Civitas Outlook
Topic
Politics
Published on
February 22, 2025
Contributors
Steven Hayward
John Yoo
Episode
The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

The Three Whisky Happy Hour: The Great Reset

About this episode

Our long-running intramural argument on this podcast over the Ukraine War has become just like the Ukraine War itself—lots of casualties on both sides, but very little movement from week to week. But is Trump actually on the cusp of a breakout? There’s one thing Trump did this week that is surely causing Putin to wipe the smile off his face, and no one seems to have figured it out. It’s all part of Trump’s Great Reset.

There is more unanimity amongst the 3WHH bartenders about Gaza, and once again Trump’s seemingly outrageous or whimsical ideas of making Gaza into Atlantic City doesn’t just move the Overton Window in the Middle East—it remodels the whole structure. Forget the two-state solution.

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