#403 — Sanity Check on Trump 2.0

Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the damage Trump is
doing domestically and abroad. They discuss Trump’s tariffs,
Curtis Yarvin and the Tech Right, threats against Republicans who
criticize Trump, why the arguments Republicans are using to
defend Trump’s position on Ukraine are flawed, America’s
deteriorating moral standing on the global stage, the
recklessness of DOGE, why so many CEOs bent the knee to Trump,
antisemitism on the Right, Trump’s plan for Gaza, worst case
scenarios for Trump 2.0, and other topics.


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