Intellectuals and pundits are engaging in goalpost-moving rationalization of Trump's policies in part because they want to remain relevant to the administration and have influence with decision-makers.

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Jonah Goldberg

Evidence Quote

there's a lot of that in the intellectual classes um in part because a lot of people want to be relevant to have influence in the administration to be part of the conversation [23:36]

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Trump 2.0, DOGE, and America's Global Decline with Sam Harris and Jonah GoldbergSam Harris
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:09:28 AM

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