Musk and the Rise of the Tech Right

Has immigration become the new litmus test for the Republican Party? In this episode, Ross talks to Matthew Continetti, the author of “The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism,” about the party’s shifting coalition, the defining role of immigration and how today’s right echoes its past.

• 01:50 - What the Elon experiment (and fallout) tells us about the Republican Party
• 06:55 - Is there a tech right beyond DOGE?
• 10:09 - Is the “new right” really all that new?
• 18:16 - Where Trump’s agenda fits within the larger conservative story
• 25:16 - “Immigration is the biggest issue of our time”
• 28:39 - How border control will define conservatism around the world
• 34:05 - Is Silicon Valley out of step with Trump's immigration crackdown?
• 39:43 - Will Trump's ideas outlast Trump?

(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.) 

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