Podcast: A Federal Debt Spiral and Delusional Trump Supporters

I’ve come to a conclusion: there is a segment of Trump supporters out there who are delusional. They are so blinded by the cult of personality that they can’t objectively look at reality. Last month, the Trump administration broke the one-month record for spending. In other words, Trump and his Republican colleagues in Congress are […]

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Podcast: Trump Is Setting Himself Up as a Fall-Guy on the Economy

To hear Donald Trump and his Republican supporters tell it, the economy is booming because of wildly successful Trumpanomics. But I think Trump is setting himself to take the fall when the bubble eventually bursts.

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Massive 2019 NDAA Signed, and Trump’s Signing Statement: Good Morning Liberty 08-15-18

On this episode of Good Morning Liberty, host Michael Boldin (follow) discusses the NDAA for 2019, signed this week by Pres. Trump. In a signing statement, the president referenced around 3 dozen sections as unconstitutional, but signed it anyway. SHOW LINKS 2019 NDAA signed into law Amash tweet Vance, compare spending Antiwar.com – Reject restrictions…

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People With Bad Constitutional Foundations End Up with Bad Constitutional Opinions

A lot of people seem to believe Pres. Donald Trump is some kind of limited government constitutionalist. He’s not. The other day, I got an email from a guy who embraces this idea. He claimed Trump “unwittingly embraces the fundamental ideals of the founders: ie. a smaller unobtrusive laissez-faire government, with emphasis on individual liberty…

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Constitutionally the President Can’t Make “Executive Agreements” with Other Countries

Pres. Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached a preliminary agreement to “denuclearize the Korean peninsula” during a historic summit in Singapore. But pundits and talking heads have missed a crucial fact in the midst of all the analysis. The president cannot constitutionally make any kind of legally-binding agreement without the advice…

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