The Muckrake Political Podcast Trump’s New World Disorder
Dec 9, 2025
Co-hosts delve into Trump's controversial 2025 National Security Strategy, labeling it a crypto-fascist manifesto. They discuss the ramifications for NATO and the shifting balance of power with Russia and China. The conversation touches on Netflix's aggressive expansion and the monopolistic dangers to creativity. They criticize FIFA's disingenuous peace prize for Trump and explore the implications of the Queller pardon as a symbol of political corruption. Finally, they analyze Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt at image rehabilitation.
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U.S. Strategy Retreats To Spheres Of Influence
- The 2025 National Security Strategy signals a retreat to spheres of influence and a rejection of the postwar liberal order.
- Jared Yates Sexton warns it reads as a crypto-fascist blueprint that normalizes privileging demographics and ceding global roles to Russia and China.
Reliability Was America's Currency
- Policy swings under Trump destroy U.S. reliability because partners relied on consistent American commitments.
- Jared Yates Sexton says America’s currency used to be consistency, which is now ripped up and harms global trust.
NATO Demand Signals U.S. Withdrawal
- The doctrine pressures NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defense, signaling a take-it-or-leave-it posture.
- Nick Hauselman warns that reducing U.S. commitment risks European vulnerability and historical repeat of isolationist harms.