America went from candles and the horse and buggy to telephones, cars and airplanes, in one lifetime. Bob Ingraham shows how tariffs and Hamiltonian credit did it, and why the same tools, back in play today, can do it again.
Russia’s 300,000 tons of diesel and Rubio’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court hit the same target: the globalist apparatus George Soros built. Susan Kokinda follows the fight from Navi Pillay’s Nobel to Rubio in Athens and a Columbus Day proclamation quoting Pope Leo XIII.
From steel mills to shipyards to spaceports, Mike Steger explores Trump’s “Freedom’s Forge 2.0”—a vision to rebuild American industry, revive the West, and relight the torch of progress.
The Monday Brief - CFR WAVES WHITE FLAG: Trump Just Killed Britain's 100-Year American Project - May 25, 2026
Here's why Trump's suggestion that Iran could join the Abraham Accords reflects a foreign policy of real physical economics — and why the CFR's new "Future of American Strategy" project is a tacit admission that the British-led liberal international order is finished.
Susan Kokinda analyzes President Trump's suggestion that Iran could someday join the Abraham Accords, arguing it reflects a foreign policy built on “real physical economics” rather than geopolitical rules. She contrasts this approach with criticism from figures like Mike Pompeo and highlights White House Communications Director Steven Cheung's sharp rebuttal. Kokinda points to the National Security Strategy's focus on reindustrialization—“the future belongs to the makers”—and frames energy independence, supply-chain security, and tariffs as “hard power.” She interprets the Council on Foreign Relations' new “Future of American Strategy” project as an admission that the liberal international order and the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” are ending, citing CFR contributors who dismiss reindustrialization. The episode also notes emerging diplomacy and economic cooperation involving the U.S., Russia, China, and India.
00:00 The Monday Brief - CFR WAVES WHITE FLAG: Trump Just Killed Britain's 100-Year American Project - May 25, 2026 02:50 Economics, Not Geopolitics, Reshapes the Mideast 06:51 The CFR Admits Defeat 10:54 Russia, China, India — and the New Shape of the World
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Russia’s 300,000 tons of diesel and Rubio’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court hit the same target: the globalist apparatus George Soros built. Susan Kokinda follows the fight from Navi Pillay’s Nobel to Rubio in Athens and a Columbus Day proclamation quoting Pope Leo XIII.
From steel mills to shipyards to spaceports, Mike Steger explores Trump’s “Freedom’s Forge 2.0”—a vision to rebuild American industry, revive the West, and relight the torch of progress.
Trump broke ground on the biggest new American shipyard since WWII, on the old Bethlehem Steel site. A day later, Rubio told the West to reindustrialize or accept decline. With 25 days to go, here's why the midterms will be won on the economy, and why you have to vote on the future.
Today's show is over. Watch the replay and join us next Thursday, LIVE. Trump is building the largest new US shipyard since World War II on an abandoned steel mill, and taxpayers get a 40% stake. Barbara and Susan explain why that wins the midterms.