{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/696a99c74788cf9ec6eb6fd5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How We Thought the First Year Would Go","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at </strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>On January 28, 2025, I sat down with Aram Shabanian to talk about how we thought the first year of the Trump administration would go. I put the audio in a vault and didn’t listen to it until now.</p><p><br></p><p>We focused on geopolitics and the American military and our hit rate for predictions was about fifty percent. Domestically, it’s been much worse than I expected. Abroad it’s been much weirder than I expected. The bit about America seeking violence though? Right now that feels spot on.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Hegseth’s reforms got worse for women (vindicated)</li><li>Conscription is <em>not</em> back (wrong)</li><li>The yearning for violence when the gloves come off (vindicated)</li><li>All the episodes that weren’t produced</li><li>Sicarioifciation continues apace</li><li>The bigger problem was that people felt bad</li><li>The dangers of boredom</li><li>“Drugs won the war on drugs and then looted the armories.”</li><li>Against burning it all down</li><li>Greenland is still on the table</li><li>The ceasefire didn’t last and war did not spread to Europe (wrong)</li><li>Elon Musk is out (vindicated)</li><li>X is still around, but it IS producing on-demand CSAM (wrong?)</li><li>WWIII and mass riots didn’t happen (wrong)</li><li>Martin O’Malley 2028?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-sicario\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Cult of Sicario</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}