Susan Kokinda lays out a midterm strategy that defies the "party in power loses" rule: Trump's revival of the McKinley–Hamilton American System — tariffs, industrial credit, and skilled trades — is rebuilding the working class, and that realignment can drive a 2026 upset.
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Susan Kokinda lays out a midterm strategy that defies the "party in power loses" rule: Trump's revival of the McKinley–Hamilton American System — tariffs, industrial credit, and skilled trades — is rebuilding the working class, and that realignment can drive a 2026 upset.
Today's show is a special Monday Brief with Susan Kokinda outlining a midterm strategy she says can defy the usual “party in power loses” narrative. Kokinda argues Trump is reviving the Hamiltonian “American System” associated with President McKinley—tariffs, internal improvements, and public-private credit—to reverse decades of deindustrialization driven by the Federal Reserve era, NAFTA, and financialization. She cites new manufacturing investments, steel and aluminum production gains, and expanded federal financing tools (Export-Import Bank, Defense and Energy programs, and Commerce initiatives) aimed at supply-chain security, critical minerals, and semiconductors. She highlights workforce needs via Mike Rowe’s “Build Freedom” partnership and references a July 24 White House science report emphasizing tacit shop-floor knowledge. In Q&A, they discuss data centers, recession appointments, job timelines, Nixon, and foreign-policy “hegemony,” concluding that a working-class realignment could drive a midterm upset.
00:00 Welcome and Setup
00:34 Midterms Conventional Wisdom
02:46 McKinley Tariffs Revival
05:24 Manufacturing Investment Surge
08:38 Credit and Industrial Finance
11:58 Skilled Trades Build Freedom
13:04 Productive Powers of Labor
17:15 FDR Realignment Midterm Play
20:13 Wrap Up and Call to Action
21:47 Q&A Flyers and PAC Pitch
25:10 Data Centers Narrative
28:57 Economy Is Trash Question
31:59 Nixon and Party Realignment
34:57 Hegemony and Sovereign Nations
37:23 Senators Recess Appointments
39:39 Jobs Timeline Factory Tracker
43:41 Russia History and Values
45:44 Closing Focus and Signoff
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