Western Standard - September 09, 2026


Trump’s 51st-state threats may have helped elect Carney


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00:00:00.000 You know, Trump would have been aware that every time he opened his mouth about 51st state stuff, the liberal numbers jumped two points.
00:00:08.400 Every time he said it, two points, two points, two points, two points.
00:00:11.880 Carney was in many ways installed by Trump.
00:00:15.640 And I think it's a mistake for people to think that Trump cares about maybe the closer ideological affinity of the conservatives with the Republicans.
00:00:24.560 Trump is the least ideological president, at least since Bill Clinton, possibly much, much earlier. Hard to say where. But he is, you know, if you just take conventional Republican conservative ideas and conventional liberal and Democratic ideas, he is remarkably un-ideological.
00:00:48.240 He would have not fit in a Bush or a Reagan Republican Party at all.
00:00:53.600 In fact, he wasn't a member of the Bush or Republican Parties.
00:00:57.300 So I don't think Trump actually cares.
00:00:59.200 You should remind the Democrats that he was actually once a registered Democrat.
00:01:03.040 Yeah, but also I don't think he was a conventional Democrat either.
00:01:05.160 He was a dealmaker.
00:01:06.540 He doesn't really care about ideology, which is why he'll work with a kind of monarctical
00:01:12.420 communist like Kim Jong-un.
00:01:15.380 You know, he doesn't care.
00:01:16.520 He's a dealmaker.
00:01:17.500 Here we go.