Grading Rhetoric | Ruminant

About this episode

Jonah Goldberg reflects on various political topics and figures, including rhetoric, international relations, and Donald Trump's leadership during wartime.

Coming at you from the forests of Maine, Jonah kicks off the day’s ruminations with reflections on his father and his legacy, before turning to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the importance of rhetoric, Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s appeal to postliberals, groypers, victimhood culture, Iran, the ceasefire, Russia, antisemitic “realism,” and President Donald Trump’s rating as a war time leader.Plus, order Sarah Isgur’s book here.Show Notes:—Last weeks Ruminant—Last Friday’s G-File—Jonah’s underrated second book—Wednesday’s G-File—Jonah’s book: Liberal Fascism —John Patrick Diggins: Mussolini and Fascism: The View from America—Amity Shlaes: The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression—New Yorker: “How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics”—Rebeccah Heinrichs at National Review: “John Mearsheimer Has a Problem with Reality”—The Economist: “On the front lines, Russian soldiers pay officers to stay alive”—Thursday’s Commentary Podcast—Nick Catoggio in The Dispatch: “Schrödinger’s Ceasefire”—The Editor’s PodcastThe Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics…

People in this episode

Host: Jonah Goldberg

Topics covered

• rhetoric
• politics
• postliberalism
• international relations
• war leadership
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• rhetoric
• politics
• J.D. Vance
• Viktor Orbán
• Donald Trump
• Iran
• Russia
• ceasefire

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dispatch

Books & works: Liberal Fascism, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, Mussolini and Fascism: The View from America, How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics, On the front lines, Russian soldiers pay officers to stay alive, Schrödinger’s Ceasefire

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