Episode Details

Trump's second term ends in January 2029. That sounds far away. It isn't. The 2026 midterms are seven months from now, and whatever happens in November is going to be the first shot fired in the war over who controls the Republican Party after Trump is gone.

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00:00:01 - Predicting the future successor to Donald Trump

00:01:50 - Comparing JD Vance and Marco Rubio's prospects

00:07:39 - Why outsiders like Ron DeSantis have advantages

00:08:15 - How midterms could neuter the Trump administration

00:12:11 - History of Neocons versus the Reagan Revolution

00:25:29 - Glenn Youngkin as a return to normalcy

00:33:14 - Executive power and the push for strongmen

00:45:21 - Building a unified Vance and Rubio coalition

00:53:17 - Patriotic coffee and the Brew Around brand

01:03:53 - How AI will disrupt the labor market

01:16:48 - Leftist strategies for importing new voting demographics

01:33:00 - Final thoughts and Preordering The Man Book