Stevens wrote an anti-Putin editorial for the Wall Street Journal's editorial page at the end of 1999 and received backlash primarily from the left (writers at The Nation), but the Republican party's position on Putin reversed with Donald Trump's rise to political prominence.
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“I wrote my first Auntie Putin editorial for the Wall Street journals editorial page at the very end of 1999...the switch really came about with the ascendancy of of Donald Trump [8:23]”
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What Happened to the Republican Party?: A Conversation with Bret Stephens (Episode #329)— Sam HarrisCreated: 8/12/2026, 9:43:35 PM
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