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Incompetent Trump. How does Trump incite a riot on January 6th then become president?
A couple things on the China Panic, accordingly to someone who is fluent in Chinese and has been teaching there for many, many years, has said 90% of Chinese would sell there own grandmother down the river to get a US Visa. While history does not always repeat, back in the late 80s it was all Japan panic (remember Paul's M Kennedy book: the Rise & Great Power's book…) now its China, but they are facing a demographic/population cliff, the environment is a awful, there carbon footprint is massive. The real estate is so over built. Further their economy is largely export driven not consumer consumption. There years are numbered.
Hanhahahahaha Ferguson….
Foreign relations and trolling should be mutually exclusive.
The world stands with Greenland in opposing Trump’s America.
I laughed hard when Obama was applauded for breaking the bureaucracy and pushing The White House to 21st century. I wonder how many federal agents he employed in transferring from paper to his iPad, to deliver the iPad to him, to punch in his screen lock, to swipe and focus for him…
As long as this administration combats woke then everything will be forgiven…….. until they start coming after real conservatives,then things will get interesting.
I believe that Pete Hegseth ex-wife had discovered his affair when his accidentally included her into a group chat when he was talking with his friends about his exploits. Seriously , when does the pure stupidity from a high ranking official could be justified by "inexperience and novice". I guess we can all ask a rather theoretical question to Niall, what Trump should do or say for you to criticize him or even disagree with him? embrace Marxism? support DEI? Anyone's guess.
What I don't get is how the whole "white house in waiting" is left on the sidelines again, this by an almost 80 year old guy with reasoning issue left over from covid, not Biden, this time its Trump.
12:11 it's nothing to do with being wired, its just that Trump does the opposite of what Biden did because he seems to think that is always a safe bet. What can anyone do about the random notion generator now running the country?
Great discussion
I hope this program doesn’t lose its credibility. Niall seems to have a fixed outlook on any issue related to the Trump administration. Good fellows used to be unbiased with a balanced assessment of issues.
Amazing how none of you seem to care about the fact that they all lied to congress regarding the incompetence of the signal leak. You guys are losing credibility so fast with your repeated attempts to cover for these traitors and religious nuts. I guess lying is the norm for conservatives now. You've been normalizing it for so long, I think its all you know. Anything to get the power.
The diversity of opinions in the Comments section indicates to me just how valuable and capable this program is. Discussion is of the essence in any relationship, and the Goodfellows program continues to provide the example both in production and in the stimulation of others to also do so.
Federal gov holding universities hostage IS politicizing the university. Universities' core mission(s) is not to support the federal government's aims. That's incidental and not without its own problems.
This is the 2nd episode since Canada, the 51st state, and give Putin whatever he wants, began. You barely touched on each. Please devote half the next episode to these very important subjects.
I'd like to hear about what Trumps recent actions in Ukraine mean for our defense industry moving forward. Also, what tariffs and the implied lack of security in Europe means to our collective efforts against threats from China.
No confidence
Signal debacle was bad, as bad as it gets in communication among security people. Should heads roll? Evaluate the error against the damages and the total performance of the mistake makers. That disappearance of Biden’s Secty of Defense as a calculated deception lasted one news cycle. His performance sucked prior to, during, and after the deception. No action taken. Much more interesting is why JG was in a contact list that could mistakenly add him to a group chat. If Trump is happy, we will have to accept his decision. So simple, so much a nothing burger. You all need to create “content”. Find something meaningful. I can’t watch this anymore.
Despite the firing of tens of thousands of federal workers there is not a single disgruntled person with the ability to use AI to manufacture a chat. Is it possible the questions in the chat were worked out months ago?
I cannot believe not a single person in the chat group looked at the distribution and asked "who is this"?
I guess McMaster is saying the military has no such communications capability?
I heard that the CIA automatically rushed to upload Signal on all their systems. Curious. Surprised the Goodfellows are not discussing the origins of Signal and their connection with the national intelligence network
1. No we don't need to design an in-house gov solution. There are plenty of open source ones, including Signal itself. You can set up your own server.
2. Signal was not introduced by this team so it is a mischaracterization to say they brought this in as a cocky move to modernize things. It was actually approved in the Biden admin.
Good discussion though, thanks again for putting these out!
Come on, commentators, you must be aware that the woke left woud be pouncing on this 'scandal.' OF course it's overblown. The goodfellows finally got around to the woke response opportunism.
Moreover, Leavitt herself has spent too much time selecting the woke reporters to ask repeated critical questions on the 'scandal.' Why does she play into that?
Wow! Amy is quite the addition to the show. Bring John back and add a fifth window?
Niall, you observation about "tech bro" culture being a problem (or just "dude bros") was very astute and a perfect example of why I watch this channel. Thanks for that.
1. The average high schooler understands app security.
2. If the federal government can't function with remote workers, surely decisions made at the highest level need to be discussed in person, too.
3. This administration's ad hominem attacks even when facing the most damning evidence is schoolyard tactics at the lowest level.
"The flow of talent from China to the US has slowed dramatically"
That's because we don't protect them from the CCP operating here in the US. If we made protecting them a priority, and eliminating CCP influence in the US a priority, we would get the Enrico Fermis of China again.
"We have the technology, we have to make sure the dastardly enemies don't get it!"
Whether China gets it or not may be impossible to prevent — but preventing someone like Iran (who couldn't develop it on their own) from getting it, is still vitally important.
Is it me or do the participants on the podcast seem reluctant to criticise the Trump administration or hold bad behaviour to account?
An emerging tech not on the top ten – digital money. $3T global TAM; TAM growing long-term at multiple tens of % CAGR; money as store-of-value, currency, unit of account; global versus national spread.
-Threatens USD hegemony
-Opportunity for expanded U.S. global hegemony
Accountability versus responsibility. Very big difference.
So let the lefties freak out. This didn’t result in the death of Americans, like Benghazi or leaving Afghanistan. Get over it.
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Was Tucker Carlson accidentally invited to this episode disguised as Niall Ferguson?
Sorry, folks, about the last thing this country needs is the House wasting its time in political theater over "leaks" and "national Security" when they have failed and continue to fail miserably at their primary roles, which is budget and spending oversight. What DOGE has uncovered should shake any tax paying citizen like they have never been shaken. Many of us feel like our government is in the business of robbing its citizens and little else. How about doing the job, Congress, instead of doing just about anything but?
As for "technology", Hoover should NOT need to explain what the word means to the people running the government (or should I say, nominally running the government?). Fewer lawyers in the House and Senate would help, though, a lot. Plus less time in political theater and passing yet more laws and more quality time trying to understand what is going on and why and NOT schlepping for donations from those omnipresent "special interests" would help, too.
Niall. Are you trying to get a job with the administration? This is woeful incompetence. You've been measured an sensible all this time, don't go full on Trump cheerleader on us.
Why no mention of the deliberate evasion of the Presidential Records Act?
I’m sure the Trump Admin. Is all for more science as long as the scientists are all white christian nationalists!
Cal Tech in Pasadena hosted a monthly Coleman Chamber concert program. Beethoven String Quartets, played with intensity is emotional support for great thinkers.
Why not have Amy Zegart arrange a concert for Technology Reviewers and Hoover people?
Such a concert, for the alert listener, might be a prototype run of a peace through music technology experiment.
How dare you even entertain the idea of annexing a sovereign nation?
Niall. The reason why the team is green and inexperienced is because someone picked a green and inexperienced team.
This is what happens when adults aren't in the room. This administration is filled with amateurs at best and just incompetent cretins who are like pigs in a China shop. Destroying hard earned alliances, bringing on arbitrary tarrifs that are a huge tax on the working class who elected this clown and an unnecessary recession … Musk, Greenland, Canada and Europe…. what a mess!
All to distract the public from the real problems the American people are facing…
Amy Zegart was a great addition to the GoodFellows this week. Her views were of high quality, well nuanced, focused on the core issue rather than the actors. Need to bring her in the conversation more often. Enjoyed HR McMaster as always level headed mature comments. Felt Niall was off this week with his analysis though i agree with his thinking that this administration has done more things right in balance considering it is <100 days. Overall engaging conversation. Thanks.
Mike Waltz might be a fantastic guy… but if this was "his group" and he was responsible for who was in it!?!? Gotta go!! As weird as it may sound, i think they're intentions were TOO GOOD! I.E. Full and real time transparency, tackling many tasks at once etc… but regardless of staffer sabotage, goldberg hack, or the tale of "added wrong contact"?? Still all as bad as worst case scenario!!! And then the response has been off in my opinion! Pete should have takin a firm stance, major mistake wont happen again! And how they thought "group chatting" even if they thought all the info was "on the low" (not classified) and we granted them the most charitable scenario possible? Still as bad as bad, they shouldn't be group chatting cooking recipes!! Speak on secured lines if absolutely can't wait for situation room! But who ever gives these demorats even the SLIGHTEST open door as being viewed as the "reasonable" side on anything!? Is an enemy of mine!! This takes them away from trying to defend Jasmin rachet, the domestic terror attacks taking place, men beating the brakes off females in sports and the utter insanity of the usual demorat of today lunacy!! This infuriates me almost as bad as J 1+5!! Even knowing what REALLY happened and WHO actually orchestrated it etc… to the folks who arent balls deep into politics it gives demorats talking points that aren't just 100% insane lies like normal! It gives the APPEARANCE of them even slightly resembling reason! So yeah, so flippin stupid!
Amazing that these folks are validating Trumps land grabbing language in regards to panama and Greenland.
The blue children will demand accountability, the red kids will whitewash it. Still 7yr old world view
The administration is young, sure. They also caim in planing to dismantle the mechanism, that allows new team to start working. The qualified people, that they called "Deep State". No one is goin to adres that?
Looks like Neil is trying to get a job in the Trump administration. It started with his expression of fealty to JD Dunce. It looks like free thinking during the Biden administration has gone into full Kool-Aid drinking during the Trump administration. Neil is almost as bad as Viktor Davis Hansen, who used to make a lot of sense and now he’s just a Trump apologist. Goodfellas used to be a great informative, rather non-partisan discussion of important issues in the world. Now it’s just how can we show our loyalty to Trump and explain away all the stupid things he does.
I agree that the Signal incident is ultimately no big deal and the members involved will learn from the experience…but it also does bother me that if the same screw up had happened at lower levels in the chain of command, heads would roll. I know in my former experience that I would have been nailed to a wall of I had inadvertently leaked to the Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic far less sexy details of things I knew about in a group chat. I even used Signal myself, but not for official communications (other than to send and receive notices about banal scheduling changes). I would learn from the experience, but I'd take my hard won experience with me when they fired me (or worse) for it. And I think I'd be embarrassed at my mistake.
Greenland is a VERY big deal Niall. Boasting about ‘taking’ Greenland sends a terrible message to Allies and an even more terrible message to adversaries. Putin is alteady using it to trumpet (no pun intended) the big power acquisition of any bits of real estate they can lay their hands on. Contrary to the opinion of some, Donald Trump is the worst deal maker to occupy the White House in many decades. Greenland IS an important strategic issue of course, but would it not have been better to immediately enter into private discussions with Greenland and Denmark aimed at enhancing the American presence in Greenland – and so avoid the bitterness and mistrust Trump has so unnecessarily provoked?