The Brion McClanahan Show

A recent social media dust up encouraged Paul Gottfried to write about paleoconservative foreign policy. Is it isolationist? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Or is it the new old Confederacy? Conservatives at Fox News can't make up their mind. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

No, but not for the reasons the Trump administration might suggest. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump has not conducted the conventional Republican war, except for the fact that it began like all other post-WWII wars, without congressional authorization. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A lot of midwits are comparing Jefferson's actions against the Barbary states to Trump's action's against Iran. This is really bad history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump's 2026 State of the Union Address was transformational. I'll explain why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Can the President unilaterally impose tariffs? SCTOUS seems to think so. That illustrates the problem with SCOTUS. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Can the President unilaterally wage, make, or declare war? No. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The left likes to insist that the American tradition is anti-Western Civilization. Wrong. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Governments don't like free speech. Neither does the left and unfortunately some on the right. That's a problem. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It's actually very easy, though not in the way most historians would suggest. And we should listen to presidential critics. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks almost every president has sought "common ground," that is until now. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution is the most misunderstood language in the document. I'll explain why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Has "America First" died? Or has it become the "Age of Trump"? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Republicans are pushing to "federalize" elections. Is this Constitutional? Does it matter? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson is back and pushing the same bad "neo-Confederate" narrative. Are we "Slouching Toward Ft. Sumter"? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Are the Democrats trying to create a "new Confederacy" based on the old Confederacy? This is just a stupid establishment conservative talking point. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreo.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Some conservatives think Trump should emulate Jackson and send in the troops to Minnesota. This is bad history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ann Coulter wants Trump to send in the troops and relive the Civil Rights Era. How would that work? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Are there parallels between Kansas in the 1850s and Minnesota today? Maybe. But historical ignorance is a real problem in this instance. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

States' Rights is considered a taboo phrase in the United States. It shouldn't be. In fact, this principle is the core of American political life and the "pursuit of happiness." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Are there limits to the Jefferson v. Hamilton "paradigm"? Maybe. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump has embraced progressive diplomacy, though progressives don't want to call it that. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Was it 2020 or 2024? Nope. And it has nothing to do with the current President. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie is rightly worried about a sickness eating away at American democracy, but as usual he cannot find patient zero. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com