Can the United States and Russia collaborate even as the Ukraine War continues? What is possible if the war stops and if it doesn’t? Fyodor Lukyanov, the prominent Russian expert in foreign affairs, research director at the Valdai Discussion Club, and editor in chief of the publication "Russia in Global Affairs" joins co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon to discuss Russia and the United States, Russia and China, Europe’s declining relevance to both powers, and how to improve relations.

00:00 Lead-in: Putting America first regarding Russia and Ukraine

07:06 What’s on Putin’s mind

11:30 Can US and Russia talk about the future?

16:45 Areas of possible US-Russia cooperation

22:40 Russia turning away from Europe?

29:40 Can US and Russia beef up non-official discussions?

36:30 Initiating better diplomacy

41:40 Russia and China

48:00 Chinese in eastern Russia

The world now knows that it has to take President Trump seriously. However, the deranged media is still lost. Trump has solid accomplishments heading toward his 100th day in office, but he needs to tighten his message and get Congress to enshrine some of his policies. Kelly Sadler, the commentary editor for The Washington Times who was a special assistant to President Donald Trump in his first administration joins co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon to discuss Trump, his accomplishments, the media, and who among his top aides are most effective and likely to last.

00:00 World Takes Trump Seriously

04:10 Trumps Trade and Comms Strategy

08:22 Trump Will Always Have Some Chaos

11:05 Wall Street Journal Soft on China

15:50 Media Even More Trump Deranged?

25:00 Trump May Be Best Media President

32:00 Naughty and Nice in Trump’s Cabinet

40:00 Who Can Push Back on Trump

Trump Shifts Trade and America's Future (guest Mark DiPlacido)
While the establishment goes nuts, President Trump's decision on tariffs marks the most fundamental turning point in decades--one that promises to set American on the path of long-term revival. So many "experts" have no idea what is going on and what it means. Former Trump administration trade official Mark DiPlacido of American Compass joins co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon to explain why Trump made his decision and what means for the economy and national power, including which sectors will prosper.

00:00 America Wakes Up on Trade

02:00 Trump and the Core of the Issue

07:00 Americans Losing New Foreign Asset Division

09:50 Chinese Acquiring Assets

10:20 Domestic Freight Set to Pick Up

14:20 Middle Class Wages

17:40 Dems and Some Republicans Deranged

24:25 Woke Dems Divorcing Working Class

33:50 Failures of Past Trade Deals

38:10 China Doesn’t Use Tariffs to Screw USA

40:05 “Laces” and Transshipping to Avoid Tariffs

Japan will fight, but Taiwan must up its game as U.S.-Asia policy changes dramatically. DOGE, Ukraine, and border security have dominated the early frenetic days of the second Trump administriaton. But behind the headlines looms major change in how the USA handles China and the future of Asia and the Pacifc. Trump has held summits with the leaders of Japan and India. China won’t fight conventionally; it will craft a new hybrid war. How hard Taiwan will fight in a China war remains unclear, but Steve Yates, Mark Simon and Chrisitan Whiton argue a changed Japan will fight. Is Trump’s imposition of 20% tariffs on China a warmup to delinkage or prelude to a deal. What does Elbridge Colby’s confirmation hearing to be under secretary of Defense for policy tell us about Trump policy? What can Taiwan do to curtain its growing estrangement from the United States?

00:00 Asia Policy

03:24 Early Trump Moves

07:45 Criticism of Taiwan Warranted

13:40 China Bad at Conventional War

16:36 Taiwan Can Be Less Bad

20:05 Taiwan vs MAGA

24:22 Transvestites Don’t Scare Beijing

35:26 China Uses Race

43:36 Removing China from Panama

Trump took more than a year to raise tariffs in his first term, but slapped China with higher levies just two weeks into Trump II and promised much more. Are we at the beginning of a global trade war or just seeing a more assertive United States? Does Trump want to use tariffs just to extract concessions on matters like immigration, drug cartels, and defense spending? Or does he want to use them to partially supplant the income tax with tariff revenue and eliminate trade deficits? Which countries will pay the most? Co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon discuss these matters with C.J. Mahoney, a deputy U.S. Trade Representative in Trump's first term.

Trump triumphs early in his second term, but decisions on TikTok raise questions. Former Justice Department official and leading legal mind John Yoo outlines the tremendous strides Trump is taking to restore national security and the rule of law, but also pitfalls that may diminish his successes. Topics include TikTok, birthright citizenship, impoundment, presidential power, and whether peace with France was unwise.

Trump’s fills out his team strongly with some controversial choices. Will the Senate confirm them and how will they perform? Trump’s threatened tariffs already working magic plus what we know about his negotiating style. Were the Bobs from “Office Space” prototypes for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and their Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)? Will DOGE succeed? Plus: how the media makes up sources and whether they have learned anything from Trump’s election. Co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon interview Jeff Berkowitz, CEO of Delve and veteran of multiple successful presidential campaigns.

Timestamps

00:00 Trump transition strong

05:40 Trump’s new team

10:00 Will the Senate confirm?

15:11 Trump tariffs as negotiating strategy

20:00 Will Elon and Vivek succeed?

26:00 Media's fake news sources

38:10 Left scheming to thwart Trump

40:53 Rubio and running national security

47:20 Disassembling bureaucracies

52:32 Milton (“Office Space”) in the basement

Can Trump change the media? On this episode of Domino Theory, Neil Patel, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tucker Carlson Network and the Co-Founder and Publisher of the Daily Caller speaks with co-hosts Christian Whiton and Mark Simon. Topics include the runaway success of the Tucker Carlson Network, whether Trump will dump the hostile White House Correspondents Association and obsolete daily briefing, the impact of big tech censorship on the Daily Caller, the future of media bigs, Elon Musk’s media innovations, and plans for the Tucker Carlson Network.