We just finished talking with Ruth Ben-Ghiat — and 5,111 Ink and Lucid readers — about the world-changing meeting in the Oval Office last Friday and much more.
We talked about:
Some new language from Trump that Ruth noticed in the Oval Office meeting that reeks of his being compromised
The end of the “Free World” and the new incarnation America the meeting seemed to soft launch
How the USAID and other cuts dovetail with a Kremlin agenda of reducing the American footprint in the world
Elon Musk’s DOGE rampage as the grift that keeps on giving, as captured by a surreal new photograph this week
Whether the Democratic Party even knows it has a problem
Why it’s so important to refuse the story of your powerlessness, even as you find ways to take care of yourself and yours
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