America First Unveiled: Trump’s High Stakes Gamble and the Future of Global Power | Tom's Deepdive

Hey, Sal. Hank? What's going on? We haven't worked a case in years. I just bought my car at Carvana, and it was so easy, too easy. Think something's up? You tell me. They got thousands of options. Mhmm. Found a great car at a great price. Uh-huh. And it got delivered the next day. It sounds like Carvana just makes it easy to buy your car, Hank. Yeah. You're right. Case closed. Buy your car today on Carvana. Delivery fees may apply. If you think Trump's shift from being the peace president to the smash and grab president is just random chaos, you do not understand the moment we are living in. This moment is an unprecedented moment of disruption and danger, and what America does next is going to have a massive impact on the world order and your finances. In a turn of events so sudden, it has given even some of Trump's most die hard supporters whiplash, Trump has gone from settling a bunch of wars all over the world to flash invasions, snatching up dictators, and threatening military action against Europe if Denmark doesn't hand over Greenland. He said, and this is almost a direct quote, Greenland has to be ours for national security reasons. We are going to get it and we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The man refuses to rule out military invasion of one of Denmark's territories. Denmark, a country in Europe. This is wild. It is a turn of events that foremost seems completely incoherent. Most people, especially those that already hate Trump, are thinking this is simply Trump being the dictator they always knew him to be. In fairness, that's a pretty reasonable take for someone to have given that Trump has explicitly said he doesn't care about international law. And the only thing that governs what he does is his own morality. But if you think Trump is just some power mad lunatic running riot, you're not seeing what's actually happening. And I don't think it takes a big leap to get to the heart of what's really going on. We'll get into more of this shortly but first, you have to understand the liberal world order has broken down. It is once again obvious that the world we live in is actually governed by raw power and there is no country currently more powerful than The US, and Trump knows that. But he also knows that as of right now, today, our power is an ice cream cone melting in the sun of inflation and reckless spending, and he only sees one way forward. The reality is that Trump is not afraid to bully. And if he's going to keep America in the lead, even if only in the Western Hemisphere, then he's going to have to press the advantage that we currently have because it's not gonna last forever. While it does, Trump believes we need to cement our authority. And …