Jim Antle, the magazine’s executive editor, brings to life the pages of the Washington Examiner magazine in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.
On this week’s episode, Antle breaks down how, even though President Donald Trump is only a year into his second term, he captured the GOP a decade ago. Antle says Trump’s imprint on the Republican Party seems even deeper the second time around, but the real question will be the legacy he leaves behind.
“He has set up some people in his administration to be potential successors to him,” Antle said. “I think the clearest two people who are being prepared to potentially run in his stead in 2028 are Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are very close to Trump.”
Antle is joined by Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner’s editorial director, to discuss the Left’s inconsistent support for protesters in Iran compared to their vocal opposition to Israel’s actions in Gaza.
“People have found it astonishing and kind of almost mind-boggling to see LGBT+ groups for Gaza, for Palestine,” Gurdon said. “When they are chanting things like, ‘From the river to the sea,’ that is the demand for the expulsion of the Jews from Israel. And yet the people that they are siding with would throw them off the tops of buildings or otherwise murder them cruelly and without any compunction whatsoever.”
Gurdon argues the left’s silence on Iran is due to their opposition to Western values, and the left’s stance is influenced by domestic politics, particularly their opposition to President Donald Trump.
“Whichever side Trump is on, then the left has to be opposed to it,” Gurdon said. “Because Trump has evidently spoken up in favor of the protesters, the left has to oppose the protesters and side with the tyranny of the ayatollahs.”
Continuing coverage of the cover story on Iran, Antle sits down with deputy commentary editor Sean Durns to discuss the future of Iran’s regime.
“Unfortunately, right now, the regime, through its brutality, has reasserted itself against the protesters,” Durns said. “They just had to murder 16-20,000 of their own people, at least, just to maintain a grip, and that’s not a sign this is a regime that’s going to be around for a long time.”
This week’s in-depth report, by contributing writer Jay Caruso, explains how the populist trend remains at the center of American politics. This approach to politics surged after Donald Trump made his first appearance on the stage in 2015, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Democratic primaries.
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“It is, without a doubt, an effective way to win primaries, dominate cable news, and become social media influencers instead of legislators,” Caruso said. “But fundamentally, it is a disastrous way to govern.”
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