Harris, Trump and the hypocrisy in US politics | Ian Bremmer | Quick Take

The funny thing is how the Republican and Democratic parties have coalesced with such extraordinary enthusiasm around candidates that most of the leaders, the media, and stakeholders had been saying privately-and some publicly-that they strongly opposed. The hypocrisy in high-level politics is evident. While they don’t reflect how people think about the candidates, they help explain why so many American citizens are fed up and think the political system is broken.
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Ian Bremmer's Quick Take:
A Quick Take to kick off your week. Today the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The second of the big party conventions. We are waist deep, neck deep in the US electoral cycle at this point, and, you know, the funny thing is how both of these parties have coalesced with such extraordinary enthusiasm around candidates that most of the leaders, and when I say the leaders I mean the party elites, I mean the leaders in Congress, I mean the donors, and I mean the media, had been saying privately, and some publicly, that they strongly opposed.
So the hypocrisy in the system at the high levels is very apparent. And you know I think it's worth talking about both of these because it doesn't reflect the way the people think about the candidates but it does help to explain why so many American citizens are fed up and think the political system is broken. On the GOP side, of course, the Republican Party has lost three electoral cycles with Trump on top. They have privately said that they wanted anyone else but Trump. They'd back anyone else that was big, big money behind DeSantis and behind Nikki Haley and anyone else they could find. And you had J.D. Vance, who was saying that Trump was an opioid for the masses until he got addicted himself.
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[@johnwu222000]

I have no respect for people who cheat behind their wives, even less so for people who sexually assault women. Apparently some people have no problem with the pervert.

[@varystate]

Headline should read: Ian Bremmer and the false equivalencies within political reporting.

[@keyisersoze]

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ― Carl Sagan

[@ChuckHiggins-bq8vr]

he used to be good...but there were signs in 2021, he let slip a few..now he is a cynical and/or bribed mouth piece.

[@chrisg8995]

People get the government they deserve, not the government they want.

[@stevechance150]

That's why we didn't get Bernie.

[@bob1505]

Nobody deserves to have Pelosi running the country

[@dan_taninecz_geopol]

Incredible to equivocate so effectively that you see Trump running *again* as remotely the same as Harris' historic campaign. Bottom line: many in the media are annoyed the Democrats aren't in disarray.

[@MaxMBJ]

Um, no. You credit the people really loving Kamala despite party leader reluctance but the people haven’t cast a single vote for her. She was the first Dem out in 2020. No, the fervor behind her now is simply Anybody But Trump fervor

[@valetudo1569]

They will cast votes on election night - will they not? If they are very upset with Kamala, they will have the choice to vote for her, Trump, or nobody at all. They expressed their displeasure with Hillary (despite her getting votes to be the nominee) by not voting at all. They will have this choice again come election day, so if they are unhappy - they will express this with their choice

[@bruced2346]

@@MaxMBJ anybody that can WIN over tRump fervor.

[@KenOtwell]

If it was just anyone but Trump, then Biden would still be in the running.

[@srinivasnimmagadda5817]

Bremer Doctrine: HIndsite is not 20/20. Don't berate the Dems for showing some semblence of loyalty but applaude them for being flexible to see how important Harris is to this country. Don't equate the cultist loyalty with the Democratic elites falling in line with the populism of Kamala. They are completely different. Apples and Oranges as always. Please however point out if the Democratic Party moves in the direction of cultism -- this is the reason for the media and your balance.

[@timfify]

Elon Musk what an interesting man. To be the richest person in the World. The only thing left is to become a Bond villain.

[@Daniel-cz5my]

Elon Musk as Bond villain is a delightful idea. But where's James Bond? Who will save us from the evil of the billionaires. The billionaires who basically don't care about humanity and simply want to play with people's lives just because they have nothing better to do.

[@timfify]

@@Daniel-cz5my 006

[@artsseriouschannel]

The only presidential candidate that ian would find acceptable is one chosen in Davos by those "Elite Leaders '.

[@gabrielhunter3351]

Lmao 😂

[@Bob-cu6uw]

breaking news: things change.

[@n990]

What about Trumps criminal record and sexual assault convictions?

[@treyd3433]

Dum umericans dont care about that

[@lomotil3370]

Nobody cares.

[@KenOtwell]

@@lomotil3370 lol - so you question Harris's accomplishments but don't care about Trump's criminality? What does that say about YOU?

[@treyd3433]

@@n990 its sad but his base wont care.

[@jctai100]

Hypocrisy in US politics! Perish the thought!😂😂

[@KenOtwell]

The switch on Harris by the party was not hypocrisy - she truly changed and blew away her reputation (so far.) The fact that they love her now is simply because she's earned it. It's ok to change your mind when the facts change.

[@JBEMultimediamadrid]

@@KenOtwell Democrats do whatever the media tells them to do. You have just been told to rally round Kamala. That's it.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

I'm from Europe and from afar this looks like Biden had an old-man's stubborness, and the party begrudgingly suported him. After the debate, that stubborness was broken and the party switched to their vice-president. Harris doesn't seem to have done anything of significance. I agree with Ian on hypocrisy. People from both parties were saying not what they think, but what they thought was "helping" the candidate at the time. Well, from a voters perspective, that's lying...

[@justinhogue9861]

​@Hexanitrobenzene the media/elite was gaslighting the demacratic party saying biden was fine. Mostly everone knew this, people arnt stupid. You have to figure out how much they are lying when listening to media/politics.

[@adamtideman4953]

@@JBEMultimediamadrid My man, Trump literally told you the election was stolen without an ounce of evidence and y'all stormed the capitol over it and people died. This is why you guys are a cult.

[@KenOtwell]

@@Hexanitrobenzene I get your point on Biden - but I don't think the "sudden" support for Harris is hypocrisy.

[@KGold53]

There is some real false equivalence in this segment by Ian, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. BTW, if Harris avoids missteps, does well in debates, and aces her interviews to come, Harris/Walz can win in landslide, confounding pundits like Ian who all seem to say this will be close.

[@markdennison8326]

Ian is interesting to listen to. But no one is perfect, and he’s been off on aspects of the Ukraine war. As for the U.S. Presidential election, I don’t believe it will be close. Trümp is making monumental gaffs on a daily basis that will seal his fate.

[@billstowe2]

One of your best IA. Keep up the good work.

[@AbaddonianG]

" The bus goes here and the bus goes there because that's what buses do . " - Kamala Harris.

[@normdyer94]

Saying "people get the govt they deserve' is saying everyone should be attacked by criminals. What kind of ethic is that??

[@user-yi1qp1ch7s]

That's a reality whether you like it or not. Reality is not in domain of ethics for us to judge. You see it, or you don't.

[@SpiritofTexas1590]

At the end of the day I am not excited about Kamala, I am simply voting for "Not a Republican or Trump".

[@michaelwright7317]

Trump chooses to air grievances while Harris chooses to air a positive outlook for the future. Will the voters choose a backward-thinking Trump or a forward-thinking Harris?

[@elbarca223]

Are the economy and immigration backward-thinking? Trump has more support than Harris on these two issues

[@Hamish-f4b]

@@elbarca223 There are a lot of willfully ignorant Americans in the rural places. Some watch FOX for their news.

[@user-wy7ml3sd2m]

Pretty sure Elon Musk will just explode one of these days.

[@michaelwellen2866]

I'm pretty sure he's having a good time.

[@KGold53]

Implode is more likely. I just look forward to his getting on a rocket to Mars.

[@Merriwether-w8k]

Bull crap

[@GleamAndGrind]

i think its the funniest thing ever that the media is SO 2 faced

[@2and20]

So happy someone is willing to say this. Thank you for such a balanced take

[@OceanRoadbyTonyBaker]

Good analysis

[@joeymitchell5467]

this country is all done

[@jack_batterson]

More than hypocrisy, the expressed enthusiasm reflect simple partisan gamesmanship. Each extolls the candidate believe to be able to beat the other.

[@jeffmather5594]

Well expressed. Ian is completely right to express concerns about the election and how things may play out.

[@JakeBarnes617]

If over the years you have followed IB for his foreign policy insights -- his analysis in this video is not an example of why you should follow him for current U.S. domestic politics. Travelogue. But, yes, Go Kamala!

[@rufescens]

I don’t recall people saying those negative things about Kamala Harris. I think you’re making it up.

[@ausermane5926]

Quality video. The pervasive psychological manipulation people are subjected to when consuming media and on social media should be a topic of much greater visibility and discourse considering the gravity of its effects on society.

[@minhhoang_belula]

Ian, do you think Iran will retaliate? In which form and when?

[@michaelwellen2866]

Bremmer's like a few months away from pulling a full Doctor Doom and launching a world takeover. One point. The two populations being divided are men and women. I'd say each side is like 70/30 for their particular side.

[@AbaddonianG]

The Next decade would see US bases getting fewer in numbers as countries in the Global South ask the US to leave. It'd be a slow process till it becomes an electoral issue with politicians joining the contention promising to wind up US bases in far off regions difficult to justify. Ultimately China would like to see US troops off from both South Korea and Japan . If that Giant keeps on growing it'd become increasingly difficult for the Koreans . As Japan grows in military power it'd be relatively easier to fan up the nationalistic tropes. After all Japan is Japan .

[@user-pj6lu9lh1y]

If the questions of PROJECT 2025 and the impacts to the working class population are the important questions in all the presidential and VP debates, the ratings will be so high that the advertising revenues may rejuvenate the media industry . Otherwise the debates will be just Shouting / Slurring/ Scolding.... The viewers will likely be Snoring / Sleeping / ShuttingDown ....

[@earthsteps]

Thanks for sharing - a thoughtful POV.

[@markdennison8326]

Ian, very much enjoy your channel and insights. However, I must strongly disagree with your view that both sides equally have great energy and enthusiasm. I have watched both sides extensively, and there is absolutely no comparison between the actual and genuine enthusiasm and love displayed by the Democrats vs the Republicans. Not even close!

[@rikcoach1]

Yeh, it’s awful that the people’s choices are deciding who runs for president. What could be worse

[@namhophuong2776]

Full of corruption

[@sergiusvart]

America represents leadership for the world and humanity. “America for a better world” 👍 is a better statement and Not “America for America” and not “America for trump elite”

[@samzilman9475]

Thanks

[@alko_xo]

Politics in the US hypocrisy.

[@BrianMcInnis87]

6:16 O.K. I'm, uh....I'm pretty sure there is, but continue.

[@MikeSmith-vo2yt]

Conventions not real nail biters this cycle. Why even have them? Cheers from the frozen north

[@niveusgaius]

Yah, yah, yah, so what’s your point?

[@paxdriver]

Dude you are way smarter than this... You have one side saying Trump is unfit, a criminal, mentally challenged and evil so "nobody should ever vote for him"; and the other side said "we support Biden more than Kamala". That's not even close to apples to apples man, come on. What happened ti that critical thinking of yours?

[@johnwhoo6194]

Ian finally is super disappointed with US politics.

[@BrianMcInnis87]

4:22 If you consider two months shy of sixty to be young, sure.

[@KenOtwell]

Two and a half decades shy of Trump.. that's young.

[@alexandrebittencourttande3264]

I agree with your take on Trump. I also know that you care a lot about the war in Ukraine and the future of geopolitics, as seen on a lot of your videos. So, honestly... Do you think that Kamala Harris is prepared to deal with all the challenges that lie ahead for America in these fields?

[@normdyer94]

There is no better training ground than 4 years as VP

[@alexandrebittencourttande3264]

@@normdyer94 Sure, you've got a point. Although one can also say that 4 years as P is an even better training ground...

[@nasirfazal5440]

You are wrong.Dr Nasir Fazal Cambridge

[@aleaiactaest8354]

Good segment. I would have included RFK Jr. in this summary. Regardless who wins the economic policy will take a shift...quite possibly leading to increased debt and inflation. How is that gonna affect the masses?

[@KenOtwell]

At least Kamala will try to pay for it.

[@aleaiactaest8354]

@@KenOtwell 🤔return on in investment? Naaa...both candidates will run large budget deficits...as far as the eye can see.

[@KenOtwell]

@@aleaiactaest8354 Harris will spend money on the poor and middle class, and "try" to tax the rich and big business if congress goes democratic. Trump will give tax breaks to the rich and corporations and could care less about paying for it. You pick your poison, I'll pick mine. Just fyi, the tax rebates we give to big oil for drilling new wells would cover twice the green investment we are making now.

[@jack_batterson]

Nice fear mongering, by the way.

[@LIV-FREE-VET]

Great analysis as always

[@maxentropy0305]

The incidents you cited are false equivalence.

[@dave4882]

How about the population who want neither?

[@hipotalamus]

I guess this people need to be more vocal and proactive in their support for RFK, even if he is not exactly their 100% match. RFK, if he gets at least 2-3 states, will open a a palpable window of opportunities for 'neitherist' population.

[@ywtcc]

The majority wants neither. This is why most consequential economic choices seem to be off the table in political rhetoric. The US housing market is propped up by a culture of localities designing policy over increasing their land values. This is a consequence of both an overrepresentation of property owners at this level, and the taxation mechanisms of local government. (Property taxes.) Both parties are, in practice, in favor of bailing this system out, and the inequality, debt burdens on working families, and failure to invest in the next generation that it represents.

[@JumpingJack79]

@@hipotalamus "Want neither" does not imply "want RFK". RFK is crazy, plus he can't get any meaningful amount of vote. He may get a few percent in every state, but he'll never get remotely close to a majority in any one state. Voting for RFK will have the same effect as writing the name of your crazy uncle and then burning your ballot. Hardly a meaningful and compelling choice.

[@pmccord9]

Yr trippin Ian. Trump's losing his base. Yr correct on dangers from plutocrats.

[@anthonyholland8549]

Dear Ian. If you want more views and likes then IMHO you need to stop burying your main point in the shadow of a complex, nested series of subclauses. I sometimes have to rewind four times to get what you’re saying, eg “strongly oppose” in this case. Yes I listen at the end of a long day of work, but still, you emphasise the details and swallow the key points. Remember that whatever you’re saying is brand new to every listener. I listen to many different podcasts and there is a reason the highly subscribed ones don’t do this. Thank you.

[@nicholasprinciotta6833]

Huge nothing burger of a video

[@paulmacknight]

I had to stop after “Kamala is young and smart”.

[@Kryptic21977]

I've been watching the news and thinking the ecaxt same thing. It's embarrassing to watch on both sides. I miss the 80's!

[@snowwhite9790]

Kamara is so popular among democrats that she won all the votes in 2019 and 2023 primaries

[@joeyhoegger]

Bro.... What planet have you been living on! You are an extremely intelligent individual. I cannot believe you have only stumbled upon this realization so late in your political verbal dissertations

[@geraldyu3667]

"It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It"

[@LarryCohen188]

Real question is how much aid both party will pledge to give apartheid Israel at cost of committing genocide in Gaza

[@voggunn]

Stop with all this BS about genocide in Gaza, there is no genocide, and to call Israel's actions in Gaza as a deliberate attempt to exterminate those Arabs living in Gaza a genocide means you have no real meaning of the word.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

I wouldn't bet on a change in this regard, whomever wins. You may want to see John Mearsheimer's interviews about AIPAC. It has way too much influence in US politics.

[@bronim7311]

​@voggunn, I'm curious? What makes you the authority? It's a genocide BTW. I've been there. You have no idea.

[@voggunn]

@@bronim7311 Well just look up the definition and use your common sense. For a start can you classify the people in Palestine as having a distinct culture (apart from violence and hating the Jews) if you listen to the dialects you will note the peoples living in the area come from all over the Arab world and the Arabs who have been there for the longest, a generation, 70 years at the most. Even Arab leaders in the past have made a point that there is no such peoples or place of Palestine as it only existed since the 1947 British mandate. You accuse Israel wrongly of attempting to commit genocide which in my view is a slander, and even if Israel had that in mind there is no distinct culture or race to commit genocide on, genocide would be Israel attempting to exterminate the whole Arab Muslim population which is ridiculous. Do not throw around labels if you do not understand what genocide means, dictionary's are not expensive, buy one and educate yourself.

[@dsamh]

What is funny is how easily you all accepted a person who never won a national election and got easily bodied in the 1st round last time.... DESPITE..... ALL THAT MONEY....Back then and now again. Calling you "sheep" is an insult to sheep.

[@Wanderingsomewhere145]

Actually, it is pretty easy to discern which candidate will support the rule of law and which one is a felon.

[@SavannahMandem]

@@dsamh are you referring to Donald Trump supporters? After all, he hasn’t won a national election. He lost the popular vote in 2016 and in the 2020, as well as losing the electoral college in 2020.

[@dsamh]

@@Wanderingsomewhere145 a "felon"? Stay you. Keep being the face of absolute corruption. Of 51 intelligence traitors.

[@Timelord774]

Don't forget Trump has never won the popular vote in any election he has contested. He is a two time loser already and only scraped into the Presidency in 2016 due to the idiotic, anti democratic, Electoral College system you Americans are saddled with.

[@toastoftowne1076]

She doesn’t seem very intelligent and wasn’t elected

[@post_eternity]

This a low-key anti trump video. this is Trump bashing.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

cite the lies then

[@post_eternity]

@@WeeWeeJumbo read my comment again, I didn't accuse anyone of lying.

[@sieda666]

@@post_eternity No you didn't. But the phrase "Trump bashing" would typically imply a gratuitous or even spurious line of criticism going above and beyond what would be typical and relevant to the situation. If anything I find myself wondering if Ian is holding back so as not to appear too one-sided, although I don't think he's ever made a secret of thinking that Trump makes a terrible president.

[@oftenlucid]

@@sieda666 : Agreed. This is my first time here at this channel and I wanted to see their political bias, or if there was one. I would argue that the "Both-sides-ism" is actually skewed toward Conservatives. There were many Dem luminaries, Pelosi being the most high ranking, that were out in front trying to get Biden off the ticket, and for Ian to say "there were many" that wanted to keep Biden inside the DNC, I don't think paints a full or fair picture. I doubt that it was even 50/50. Did AOC and Buttigege tow the party line? Yes, but they also fell right in when Harris was nominated. I don't know, that is my two cents. I am undecided about this channel, though it keeps popping up in my news feed.

[@user-yg1nm3ij5w]

@@oftenlucidbout as bias as you get y’all dumb lol

[@timfify]

Elon Musk what an interesting man. To be the richest person in the World. The only thing left is to become a Bond villain.