Malcolm Turnbull
Appearances
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Goes Silent After Market Tanks
When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. My hero. It is really creepy. It's really creepy. And that struck you at the time? Oh, absolutely. It struck everybody. It was like you could touch it. It was creepy. The creepiness was palpable.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Goes Silent After Market Tanks
No, I'm not saying. I'm just telling you what I saw. Regrettably, the Republican Party under Donald Trump and particularly the right wing of the Republican Party
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Goes Silent After Market Tanks
are very sympathetic to vladimir putin i mean i've been with trump and putin uh trump is in aura putin tyrants are often popular you see the key to democracy liberal democracy is that it empowers the majority but it also through the rule of law constrains the majority
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Goes Silent After Market Tanks
And if you get to the point where anybody who can muster a majority, and I don't think Trump can do that, by the way, but anyone who can muster a majority is given absolute power and then can do whatever they like to the minority, That's not a democracy. That is a tyranny. That is an autocracy. Even if it's got the support of 50, 51% of the population, that is not what makes a democracy.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Goes Silent After Market Tanks
A democracy as we understand it is one where the rule of law protects all citizens and the rule of law applies to all citizens, whether they're the president or the prime minister or an ordinary, you know, elector.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Panics on Monday AM as He Can't Stop His Crash
When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. My hero. It is really creepy. It's really creepy. And that struck you at the time? Oh, absolutely. It struck everybody. It was like you could touch it. It was creepy. The creepiness was palpable.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Panics on Monday AM as He Can't Stop His Crash
No, I'm not saying. I'm just telling you what I saw. Regrettably, the Republican Party under Donald Trump and particularly the right wing of the Republican Party are very sympathetic to Vladimir Putin. I mean, I've been with Trump and Putin. Trump is in awe of Putin. Tyrants are often popular.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Panics on Monday AM as He Can't Stop His Crash
You see, the key to democracy, liberal democracy, is that it empowers the majority but it also, through the rule of law, constrains the majority. And if you get to the point where anybody who can muster a majority, and I don't think Trump can do that, by the way, but anyone who can muster a majority is given absolute power and then can do whatever they like to the minority, that's not a democracy.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Panics on Monday AM as He Can't Stop His Crash
That is a tyranny. That is an autocracy. Even if it's got the support of 50, 51% of the population, that is not what makes a democracy. A democracy, as we understand it, is one where the rule of law protects all citizens and the rule of law applies to all citizens, whether they're the president or the prime minister or an ordinary, you know, elector.