Full podcast episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXmgm9SiqZzAmto.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzread.info Guest bio: Tulsi Gabbard is a politician, veteran, and author of For Love of Country.

I had to stop listening when Lex tried to claim Obama was a uniter

@vegansLucko

Ай бұрын

Lex has Zero street intelligence. To be hustled so easily is comical for a scientist that’s supposed to be smart mind

@CorrieGeorge

Ай бұрын

Yeah- I kept Listening but horrendous take

@kingofoblivion1822

Ай бұрын

The media gets into people’s brains like a virus and distorts their perception of reality. Obama was a horrible president but the media has forced people to believe that he was a hero

@GIII31.

Ай бұрын

Same

@JLT2342

Ай бұрын

Agree, Obama is just a lip service. Nothing he did good for the country.

Shocking how much Lex is so naive.

@patrickluchycky1172

Ай бұрын

Yeah, he really. Hopefully he'll grow and mature. Disappointing because he's had some great interviews.

@BillCagney

Ай бұрын

He feels Obama brought people together lol, no clue what planet he was on...... He did the complete opposite especially his 2nd term. I still can't believe people see him in that positive light.

@pageek3487

Ай бұрын

@@patrickluchycky1172abree

@cspdx11

Ай бұрын

​. He has good guests but is a terrible interviewer

@rphilipsgeekery4589

Ай бұрын

He makes a toddler seem wise

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible." ― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

@GentlemenMonkey

Ай бұрын

Kull wahad that's a great quote!

@italianmiltyfriedman6264

Ай бұрын

Good thing Trump never ran for any sort of political office even though being asked to for decades.

@willzsportscards

Ай бұрын

No, it's clearly both. Herbert is simplifying things. I lived long enough to see people up close change from too much power. It's not a good thing.

@emissary_kyle

Ай бұрын

Damn, that's an apt description.

@amosel

Ай бұрын

Machiavelli

Obama as a uniter? What? Lex…

@thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697

Ай бұрын

Yes he was a uniter. You find that baffling no doubt because you have swallowed a popular right-wing narrative. I'm sure you have swallowed many right-wing talking points like how Biden supposedly stole the 2020 election. Right? You believe Biden stole the 2020 election and that Trump actually won the election correct?

@rphilipsgeekery4589

Ай бұрын

Delusional

@alexmoran2109

Ай бұрын

Exactly! People also said the same as trump. Lol

@winterbird4447

Ай бұрын

Obama was a uniter in rhetoric.

@andrewyuyoungearn2799

Ай бұрын

TRUE, TRUMP201620202024

It's not even close. I'm not even sure you can call Biden a president. More like a placeholder...

@DanielHBuchmann

Ай бұрын

GDP is up. Productivity is up. Unemployment at record lows. Violent crime is down, in fact lower than trump's best year. Created 800,000 jobs. Trump lost 300,000k and added 8 trillion to the deficit. Stock market/401ks record highs. Producing more oil domestically than under trump. Wages are finally outpacing inflation. The US economy is ranked highest in the G7. All that and he managed not to fly in Epstein's plane or pay hush money to porn stars or try to steal an election cause his feelings were hurt😬

@dba9788

Ай бұрын

A much needed placeholder…

@DMDvideo10

Ай бұрын

@@dba9788 Much needed? What we needed was an America First Leader. What we got is sold out to China...

@JerseyMike6O9

Ай бұрын

@@dba9788🤣🤣🤣🤣,A placeholder for who??

@mdaddy775

Ай бұрын

Trump is a place-ruiner

If Trump doesn’t pick Tulsi as vp, then he’s whiling.

@mdaddy775

Ай бұрын

She sacrificed her common sense and principles for him... she should be rewarded!

@aod_derekjeter4493

Ай бұрын

​@@mdaddy775nice spin. Democrat party sacrificed it's principles

@mdaddy775

Ай бұрын

@@aod_derekjeter4493 To some degrees, yes.

@brandonhallam51

Ай бұрын

She just said Joe Biden is her friend and you want her as Trumps backup?

@sc0mo786

Ай бұрын

She is far more competent than Trump, he would never choose her. She would outshine him easily.

Obama was the start of the division. Cant even remember much division before that 😂

@TheVinc123

Ай бұрын

You must be a white boy

@secretagentt3

Ай бұрын

And whywould that have been?

@chillwinston1255

Ай бұрын

Yeh? How old were ya in 2008?

@Fantasyremix

Ай бұрын

Intelligent left-leaning people who aren’t complete commies put SO MUCH emphasis on rhetoric and statesmanship. And I mean that in a bad way. Obama is like their greatest president imaginable and Trump is their worst.

@Dymerej

Ай бұрын

Yeah, especially when Obama started the American Civil War in 1861

Obama lied? Noooooooo.....

@TroyJScott

Ай бұрын

Don’t say that around the Blacks. You can’t win

@BillCagney

Ай бұрын

LOL no doubt.

@dannymadrid1822

Ай бұрын

I tell you what buddy you give me the name of one politician or president or anybody in Washington DC for that matter that is not corrupt

@jamesreagan9063

Ай бұрын

​@@dannymadrid1822 There are a few! To make it easy I will go with Marcy Kaptur (D) out of Toledo region of Ohio!

@dannymadrid1822

Ай бұрын

@ev.h.3455 You my friend seem like a hateful person ,blessings.

I liked the one that didn’t start a bunch of wars.

@magicalfrijoles6766

Ай бұрын

Obama? Biden? Trump? There hasn't been a new war since Bush Jr.

@NeilAFawcett

29 күн бұрын

The president with the most peaceful term in our lifetime? And yet, TDS can't let individuals and media congratulate it.

Tulsi is able to sum up my disappointment and heartbreak over Obama more than I ever could.

@philmckrackin6882

Ай бұрын

Too bad neither one of these 2 can seem to mention the fact that obama is now worth $80 mil, and how his entire 1st term cabinet was picked from an emailed list from citibank… hmmm

Campaigns run off of hope and dreams. Actual Presidency runs off power and pragmatics.

@MrDuds1984

Ай бұрын

Right and when you get in your hijacked by the deep state and you fall in line, even Trump fell to it.

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

Biden > trump

@xJDMWaRRi0Rx

Ай бұрын

@@kingiam9271read the room

@sburns2421

Ай бұрын

Don't forget self-enrichment schemes. Lots of self-enrichment.

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

@@xJDMWaRRi0Rx room full of magats

Yeah just gloss over Obama's foreign policy, no biggy

used to like lex now i don`t think he has a clue about American reality

@JerseyMike6O9

Ай бұрын

He’s a Lib and the virus is starting to spread thru his brain

@Russell_Huston

Ай бұрын

I still like Lex, but I think he is understandably spending most of his time with people often referred to as "thought leaders", and there's a pretentious term for you. Those folks are spending most of their time in what a friend of mine calls "theory-land". Even though he knows more than most what the Soviet Union was about, I don't know if he sees the narcissistic, nihilist, authoritarian direction of the political left in this country. Pretty clear he cannot see the way Obama allowed, and maybe promoted, the concentration of power of the administrative state, the neo-racist identitarianism, and the hatred of law enforcement that has made a mess of our cities. Everything of the social decline in the US over the last eight years is the fruit of the mentality that Obama shares with the left. Even now, Obama could stand up for proper respect for law and public safety, even while holding police accountable for how they do their jobs, but he won't do it. Obama is in reality a Hollywood type guy. An actor who played the President. A man who surfed his identity, ivy league credential, and cool guy persona into the white house. Like an actor he became super wealthy playing a role and now lives on celebrity Mount Olympus.

Were supposed to be a democracy but feel like a oligarchy

@michaelshane7832

Ай бұрын

No we're not...we're a Constitutional Republic and use democracy as a tool.

@user-hf3bp2gy6d

Ай бұрын

@@michaelshane7832 thats what our rulers are supposed to do but the more i learn and watch our governing systems i think we have military and corprate olagarchys and they will slowly continue to dig there roots deeper and deeper if we arent careful. Hopefully not but thats what it looks like to me and feels like

@robertwilson7813

Ай бұрын

the top 1 percent of the US population has 33% of the nations wealth while the bottom 50% (165 million people) only have 2.6% of our nations wealth. We are by definition an oligarchy

A laughable title

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

Biden > trump

@beezelbuzzel

Ай бұрын

Laughable? We should all be crying.

@particle_wave7614

Ай бұрын

@@kingiam9271I’d rather not have 20%+ inflation over just a few years

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings

Ай бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: - When Governed by Politicians - Who justify Starvation,Death Camps,Gassing/White Phosphorus,Ethnic Cleansing,etc - Governed by Righteous or Satanic?

@Theo-jt9jg

Ай бұрын

Hundreds of thousands dead due to covid during trump administration, regardless of handling. Facts dont care about republicans' feelings ​@@particle_wave7614

Tulsi was so nice but basically said ‘ Lex are smoking crack? Obama unifying? Pull your head out. ‘ This guy clearly doesn’t know what the hell is going on.

@alanguages

Ай бұрын

Obama ushered in the extreme leftism we have today.

@mdaddy775

Ай бұрын

And Trump is?? Tulsi is high on MAGA fumes

@JL-cb8gl

Ай бұрын

@@mdaddy775 …and here is your division…

@tyguy477

Ай бұрын

​@@JL-cb8glYea man, to not see that the media and opposition of Trump are responsible for 90% of the division under his name is so disengenuous, and very destructive

@einnAnnie

Ай бұрын

​@@mdaddy775 When did she claim Trump was unifying? Hell, when did _anybody_ make that claim? From my vantage point, it looks like you want to bring Trump into every conversation whether or not the discussion relates to him at all. Have you considered that your preoccupation with Trump might not be great for your mental health, and taking cheap and unnecessary jabs at him to get under Trump's supporters' skin so you can avoid having to acknowledge that many Americans believe Obama failed on his promise to unify the country, might be counterproductive to...unifying the country?

god this is embarrassingly naive...

Obama was the great uniter? What is this dude smoking? Where do you think all this division we experience now stems from? Lex is not a serious thinker, or he has a mental block that he is not willing to peek over.

@markl762

Ай бұрын

he was the divider in chief

@italianmiltyfriedman6264

Ай бұрын

Lex is completely average in intellect and critical thought. He has a mechanical brain

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

​@@markl762how?

@BillCagney

Ай бұрын

Agreed, he didn't unite anyone, it got far worse under him....... He was the beginning of this as you said and he still to this day divides from behind the scenes IMO. This presidency right now is Obamas make no mistake, he just continued on with his term when Joe got in as the decoy and he continues to destroy things to this day.

@markl762

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 “republicans can sit in the back of the bus”, allowing his surrogates and goons to play the race card to demonize police and starting himself in these controversies involving police shootings only when a black person is involved

She is a red flag 🚩… she is a Lindsey Graham. She was asked for pros and cons for both and like a politician she managed to give Biden a back handed compliment/insult and blamed the failures at Trump feet on the people around him. If you watch this podcast I hope it’s because you pay attention to the details

@curnath

Ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself. And actually managed to seem thoughtful and considerate doing it.

@John-Edward

Ай бұрын

Very well PUT!!! She is more what she blames OBAMA for than he ever was! She is good at sound bites, but she would probably understand what is a stake if she were actually really ever in power!?!?

@DavidMichaelCommer

Ай бұрын

I see her as more of a Jill Stein than a Lindsey Graham. Graham is a hyperpartisan sellout who would betray any person or personal value to get into the good graces of his party's leader; Stein was a nonpartisan sellout who betrayed her country for personal profit. Tulsi Gabbard grew up within a religious cult based in hatred of people who are different than she is. While in Congress, she was closest with people like Aaron Schock, a self-hating closeted gay Republican, who voted against LGBT interests and against women's interests, who had to resign and flee Washington after being indicted on 24 felony counts of stealing government money. (I mention him because it is a good rule of life that 'you can tell a person's character by looking at who they walk beside.') Gabbard then went on to turn against the party that she claimed to have represented, and she went on to turn against the country that she capitalized on having served in the US military. Jill Stein unquestionably entertained Russia's interference in our election, evidenced by a photo of her dining with Vladimir Putin at a Russian dinner. Putin's own closest advisers aren't allowed to be in shch close proximity to him mucj of the time because he's such a dictator he has become paranoid about being harmed by those he reigns over. And Gabbard ratted herself out as selling out to Russia. She posted a video statement asserting that she was appalled and offended by Hillary Clinton's allegation that she was a Russian asset, and I believe she threatened to sue Clinton. Clinton laughed about the lawsuit threat because Clinton *never named Tulsi Gabbard.* Clinton said she believed that one person who was running for president may have been working with the Russian government. Gabbard outed herself with her response, perhaps motivated by a guilty conscience that heard her name when her name was never spoken. She is not a person whose words should be given attention. It's disappointing to see her refurace here as a means of misinforming the public or possibly intentionally disinformating the public. www.politico.com/news/2020/01/22/tulsi-gabbard-sues-hillary-clinton-over-russian-asset-smear-102074

@tomburton1037

Ай бұрын

So says the biden lover

@jaygreen2726

Ай бұрын

@@tomburton1037 that’s just lazy

Do we really need a video too figure that out 😂

@Sataka23clips

Ай бұрын

Bar so low now Joe Biden can literally mumble nonesense but idiots still call him the greatest😂😂

@JoeMayo1987

Ай бұрын

I don't know, but I think you might need one *to* learn the difference between two, too, & to.

@Jason-xn3yx

Ай бұрын

@@JoeMayo1987 my bad Joe 😂

@davidagnew8465

Ай бұрын

@@Jason-xn3yx There is an Edit option in the three-dots menu opposite the first line of your post.

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

Biden > trump

Looking at the current state of America, in the last 3 years, the question is almost an insult.

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Look at Trump and Bidens first day in office vs their last or most present. Biden wins in every way.

@abdullahnisar2219

Ай бұрын

One guy tried to coerce states into voting for him…

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

Biden > trump

@Theo-jt9jg

Ай бұрын

An insult is how u forget the countless covid19 deaths, which, regardless of the handling, happened during the trump administration. But history is the ultimate judge, unbiased and cold, and not every irrelevant and emotional fool.

@bbluva20

Ай бұрын

You do realize that the effects of most presidents don't really materialize until after their terms? If you think the last 3 years have been bad, that's literally the follow up of what Trump did in office. And if you think the 4 years *during* Trump's presidency was good, that's pretty much a direct result of Obama's 8 years setting things up for him. So yeah, pretty insulting to suggest Trump was in any way good.

Joe Biden is not responsible for dividing us, or bringing us together. Each of us holds that responsibility.

@mariouribe9092

Ай бұрын

Best answer I ever heard after this bloodbath on both parties

@HalfTonChevy

Ай бұрын

Isn't that the truth. But he's also supposed to stand up for our best interest

@charliecrowley1070

Ай бұрын

Do you think calling Maga terrorist helped unify?

@HalfTonChevy

Ай бұрын

@charliecrowley1070 do you think falling down in public and looking lost 3 times a week unifys? What has great grandpa joey done to unify? Did saying you're not black if you don't vote for me unify?

@HalfTonChevy

Ай бұрын

The truth is that politicians are hypocrites. They always have been. They try to tell us how we feel. It's up to us to come together. Not very long ago. Lots of people were proud to be American. Now I'm a dying breed. All the wonderful people of different cultures coming together. That's what makes America great. The people, not the politicians.

I can’t believe lex was so challenged! Wow 😮

That sigh at the beginning of the clip was such a disappointment …

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

🤣

The problem with this question is that you can never answer it with any sort of factuality. It will always be subject to the political whims of whoever is answering the question. Anyone claiming otherwise is too captured by their own ideology to admit it.

@DMDvideo10

Ай бұрын

You can honestly say that the American people and the country were in a far better place under Trump. Creating 100% of our own energy, more people working and owning businesses amongst all ethnic backgrounds, stock market, no wars and he did all this with the Democrats attacking and trying to remove him... Biden's greatest achievement might be showing America and the world just how good Trump was...

@adiloren13

Ай бұрын

Pretty clear answer to me. Trump was a complete farce as President.

@koju737

Ай бұрын

@@DMDvideo10 How can you "honestly" say that when it's a blatantly biased take? At least have the balls to admit that. The truth is, people can spin absolutely anything to fit their narrative given the motivation. Your assessment is no more true than any argument to the contrary.

@marvinsgardenproduce798

Ай бұрын

I don't like either president. Trump did well to meet with North Korea and to provide financial assistance to regular people during the pandemic. Those were the two highlights of his presidency for me and were objectively good decisions. Trump blundered by keeping the forever wars going and leaving troops in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Niger. He was too supportive of the Saudi dictator while he killed a journalist, kidnapped and tortured his own family members, and executed a genocidal war in Yemen. He also blundered to a lesser degree in Venezuela and Ukraine. His tax cuts were and continue to be disastrous for the national debt. Biden exited Afghanistan, which was a long overdue move. He has staffed the NLRB and FTC with pro-working class people, putting pressure on corporations and empowering organized labor. He was the first president to visit a picket line during a strike. He has failed to manage border security, he has amplified Trump's blunders in Ukraine. He is not doing enough to alleviate the negative ramifications of higher interest rates and inflation for US consumers. And he is supportive of Israel as they slaughter tens of thousands of civilians. They are both too old and too stupid to be good 21st century leaders.

@DMDvideo10

Ай бұрын

@@koju737 How is my take biased? I just recited facts... That's the problem with Liberals they can look at facts and admit they were wrong... They aren't the party of the Donkey by accident...

Eye opening . Thank you for this interview. I didn't know what she stood for. She said it best! ✌️

I think rhetoric Maters as a president. -lex fridman

@1drchak

Ай бұрын

Terrible statement from Lex. I was surprised by that. Actions matter not rhetoric. Every voter for generations get fooled by that.

@sttyxx6270

Ай бұрын

@1drchak if you watch lex alot that shouldn't surprise you.

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

​@@1drchakhe is right tho. Remember "lock her up"? Or "drain the swamp"? That rhetoric made a celebrity to a president

@Theo-jt9jg

Ай бұрын

​@@1drchak Both matter. Actions certainly do. But if you have someone with the rhetoric of a clown, then even a good action loses its weight.

@1drchak

Ай бұрын

@@Theo-jt9jg Well look what you all got when again you were dooped by this so called "rhetoric". I haven't yet seen the rhetoric of a clown yet. I like someone who has the courage to say what I was thinking. Not the classic "I am here for you!"

Hearing from Lex that he is a supporter of Bernie Sanders and Obama made my respect for him diminish. Also, his interviews with Ramaswamy, etc. has shown a negative bias. I will move on. My time is too valuable and there are others can be a more unbiased interviewer.

She's interviewing for a place in a Trump admin

@treasonabledoubt7251

Ай бұрын

Good!

She didn’t give one example

@steveburton5825

Ай бұрын

Watch it again. She called out Biden for being captured by Big Pharma, the Military Industrial Complex and said that Trump doesn't bend to these because he is successful enough in his own prior accomplishments that he isn't beholden to anyone. He also mentioned Trump's weakness in surrounding himself with Insiders who work against him. She didn't say one thing that 90% of thinking Americans wouldn't agree with. Biden has been a divider and he isn't what he campaigned on. Trump did what he said he was going to do and he never once started a war (the first President since Eisenhower no to have).

@MH-il1lk

Ай бұрын

Look at the USA crime and high gas/food prices. That's a start :)

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

​@@MH-il1lkBiden > trump

@MH-il1lk

Ай бұрын

@@kingiam9271 Based off what? What did Biden do?

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

@@MH-il1lk he lowered inflation and he banned Nvidia from doing business with China

This is one rambling answer to skirt around supporting Obama and Biden, and now she knows Trump is the guy? On her actual record, she calls out all these issues, but did nothing more than symbolic gestures. She literally quit congress to make serious coin as a pundit/personality which she is somehow pretending not to be. And I like her. More of the same in a different package. If she could get a VP nomination on the Dem side, it would be the opposite in terms of talking points.

@bigzachful

Ай бұрын

Fair Point!

@charliecrowley1070

Ай бұрын

I do not think she would take a VP offer from most Democrats, I think she would have taken it from RFK possible. I believe she is a genuine person and listens to her moral compass over money or power!

@xtiphuny89

Ай бұрын

You have to consider where she has influence. She left congress because she had no ability to get anything done as a Democrat. She left the party she thought she could trust after finding out it was as corrupt as any party could be. She wants to be specific in her criticisms but she can't be too specific or people will slander her. She came after Kamala on her prosecutorial record and Clinton came out calling her a Russian asset. She's trying to figure out how best to navigate these muddy waters so she can get out there without being shut down immediately.

@steveburton5825

Ай бұрын

"She literally quit congress to make serious coin as a pundit/personality.."???? Who did she go to work for CNN? Nope. MSNBC? Nope. FoxNews? Nope. NY Times? Nope. Washington Post? Nope. She started a youtube channel that got watched by 650K subscribers and then translated that into a book that hasn't even been released yet. She's become famous because of her message and because she took down CamelToe Harris for being a hypocrite. She's articulate, talks about the corruption in both parties (look what she said about Mitt Romney) and very likeable (and not hard to look at either). No big surprise that she's done well.

@MichaelJwolf1984

Ай бұрын

Look the Democrats all proved to her what they really are. They attacked her similar to Trump. She will be Trumps VP

In my personal opinion I am just going to have to choose the lesser of the two evil.

@seanmcdonough8815

Ай бұрын

There's no lesser this unusual time. One wants tried to murder Congress cause he was a baby when he lost. The other is a honest decent human being that has tried to serve his country the best he could for the last 50 years. Perfect no mistakes many But if he said one of the things Trump says just one, that would be the end of him

“Getting a cable news job” huh? Who can tell me what Tulsi’s job is right now?

Lex, you asked her the very first question about the good and Abad between Biden and Trump, which was a very good question that I wanted to hear the answer to. She only answered 1/4 of it, Biden's good, before you jumped to other questions that weren't as important. Kept doing rhe same thing throughout the interview which was annoying. You gotta let your guests speak and follow through

@timexyemerald6290

Ай бұрын

he is biased. thats why.

Not even a question. Look at where we are right now.

@RolandRED

Ай бұрын

where are we?

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Aside from groceries being higher, which president don't have control of, how are we doing bad? Even the WSJ says we are killing it economically

@chrisfuller2069

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 Groceries, gas, rent, fast food, building materials... all are higher. That list covers most expenses for the average american, all higher. What rock are you living under? As for your excuse... when the economy tanked due to the lockdown, you Trump haters ignored the pandemic factor and just called it "Trump's economy". But now that Biden is potus and the economy still sucks, you claim the potus has no control over such matters. Your one-sided view of the world is hilariously transparent.

@goodolarchie

Ай бұрын

Doing amazing? By any comparative economic metric, that is. Biden has pretty much killed it, but he mumbles and has a dumbass son so people aren't paying attention to his actual track record. If we reelect Trump, it's because we deserve to slide into "former empire" territory, because we're fucking dumb.

@jaredcarter7725

Ай бұрын

@@RolandREDin 2 wars. Whenever you send hundreds of billions in weapons and aid to a war, you are in that war. Also we are out 88 billion in weapons that was handed over to the taliban. Our borders are wide open and the already poor of our country (american minorities)are being pushed aside for illegals that are getting free money and better housing. Trump is no unifier and his personality sucks to a lot of ppl but america is crumbling with Joe in charge

Lex is naive. This wast the most superficial interpretation. 2/3 a critique on Biden that she purports to be penetrating, and then praising Trump for nothing other than being anti establishment. It didn't matter to Tulsi that he had no real policies and his greatest legislative achievement was tax cuts for the rich. She had no insights at all to Trump's character.

Where did the idea that we have to be "united" come from? I'm okay with disagreement. Doing the right thing often creates division. So what?

@curnath

Ай бұрын

Sure, disagreement can and should be a healthy thing in a democracy. As long as agree about preserving the thing, the framework, that allows us to disagree while coexistng in the first place.

After reading this title it's Good to see Lex may actually have a sense of humor.

Jeez lex you lost a lot of listeners when he said Obama was the uniter

@theomarcus

Ай бұрын

Not really...

@adiloren13

Ай бұрын

I think you forget how divided the U.S. was in 2006, 2007.

2020 I paid way less for food, I paid way less for fuel, first time home buyers were able to purchase a home at a WAY less interest rate, the border was not a catastrophe, I could go on and on.

@ronniabati

Ай бұрын

My vote wasn’t overridden by attempts of lies and manipulation by Trump.

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Presidents don't control the world's supply and demand of goods. The whole world went through inflation we came out of it faster than most.

@aaronz.

Ай бұрын

I would rather die than vote for trump, and I think Biden has done well all considered, but these criticisms are fair from 2020 to now. You can tell people the economy is doing great, but these are the actual facts people are dealing with. The real estate market is absolutely ridiculous and you can say inflation is now under control overall compared to other times historically, but I went to a gas station to buy a bag of Tostitos yesterday and they were $6.37. It’s just stupid.

@lordcommandersnow1625

Ай бұрын

Welcome to the world Sonny, you know it’s the same sht all over. You Americans cry so much about fuel when your country pays the least out of every country on earth. Also has cheap real estate. Cry cry cry some more.

@lockejr

Ай бұрын

Has nothing to do with the President.

Ahh the good ol Douche vs Turd Sandwich debate

What a stupid question ! You can't compare them

Wow Lex, you think Obama was the best uniter… That just goes to show no matter how “book smart” you are you’re still blind to biases.🤯

@eryk9796

Ай бұрын

Honest question, do you really believe America is more united after 2016? All I've heard are talks about a Civil War and more mass illegal immigration with social media making people more politically divided. Including the worst choice of presidents in an election ever. Book smart doesn't actually mean having to read books but I can clearly tell you never have.

Dang Tulsi has huge knockers

@bbluva20

Ай бұрын

Great, glad to see this is how some people with the power to vote think.

@artonline01

Ай бұрын

@@bbluva20 A AOC has good knockers too

Hello listeners! I'm from Germany and naturally I'm also interested in American politics. I often read in the comments that the division of the country began with former President Obama - can you tell me why in a few key points?

@sburns2421

Ай бұрын

It is far too complex in this format to explain Left vs Right politics. Obama was a Trojan Horse, pretending to be a moderate Democrat while trying to win but in reality was much more extreme in his Leftist policies once in office. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was the single worst piece of legislation in the history of the US (no hyperbole, the absolute worst), doing nothing to address the issues and costing trillions. This is just one example but there are many others of his arrogance, deceit, lack of knowledge, and political inexperience. Coupled with clear narcissistic tendencies many find him repugnant to this day. But perhaps the biggest reason is half of the country finally realized the media was so in the can of the Leftists based on their messianic portrayal of The Great One, they now know nothing they say can be blindly trusted shown on TV or in print. Since BHO left office (not leaving power, he clearly still controls the Democrats) you can look at the nearly 100% negative coverage of Trump to see the main media outlets have been exposed as propaganda tools for the Left. MSNBC may as well be called Pravda Lite.

@adiloren13

Ай бұрын

@@sburns2421 The ACA was leftist? He caved to the insurance companies -- there was no public option, etc. The health care system was completely broken before the ACA and it's still somewhat broken. Most Leftist couldn't stand Obama then and are critical of him now.

@klau7912

Ай бұрын

I guess Obama represented a more pluralistic era, both socially within the US and also internationally as other nations gained wealth and power. Some don't like that, so he just became the symbol of everything and anything that divided these people away from their ideal picture of the US. For others like Tulsi, in contrast, he's not progressive or strong-willed enough. But like Lex, I also think he's tried the best he could.

@sburns2421

Ай бұрын

@@klau7912 Just for clarity you are stating under Obama's time US society became more equal? I assume you refer to minority rights and economic strata.

@hamburgerjung9953

Ай бұрын

@@sburns2421 Okay thanks for the info! Looks like I have a lot of reading to do. Stay safe!

More divided, less secure, and less free..sounds about right

Obama a uniter ? 😅

@mariouribe9092

Ай бұрын

May be not for you but after all this years I know some Wealthy hard core republicans that respect Barack Obama …not for his policy but the representation of the country around the world

@cameroneagle4370

Ай бұрын

@@mariouribe9092 Obama only deepened racial tension and constantly pinned black American against whitw America. " bitter gun and religion clingers " oh yeah that helps unite people lol

@austinschwebel819

Ай бұрын

Trump united the nation...😂

@cameroneagle4370

Ай бұрын

@austinschwebel819 media and establishment wouldn't allow that

@BillCagney

Ай бұрын

@@cameroneagle4370 TRUTH, they never wanted him in there and it showed.

Job Approval April 3Rd (4th Year): Biden 40.1 | Trump 47.1 | Obama 48.0 | Bush 48.8

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

According to Gallup polls Trump was at his low point of 34% approval by year 3 to 4.

@AlbertoTorres-wl9mt

Ай бұрын

This doesn’t mean anything…. Specially when his counterpart divided the entire nation

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

@AlbertoTorres-wl9mt it's also not true. Trump was near his lowest approval rating in his last year.

Obama wasn’t a “uniter” he just didn’t actively say shit to divide us.

We haven’t been united since Raegan.

Ive got a strong and good feeling that Tulsi will be Trumps VP and together they will make changes for the better

He asked "What is one strength and weakness of Biden and Trump."

Ideals are real only to men and women of character. And those who live by them are leaders, and those who don’t are liars.

We can never be united....we are too far gone

Lex, buddy, you gotta get out of your MAGA/Elon/Rogan bubble bro. Let me guess, you think Cuban was a liberal counter balance? 😂

@RagingBoner4U

Ай бұрын

This is SOOO true about Lex. He’s a very intelligent person, maybe it’s his youth and some star struck awe. I don’t know how he doesn’t see through what egotistical, arrogant, pompous dipshits those guys are. I feel like Lex is too smart not to. I guess I’m wrong

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

@@RagingBoner4U Lex is very open to different sides of things. I don't think he's in that bubble, but he does listen to both sides.

@_Jack_Miller

Ай бұрын

People are quick to dismiss the facts and label truth seekers, Maga. Cognitive dissonance

@truth8483

Ай бұрын

People live in bubbles and the left is very much about purity tests. There's no room for nuance or diversity of opinion. Lex is now a MAGA far right extremist because he listens to people like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan ontop of people from the left. It shows you how tribal people have become and how much the media controls people's thinking. As if you can't have nuanced and complex perspectives. You have to be all right or all left.

@bbluva20

Ай бұрын

He's not a MAGA guy, are you deaf and blind?

A tougher question is, why do you support a proxy war in Ukraine, Lex? Gotta be bought and paid for…

@adiloren13

Ай бұрын

The U.S. was supposed to just sit back and let Russia conquer a sovereign democracy? Play that simulation out and see where it ends up. I do think that the U.S. miscalculated with NATO expansion but once Russia had invaded Ukraine, there really wasn't the option to sit it out.

I agree with Tulsi that Obama had a uniting message in his initial campaign. But as president, he was arguably the most divisive in recent history. He started this whole chain of events, embedded himself in the swamp, kept moving further and further to the left. He constantly pointed fingers at republicans and the previous administration, spoke condescendingly of anyone who disagreed with him. He swung the pendulum so far one way that when it swung back you had Trump on the other side. Obama was arrogant, divisive, and served himself and the powers that be he surrounded himself with. Trump was never given a chance to unite anyone or anything. They were out to get him from day one.

Lex asked for positive attributes of former presidents but offered only negative ones. What a negative downer.

Love Her - She’d be excellent in many roles, including VP, Sec. of Defense, etc.

Well said Tulsi

She will be disappointed always because she does not understand that idealism is just Ideas and that reality has its own idea of where it wants to go. Once you reach a certain age and you have been brave enough to try things you learn that you have to adapt most of time to reality and that reality most of the time does not adapt to you.

Hummm... it shouldn't take 11:19 to answer that one.

Agree or disagree with policy, I don't believe Biden has kept One Promise to his supporters.

@phillyflyguy3590

Ай бұрын

You're joking

@TroyJScott

Ай бұрын

He almost did. He promised $2K checks and gave us $1.4K checks. But other than that he’s been a damn liar

@Within_Cells_Interlinked

Ай бұрын

He got us out of Afghanistan.

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

​@TroyJScott passed an infrastructure bill, passed the chips act, and inflation went from 10 to now 3%.

@TroyJScott

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 yeah okay. None of that affects me or anyone I know. And everything is still super expensive.

Lmao no contest

I wish RFK made her his running mate

@kimyoung3882

Ай бұрын

RFK tried, but she turned it down.

"Rhetoric matters if you're president" yeah if feeling good matters and if youre driven by emotions then that matters but what really matters in a practical sense is results. People can say anything eloquently but if you don't accomplish anything meaningful it doesn't matter.

She’s be a great president. But talent never gets to the top 😢

Her brand nowadays seems to be to criticize everyone and everything. I haven't heard her say a kind word about anyone in the recent past.

@patrickluchycky1172

Ай бұрын

Exactly. She's really got nothing to contribute. Disappointing.

@johndoe-sh6bi

Ай бұрын

In this video she complimented trump, she talked about “the strength that he brings.” She did compliment Biden as well at the start, but then went on to say that he has been doing the opposite of what she likes about him. I think it would be very smart for Trump to pick her as VP.

@patrickluchycky1172

Ай бұрын

@johndoe-sh6bi no, she's not America first. She's building a resume and hasn't committed one way or another to another. Loves attention and talking. We'd be phucked if he picks her up.

@vader1597

Ай бұрын

Past elected leaders do not deserve praise. Trump was elected because people were so disenfranchised by politicians. 1st non politician to be elected president since our first one. I can only hope he learns from the past and does what he wanted to the 1st time. Tulsi as VP would be a good start.

@patrickluchycky1172

Ай бұрын

@vader1597 no, tulsi wouldn't be good whatsoever. Better hope it doesn't happen.

Misleading title but still good watch

All do respect this guy "Lex Friedman" should not allowed to talk about politics. He tries to make himself sound alot smarter than he actually is.

She went from being an interesting women, working with logic to all complaining with zero ideas in one week of podcasts

Even though I'm a big fan of Vivek, Tulsi is hands down the best choice for VP. Really hope it happens!

Mamma Tulsi nailed it re Pres. Trump!

Tulsi is our guide through the looking glass. We are so fortunate to have her in the public sphere

Joe lied? Noooo....

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Not nearly as much as Trumps 30k in 4 years tho

@secretagentt3

Ай бұрын

​@aaronpannell6401 yeah, all politicians lie. What makes Trump unique is that he loes about EVERYTHING. Even stuff that doesn't matter....how much money he has, where Hurricanes are going to hit, that his favorite book is the Bible....like come on.

Rfk is the real one

@donaldgossett1736

Ай бұрын

A real schizo

Great criticism of Biden and his administration. On the other side, I don't understand how anyone can speak seriously about a second Trump term having any kind of strategy or discipline in it's creation of a cabinet. But whatever, this is all tired already. I'm most struck by Lex's ability to facilitate this conversation without any indication of disdain. I think Lex is an alien.

She makes some good points

Damn. She nailed it!!!! Great Great segment. More folks need to listen to this one

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Nailed it without one example. This was just an anwser for her to be VP for Trump.

@steveburton5825

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 You keep repeating this... watch it again. She called out Biden for being captured by Big Pharma, the Military Industrial Complex and said that Trump doesn't bend to these because he is successful enough in his own prior accomplishments that he isn't beholden to anyone. He also mentioned Trump's weakness in surrounding himself with Insiders who work against him. She didn't say one thing that 90% of thinking Americans wouldn't agree with. Biden has been a divider and he isn't what he campaigned on. Trump did what he said he was going to do and he never once started a war (the first President since Eisenhower no to have).

Tulsi should start a podcast with Nikki Haley...they could call it PRETEND INTEGRITY.

@kimyoung3882

Ай бұрын

so disturbingly true. was trying to give her the benefit of every doubt. I once trusted her. Lex pushes back only a little . Why? Then it gets to the end of the interview like a VP audition. Such a propaganda infomercial.

After this I lost all hope for Tulsi, when she said Joe Biden was her friend that was when I turned off the interview! Than Lex said how great Obumer was, WoW.

Is she critical of everyone? Except herself?

This Lady will be the US next VP❤

@MrDuds1984

Ай бұрын

Should have been RFK’s choice instead of that Google broad

2024 will be the end of political parties in America

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

1000% no it wont.

@familypowergroup

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 how much you wanna bet big boy?

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

@@familypowergroup For something this easily, I'd take out a 2nd mortgage on it. We have had them in EVERY election aside from the very first.

@familypowergroup

Ай бұрын

@@aaronpannell6401 I think you need to reevaluate the people you take advice from my friend

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

@familypowergroup Just remember you believed this for when you forget but move on to believe something equally preposterous. And you couldn't refute what I said either.

I like how she doesn’t mention anything about Biden’s policies and doors or rhetoric you can’t point the things that he’s done or said it’s just general statements and then we’re trumpets so it’s because he’s attacked and doesn’t bring up anything specific about anything either

"Tough question" lol

If the press treated biden or obama even 1/8 as critically as they do trump, everyone would know how bad shit is right now.

@cariboulou3572

Ай бұрын

It's so simple and you nailed it. *It* *Is* *Actually* *That* *Simple*

@T_Time_

Ай бұрын

You forget when Fox News did a week long attack on Obama cause he wore a tan suit Lmao

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Couldn't be because Trump broke so many laws and norms...

@kingiam9271

Ай бұрын

Guess you never heard of fox "news"? 🤦

I’m just not hearing any specificity, what makes Biden divisive? He’s worked with both Left and Right to pass legislation.

@italianmiltyfriedman6264

Ай бұрын

you mean the uni-party. he didnt work with actual conservatives.

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

Not one example to back up her claim.

@danhenderson3458

Ай бұрын

Biden has made us more energy dependent, responsible for the big uptick in inflation, announced that white nationalism is the biggest threat to America, announces trans visibility day on Easter, and is supporting a bullshit war in Ukraine while Putin is laughing. That is what he has done.

@KRN740

Ай бұрын

He maybe did in the past but not during this presidency

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

@KRN740 He passed the infrastructure bill and the chips act with bipartisan support... what bill did the art of the deal guy pass with bipartisan support?

Kennedy Jr is the guy we need.

I think good old time ended after Bill Clinton presidency although it has less to do with individual president

Biden lost me with the Afghanistan and border issue. Trump wouldnt have let either happen. Obama started the division.

@TheOpinionSports

Ай бұрын

Trump was the one who agreed to get out of Afghanistan on the date we got out. I get tired of people saying stuff would not happen under trump. He was just lucky it didn’t happen when he was in there. Trump ain’t special.

@DanielHBuchmann

Ай бұрын

trump talked the talk, but wouldn't pull the trigger in Afghanistan. How many US troops have died there since Biden pulled out? None. There's a bipartisan deal that was endorsed by the union representing 18,000 border agents that was quashed by the gop at trumps behest.

Bunch of half truths

lets do a poll & focus on these issues: President #1 = open borders, racist & inflation President #2 = close borders & better economy Who do you think is #1 and #2? Lets see what you've got

Tulsi, “By ALL measure Trump has been successful in his life.” Really???

Tulsi would be the velvety calm voice for Trump’s policies. Trump would be smart to make her VP, she has that quality of being the “adult in the room” that people look to for advice. Just my two cents… 🤷‍♂️

Did I hear Lex correctly when he said that Trump does not care about the attacks on him? Trump tweets 70 times per day, crying and whining about being held accountable. What in the world is Lex talking about?

@italianmiltyfriedman6264

Ай бұрын

crying AND whining? that is a redundant statement..

@aaronpannell6401

Ай бұрын

​@italianmiltyfriedman6264 yet a true statement.

@aaronz.

Ай бұрын

For someone trained in dispassionate logic, his fear of speaking out against trump is so weak

@unclebrian1373

Ай бұрын

@@italianmiltyfriedman6264 you are correct. I should say Trump cultists whine to the likes of which nobody has ever seen before.

@unclebrian1373

Ай бұрын

@@aaronz. Lex needs to be liked and if he were to say anything bad about Elon or Trump his friends will not like that.

Is this even a real question?

Lex your wrong about Obama 100%

Christ is King

@aaronz.

Ай бұрын

Trump is Christ risen. Maga 2024

@aaronz.

Ай бұрын

Trump is Christ risen. Maga 2024

@billj4525

Ай бұрын

@@aaronz. Lol Trump is Christ? That's an insult to Christ and religion. Biden is also bad, but they're both the opposite of Christ. You have a very unrealistic and incorrect view of things, almost silly. Comparing politics to Christ in anyway is terrible, and you're a fool to think Trump or Biden care about Christ. They don't care about religion. You don't seem to care about it either, you're a con artist like the politicians.

@truth8483

Ай бұрын

​@@aaronz.🙄