Oddbean

I listens to both Theo Von and Joe Rogan’s interview with Donald Trump. I thought the Theo Von convo was much better. Trump was more relaxed, probably less focused on the huge numbers or something, and in his own turf at his club in Jersey. Rogan, to his credit, tried to land the plane and bring him home. But man can he ramble. I also feel incredibly sad that Trump made a tactical maneuver to completely neuter RFK Jr, particularly on the environment. Trump was basically like “here Bobby, go play with food and health, don’t even think about touching the environment.” My hope, IF Trump gets elected (because vibes, national trend, and swing states suggest a bit more in his favor atm and tbh I feel it’s going to be more of a swing state landslide than we think…could be wrong), is that we don’t see draconian abortion bans passed (and that he means it when he says he wouldn’t pass a nation abortion ban), that Trump actually gets some people around him that would pursue nuclear energy (he seems a bit too cautious on it still imo), that he doesn’t try to wage war with Iran or allow Gaza to be decimated, and that he leaves bitcoin self-custody and privacy stuff alone and maybe stop shitcoining so much.