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Back to episode — Episode 2670 CWSA 11/25/24

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lse is going on here. We've got Tucker is worried that war is coming because the Trump administration is so anti-war that the people who think they might benefit from war, or even worse they might benefit from getting rid of Trump because they think Trump will open investigations and prosecute people who really need to be prosecuted. But those people who might need to be prosecuted are maybe power…

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y say it's because we're doing this, other African countries might say, hey, what are you doing over there? Why is that working so well? And then they'll say, well, if it works in Nigeria it seems pretty straightforward stuff like build skills. Why don't we do that too?

So the irony of the simulation is that of all people in the world it seems that I might be the solution to fixing Africa. Now I'm not saying it's likely. I'm not saying it's likely. I'm just saying it's perfect. If we don't live in a simulation, how do you explain this? How do you explain that the guy who got cancelled, if you know what I mean, is now the savior of Africa? Those are my own words, okay? But how much do you love that story? I don't think I could possibly be happier. I feel like in some ways my entire life just made sense. Like everything I've done for my entire life, just in this one moment I looked at it and I said if this is real, everything I've done for my entire life makes sense. I wouldn't change a thing. I can't even imagine what would be a bigger boost to the well-being of more people than having them understand a strategy for success that pretty much is going to work for everybody. So that really happened anyway.

Scott Jennings on CNN continues to be one of the better Scotts. He's at least in the top three. I don't know if you noticed there are just tons of Scotts doing things. They're getting nominated, they're senators, all kinds of things. But Scott Jennings, one of the better Scotts, is reframing Trump's cabinet picks as ideologically diverse, which is good work. Because the bad guys, the Democrats, are going to say, hey, where's our racial diversity? And then Scott Jennings can say this is the most ideologically diverse group of people you've ever seen because Trump literally has a whole bunch of ex-Democrats and current Democrats maybe. You know, RFK Jr. and Elon and I could go through the list. And the All-In pod guys are on board. I don't know if they were ever Democrats or which ones of them were ever Democrats. But yeah, this is the way to do it. Scott Jennings, you should say that it's the most ideologically diverse big tent. And it is. And the ideological diversity is the part you want. That's the part you want. So I love that.

There's no pandering, or at least not too much pandering. There's a little bit of pandering in the nominations. I don't have to point out the pandering but there's a little bit.

Did you know there was a recent survey by CBS News? They found that 59% of voters approve of Trump's handling of his transition so far. That's a pretty solid majority. 59% approve of his transition. I've told you before about the new CEO play. When you're new CEO or new leader of any organization like a new president, it's really important. And Trump totally nailed this on the first time he ran and won when he started work before he was sworn in and he and Pence were traveling around trying to get businesses to stay in America and stuff. And t

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hat is so powerful, this first impression stuff. So by doing a very capable and early and aggressive staffing, and much better than the first time he did it most people would say, it gives a real good impression. So even people who might not have voted for him said, you know, it looks like he's getting some work done. And that is so good persuasion-wise. Getting the first two months right is like…

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