjacent to the Trump government . And I am white, retired, of Norwegian/French origin from Mn. So any such encounters are extremely low with these agencies. But until Trump is gone from the scene, I have zero trust with all of them.
Go Ryan! Double down, triple down and quadruple down. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." You can't expect a right wing German wacko to even begin to comprehend the third article of the American Bill of Rights...
Elon may have gone silent for now but he took advantage of stealing our personal data and probably much more to plague us in the future- no efficiency BS…
Mathias Döpfner is definately know as a far right wing player in Europe. All his media outlets in Germany were pushing the AfD. The editors of most of his news papers resigned during the last election because they were allowed to print negative stories about the AfD or Donald Trump. This was a stomach twisting podcast Charlie. It’s hard for me to believe we are at this point in the US.
Excellent interview. I have been dismayed at the same thing. Why aren't news reports saying anything about his cognitive decline. He talks like a crazy person. The hand tatoos has had some coverage, but the language needs to be more definitive of what he is actually saying. We need to address his ability to perform his duties and question his abilities. No more "sane washing" all the crap we are seeing.
I sometimes recruit lawyers to write books for a legal publisher and Ryan is 100% right about the websites! Some of them now read like Trump tribute pages. It's awful!!!
Thank you for this interview, Charlie. Just as I still miss you at the Bulwark, I miss Ryan at Politico. I know there was some other stuff that went down with his former fiancé, but he was always an excellent reporter, and his approach was impeccable. After he had left, I heard an interview with Rachel Bade and a Republican operative, which I guess was their way of being fair and balanced. I almost wrote to politico after the interview because its viewpoint was so disdainful of the Democratic platform and Kamala Harris‘s campaign that had I not already planned on voting Democrat, it would have convinced me that Trump was a better alternative.
I'll help to understand the why of it..it's a concerted effort by billionaire class to take power. They got on the trump train to benefit their position of power. They think they can control him
And they can. As long as they're the one in his ear. To be in his ear you have to make concessions so he'll play nice. You're thinking these institutions/guardrailsplauers see picture of democracy and American idealism as a motivating factor to action. They don't and never have. They don't lobby our governemnt to help uplift and advance humanity. They lobby to enrich themselves often at the expense of the citizenry. The first time it was a fluke. So they acted the part. The second time is an opportunity. That's what they know. So to me it's horrifying but not that hard to believe.
Ryan, you really can’t figure out Elon’s motivations? FFS, he gave Nazi salutes. Sometimes when people show you who they really are, it’s on you if you don’t believe them.
This was a remarkable interview. I loved it! Thank you…keep up the good work.
Dogs are little healers.
The attempt to destroy the economy just might be a part of the Trumpian 2025 plan. Don’t dismiss it out of hand.
I am sorry Politico is giving you such a hard time. I have always thought their trustworthiness was suspect, and this confirms my longstanding gut feeling.
Unfortunately I agree.
Why do more people (5-6%) support/oppose taking over Greenland vs. Canada??
Charlie, your piece; What would you do, is quite time worthy. Perhaps Two, three weeks ago, I felt that same question and how I would respond especially after the stories of ICE, immigration and actions of the DOJ and FBI. I simply do not trust anything that is adjacent to the Trump government . And I am white, retired, of Norwegian/French origin from Mn. So any such encounters are extremely low with these agencies. But until Trump is gone from the scene, I have zero trust with all of them.
Trump had four years+ to plan his attack. Stunning, yes, but well planned.
Go Ryan! Double down, triple down and quadruple down. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." You can't expect a right wing German wacko to even begin to comprehend the third article of the American Bill of Rights...
Elon may have gone silent for now but he took advantage of stealing our personal data and probably much more to plague us in the future- no efficiency BS…
Isn't it amazing how non government interference was once a bedrock conservative thought is now what Trump and Trumpism is all about.
White people continue to disappoint.
Agree. Makes me a race traitor, I guess.
Mathias Döpfner is definately know as a far right wing player in Europe. All his media outlets in Germany were pushing the AfD. The editors of most of his news papers resigned during the last election because they were allowed to print negative stories about the AfD or Donald Trump. This was a stomach twisting podcast Charlie. It’s hard for me to believe we are at this point in the US.