Mike talks with David Stockman, a legendary figure in Republican circles. Mr. Stockman has served as a member of the House of Representatives, budget director in the Reagan White House, and partner in the private equity company Blackstone. He’s the author of many books, the latest of which is Trump’s War on Capitalism, which they discuss in this episode.
Topics Discussed Include:
- why Donald Trump has “all the right enemies”
- Trump’s “hopelessly wrong” economic policies
- how the financial crisis of 2008-09 never really ended
- Trump’s immigration and trade policies
- the COVID response under Trump
- the big Trump tax cut
- why a Trump loss would be good for the GOP
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