Peggy Noonan on How to Save America | Free Press Book Club

[@fionagrady623]

Wonderful conversation! How many can speak in perfectly formed and elegant sentences like Peggy! Her erudition, her clear thinking and her wit would make her an honorary member at the Algonguin table.

[@thunderwing2124]

Well done with this comment. You had me questioning whether I learnt English correctly 😂

[@fredericdudley6184]

She did use, um, quite a few filler words. Overall, I liked the tone but she is clearly a leftist ideologue.

[@paulettesinclair8987]

I attended this Free Press Book Event. I thought there might be few Trump voters there but I doubt I was the only one. I was surprised that neither Peggy Noonan nor Bari seemed to realize that a Free Press audience would be mixed politically. Some anti-Trump sentiments were applauded. It was not surprising or upsetting to me but I was not expecting to have that feeling of people speaking as if no one present could possibly support Trump. The Free Press is wonderful and I enjoy hearing the variety of ideas. Peggy Noonan thinks Trump's supporters have an Illusion that he cares about them. She believes he only cares about himself. I believe he also has "A Certain Idea of America" and he is willing to go through a lot to achieve that idea.

[@Suzanne291]

I was feeling the same watching this. TFP has told us that they are open to all but hasn't seemed to realize that many of us voted Trump and have subscribed to the FP.

[@Shiningstars1011]

@@Suzanne291I’m not sure it matters lol. When you support a right wing populist… expect to hear criticism.

[@barsknos]

They spent a section blasting both Kamala and Obama and you think they're being one-sided?

[@rosemaryalles6043]

Agree. Good comment.

[@frankfurter343]

To hell with all this establishment bs

[@annebabson7443]

This is the smartest conversation I have ever heard between two conservatives EVER. As a poet who writes about the American Experience at the center of my work, I have learned a LOT rhetorically from Peggy Noonan - who could resist her gorgeous turns of phrase about the promise of this country? But I have disagreed with her on almost every political initiative to bring that greatness into full fruition. If every Republican I ever met was as high-minded and erudite as the two of you are and as concerned about the well-being of this country as you both clearly are, I might one day vote for a Republican candidate. Stranger things have happened on planet Earth. If there is a group of brilliant women GOP members like you that gathers regularly, please tell me where we can have martinis or tea together. I want to ask you a bunch of questions. Seriously - if the Republican Party all sounded like you, hoped like you, and believed in the dignity of each American as you seem to do, I’d feel a great deal of hope for this country’s future. Where are we meeting for drinks or tea? I’ll be wearing pearls.

[@BooRadley-u2f]

16:10 I have to say that I was more than a little disappointed that Ms. Noonan did not take the opportunity to correct the misconception that she was the author of the famous line at the end of the tribute to the Challenger astronauts. "... slipped the surly bonds of Earth ... and touched the face of God." are from the poem "High Flight", written by John Magee in 1941.

[@grannygoes7882]

I didn't know that so thanks for the clarification!

[@Kobsidian]

I am very grateful for this introduction to this brilliant and full-hearted woman!

[@MorePlausible]

Call me a Phillistine (or Canadian) but I have never heard of Peggy Noonan before. Very interesting how she observes the shabbiness of Washington; the youthfulness and freshness of Reagan’s staff. Well done, Bari!

[@rl192]

She is an excellent Wall Street journal columnist.

[@ronbaker6000]

I recommend her article from 1992 " you'd cry too if it happened to you"

[@Chris_Patton]

Here are two people who have been wrong about every single major issue from the last 30 years- from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria, to NAFTA and the financialization of the American economy. And here they are, looking down their noses at people who have gotten all those things right, but didnt meet their high standards of elitist superficiality. These two LOVED George W Bush. And Dick Cheney. And unlimited free trade. And foolhardy wars. And here they are.... still pining for the days before their high minded superficiality prevented them from thinking critically about actually important issues, and finding the courage to stand up for reality and truth.

[@bwhere45]

I didn't realize Bari Weiss has been doing public political commentary since she was 10. Truly an overachiever.

[@RKPT9]

​@@bwhere45 unfortunately she has an opinion currently that predates her age. Or maybe you are unable to grasp that concept!

[@bwhere45]

@@RKPT9 yeah, that's not how time works. She can't magically have done something she wasn't old enough to be around to do. Disagree all you want, but don't hop out of reality to make that happen. Ok crazy pants?

[@sunnyla2835]

Well said!

[@yehonatanyaar7330]

So are there particular opinions in this conversation you disagree with? Or are you going to wait til 2054 to tell us.

[@taleiran]

Thank you both for a wonderful conversation. Peggy Noonan is an example of how to conduct a conversation in great style. However, that emphasis on style sometimes comes at the expense of not focusing enough on substance. It’s refreshing to hear Peggy recognise that Obama’s great style of speaking should not be confused with substance. That lack of depth became painfully obvious during rally appearances for Kamala Harris when turned out to be too shallow and banal to be able to fill in her vacuousness. On the other hand, it appears that Peggy too easily confuses Trump’s abrasive style when he performs in public with lack of substance. He makes all the valid points on a range of different issues in a way that irritates Peggy and Bari and a lot of others. It can’t be an accident, whether you call it depth or not. Also, are journalists that gullible that Trump’s friendly personal demeanor would make Peggy incapable of doing her job as an objective journalist? Apparently, they are, just recall how all in Washington crooned over Hamid Karzai’s “flowing emerald green robes” when the guy visited the US. Bari - “grab women by ..” was not Trump’s rhetoric. It was a vulgar comment said in private that was recorded and leaked to the press. A proper reaction to a schmuck who recorded this conversation and then leaked it would be to say that is not a what we should be discussing. What’s next, installing a peep camera in a toilet and leak that recording? Thank god Trump’s adversaries stopped short of it, but you should be able to distinguish a locker room banter from a campaign rhetoric. Don’t get in the mud with people who in the past eight years violated each and every norm of decency in an attempt to take down Trump “by any means necessary”

[@grannygoes7882]

They actually brought that up? I skipped around and didn't listen to the whole thing. They both struck me as elitist who have no clue about the Maga Movement.

[@lloydbinen6811]

I read and love Peggy's column every Friday in the WSJ. She's the best. Extraordinary writer and she understands and expresses Americans' gut feelings and mood better than anyone else.

[@williamwhitten7820]

*But of course Lloyd, emotions have nothing at all to do with facts, in fact emotions spin a bias which blemishes the understanding of facts.*

[@Chief-]

Great satire!

[@17Clovers]

Except the J6 piousness.

[@amandacos3280]

Enjoyed this conversation way more than I thought I would

[@davidnichols147]

Just perfect, we all LOVE Peggy!

[@williamwhitten7820]

"we all LOVE Peggy!"~David Nichols, *No "we" don't!* *She is long past her sell date and has a critical case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.* *Trump had nothing to do with inciting the January 6 riot.* *It was Nancy Pelosi's fault for refusing the National Guard troops that Trump offered.*

[@toddharvey7089]

What a great conversation. I've been very impressed with Bari Weiss' perspectives over the last couple of years as she "moved on" from the New York Times. I'm now kicking myself that I haven't been more familiar with Peggy Noonan's writings over the years. I will watch for her closely.

[@Chris-ho2de]

Great interview! Thank you Bari and Peggy.

[@paulcolburn3855]

I'm sorry, did I miss Peggy's idea to save America?

[@Kyzyl_Tuva]

Civility ended with Obama. He was the most cynical politician in my 67 years of being politically aware. It was all downhill after Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi

[@iamanomas]

He was civil. His discourse was refined. Still is. You disagree with his policies, not with how he expressed them.

[@ryanscottlogan8459]

Clinton’s term was a shitshow and he was trailer trash.It started there.

[@plumerjr]

You can't be serious?

[@earldrum]

Let’s not forget Bill Clinton lowering all the standards of decency in the Whitehouse during his term in office …

[@ryanscottlogan8459]

@@earldrum Indeed.

[@softballbryan]

He’s on their side? Is Biden Harris on my side? F NO! I’ll take my chances with orange man all day over the other one….

[@sl123sl]

Absolutely...the most important job of the federal government is to protect our borders...not to dismantle them

[@rosemaryalles6043]

Not the point of this discussion, all that cam be true, and I hope it will be, but with statesmanship, sans the crudeness. We can have both.

[@rl192]

@@rosemaryalles6043 Where and who? Because I don’t see anyone who can both get elected and provide better policy.

[@grannygoes7882]

@@rl192 Trump now. He was elected and he's already providing better policy in many areas. His border CZAR is doing something about the border already. Things are changing fast. Wake up and smell the coffee!

[@rl192]

@@grannygoes7882 Yeah, my point is there is no one better available.

[@gregcook9856]

If Peggy Noonan wants to make America better, she can retire from the WSJ and spare us her "Trump is an SOB" exclamations. (I guess the disrupter Trump gives her permission to calumniate him.) Then she can spend time with her grandkids to make sure they are healthy (minimum of vaxxing, not too much screen time, some free-ranging). The Reagan era is never coming back.

[@lizperez9963]

But Ms Noonan, our military has lost every single war we’ve fought for more than half a century! Voters don’t want someone from within the military bureaucracy! Read Pete Hegseth’s books.

[@Mimituaz]

Grew up watching Peggy … thank goodness I am starting to see her on KZbin and TikTok. Our country needs her perspective right now.

[@frankfurter343]

The "dignity" and "decorum" of the Clinton administration

[@grannygoes7882]

LOL!!!!!!

[@williamwhitley1174]

Extreme old school trying to evaluate the present. She decries the bad language used today in political speech (which I agree is bad) but she then uses the term "bull sh@t" in her own public statement. She says it is an "illusion" that Mr. Trump cares about the common concerns of the people. That can be said of all politicians. At least he addresses them.

[@paulcolburn3855]

She's... old. Lovely, but old. Her mind is old and wet.

[@naploof]

Sharper than you on your best day, no doubt.

[@a9029k]

She said "bullsh*tter," calling up a popular narrative among columnists in the Trump era (the whole "difference between being a liar and a BSer" argument)--she wasn't randomly or casually swearing, and she's also not a politician. And I'm quite certain she isn't referring to curse words when she laments the debasement of our national discourse. She also never made any blanket assertions about Trump like the one you've attributed to her--she qualified everything she said with "my read on him" and "I think" and "from my perspective," etc.

[@vharkless4948]

@ William Mr. Trump only cares about himself. He definitely doesn’t care about anyone that does not support him as evidence by his campaign to go after his detractors not presidential at all.

[@HarryJoiner]

18:28 - Everything Kamala Harris said was the rhetorical equivalent of packing peanuts: Where is the actual item?!

[@Suzanne291]

Peggy has beautifully captured so many of my thoughts on the Trump movement. I am full of hope but worry about the foundation of the new build full of personalities. I hope the boys at the top can keep their ego's in check and do what is best for the country.

[@DieselVR6]

I happily voted for Trump and really liked this conversation. Just because I voted for him doesn’t mean I won’t hold him accountable. My only qualm is her assertion that Trump doesn’t care about anyone but himself. Something tells me that Harris could give 💩 💩about the American people. Or at least one half of them. So let’s hold each to the same standards if we’re going to make such assumptions.

[@Shiningstars1011]

Trump has spent his life making money off of people and tearing people down. Harris has spent her entire life in public service. They are not the same and therefore should not be held to the same standard.

[@Norrieification]

I didn't hear her say anything to imply Harris was altruistic. Maybe I missed that part. I didn't detect a double standard there.

[@rayz0101]

She explained the divide between the protected and the unprotected. Peggy clearly sees that Trump is the protected but has the capacity to portray empathy and understanding to the unprotected, but she firmly believes that it's an act he puts on and even believes until his interest and protection come in conflict with it. I agree with the assessment. She sees the political class, journalists, technocrats, businessmen , the administrative class, and all the various affluent social elites all to be protected and insulated from the consequence of their actions and beliefs.

[@grannygoes7882]

@@rayz0101 Trump hasn't been protected, not in the least. He literally took a bullet for trying to make America great again. Trump has been prosecuted to the max. Nothing comes of it, not because he's protected because if he were, he wouldn't be prosecuted. The Bidens, the Clintons, The O'bama's, now there are some protected people.

[@jhonklan3794]

What gives you the indication that kamala doesnt care about the people she repersents? Say what you want about the woman but she has dedicated her life to service. Trump gave his family member top cabinet positions which they leveraged to earn billions of dollars. He made foreign dignitaries stay at his hotels. He threw this country down the river because he could not accept that he lost in 2020.

[@joesimonson7942]

Peggy does not understand that the same old same old is what has created the current mess we’re in.

[@sunnyla2835]

Because she’s one of the elites who can’t see outside her own upper class silo.

[@matthewwade920]

@@sunnyla2835 I remember when being elite was seen as a good thing - successful and accomplished. Now that we're in the age of Trump rallies/monster truck shows, I guess elite is something to be ashamed of?

[@williamwhitten7820]

@@matthewwade920 "I guess elite is something to be ashamed of?" *That's right bucko, catch up and join the future of America becoming great again.*

[@matthewwade920]

@@williamwhitten7820 So Obama is elite but Trump isn't? Tim Cook is elite but not Elon Musk? What's the difference?

[@williamwhitten7820]

@@matthewwade920 *No, actually Obama is a Marxist, that he is of the power elite is secondary.* *Trump is a billionaire, but cares for the poor and middle class Americans.* *The same is true of Elon Musk.* *I just had a long conversation with Musk on Substack-chat.* *He was genuinely interested in my views and who and what I am, which is a 77 year old retiree living on Social Security.* *I have been an artist my whole life.* *I was a special effects artist in Hollywood for 20 years, working on science fiction films.* *I then went on to be a freelance sculptor until I reached retirement age.* *I still do artwork for fun, but no longer commercially. Now Elon was interested in all of this...as I am sure you really couldn't give a shit.*

[@Birdman707]

Fabulous, thank you Peggy and Bari.

[@dancethatsong]

This was great!

[@fionalindberg]

Peggy Noonan, best columnist ever! What a great interview!

[@thomasdehoff5861]

Peggy is not even a good columnist let alone the best.

[@aungkyawmoe8023]

she makes her case poetically but she left out a lot of nuisance situations which are important. Victor David Hadson,who is pro Trump, as a historian read into lots of details and give a fuller picture. I feel like she is reacting to events instead of connecting the dots

[@justinleemiller]

She’s pretending like the internet doesn’t exist. People are not reading columns in magazines and newspapers. That’s not how a huge chunk of the population engages

[@matthewwade920]

You're right - so much better now that the average idiot digest KZbin videos instead of reading column and articles that require intelligence.

[@bk29929]

Yeah, she’s an old school columnist though. She writes for the WSJ. That’s her area of expertise; this is a book launch for a compilation of her.. columns

[@jhonklan3794]

and its a problem. Social media should be banned .

[@te4110]

“word-shaped air” - I love it! Perfect description.

[@garion333]

Don't always agree with her, but always read her. Huh, almost how I feel about Bari. ;)

[@michaelkim3432]

Excellent interview - and I also love Nellie Bowles on Fridays - thanks so much for bringing Peggy to us.

[@BADABINGOOH]

So happy to see this!!!!😊

[@johnworthing963]

I am a fan of Peggy Noonan, but when Ms. Weiss read the excerpt from the speech Noonan wrote for Reagan after the Challenger disaster, Noonan declined to point out the most powerful words in her famous speech were lifted from a poem written in 1941, "High Flight" by John Gillespie. Ms. Noonan should know better.

[@detectiveofmoneypolitics]

0:55 Detective of Money Politics is following this very informative content and cheers from VK3GFS and 73s from Frank from Melbourne Australia 😊

[@jonwalter6317]

Totally agree with Peggy about Obama's speechifying - his delivery mesmerized some (not me - I found it like being talked down to) while his words said nothing. I was always careful to listen to the words and ignore the delivery. I also read the text of his speeches a few times and they usually said little - especially his speech on race that I personally found very off-putting.

[@NikhilMehta-ef3vd]

Agree totally about Obama

[@laurenandlady8078]

I watched Peggy N on CSpan Sunday night and now I'm a fan. This was a great interview!

[@evelyndieppa2894]

Amazing conversation, makes me feel hopeful

[@beamanact]

How beautiful is Peggy Noonan at 74? Just saying. She's also someone of great integrity and I hope Trump and his team listen to some of her criticisms...

[@deanschulze3129]

Why would Trump or any of his advisors listen to someone who holds them in deepest contempt?

[@BooRadley-u2f]

22:15 "It would mess with my swing!" Love that.

[@michaelboyle1426]

What a great interview. That's how its done. I'd like to hear Peggy's analysis of the Biden term & the Harris candidacy sometime.

[@stevenhanson6057]

Good luck

[@RaymondParry-r8q]

Very fun! Great interviewer and interviewee!

[@JeffreyAlhadeff]

Best part of Free Press video is the array of thoughtful comments in the comment section. Well done us!

[@EricSacknoff]

Bravo Bari. Peggy is a National treasure

[@TipToe67]

Hi Bari! Im a good friend of the Levis family.

[@rodofgodpodcast]

Ayyye! Peggy Noonan! 🙌🏽

[@mikem668]

We know our states and our people, better than most of us will ever know the rest of the nation. I've lived all over the US and noticed the differences. Behaviour is no longer standardized and we have no models we all aspire to.

[@TesfaHamilton]

🤦🏾‍♂️ They don’t know. When you want the best for yourself, you have no choice but to want the best for others.

[@kumarnarayanan3110]

Enjoyed the comments calling out Noonan for her two-faced comments and her trying to justify (unsuccessfully I must add) her TDS than the whole interview itself. I read the Saturday columns the last 7 years where she continuously tried to ride the high horse and now she has to make herself relevant given that the country did not agree with her high-mindedness and decided to trust a man who they genuinely feel is on their side. She stating that Trump is only selfish is further symptoms of her TDS and I don’t know what facts she has to say that (which she must apply to all politicians including her beloved Reagan).

[@mitchellman64]

I am enjoying hate watching this.

[@attackofthewindmills]

Youre hilarious for enjoying

[@DianeRabinowitzArtist]

Doesn’t she get that the era of bureaucratic control is over??

[@matthewwade920]

What makes you say that? Bureaucracy is an unavoidable part of any giant human endeavor

[@DianeRabinowitzArtist]

@ who runs the government? Not the elected officials. The unelected are making regulations and they are a big problem. The swamp.

[@warrenjones1936]

I' regret having neglected her, but I going to start making amends by ordering her latest book, NOW.

[@baylaobrien6205]

I so wish far more Americans, on both sides of the aisle, craved long form substantive thought filled, calm political discussions.

[@Jivansings]

Outstanding.

[@saltyroe3179]

You do not prepare for WW3 as an individual. Global nuclear war is not something you want to survive.

[@operationreciprocity8446]

She's AMAZINGLY wrong about Jan 6

[@kevinwoolley7960]

I'm what way? Trump's behavior on that day was totally and completely unacceptable. Full stop.

[@operationreciprocity8446]

@kevinwoolley7960 ....based on all the brainwashed rhetoric of leftists media and how they portrayed what he did that day vs reality, it's no wonder you've come to such an ill- conceived conclusion.

[@GarfieldLogan-h1q]

Bari , you might be the best interviewer working today..and Peggy remains an elegant classical journalist. I respect you both very much and I enjoyed your conversation. However, I feel you both are such a part of the "in crowd" , Peggy for decades and Bari a recent inductee, that you are missing something obvious . You touched on it , when you brought up Trumps character flaws and chequered past , but you missed the big point. While Peggy is correct the majority of those who voted for Trump are well aware of who the man is, she is wrong in her conclusion that most voted for him out of their blind belief he cares about them. What a clear majority of voters were motivated by was to "throw the bums out" . The bums being everyone who has actively or tacitly allowed such degradation of much of American life and status. Fed up with the continuing farce that is the Federal Government, the highjacking of once revered institution, and the legacy media that protects and perpetuates it and its denizens, the crime and filth in their streets and hyper focus on micro minority communities and issues of skin color while ignoring real issues that affect a much of America...they just hired the Tony Soprano to clean up the joint. Yes, some furniture and faces will be broken, but they are willing to pay such a price. Trump understands this and he also understands he has only one term to reshape America back to the shinning city upon a hill. This explains his cabinet choices, including the course correction with Matt Gaetz. There is no time to waste on petty battles when there is a society to save from self destruction.

[@donaldfinney7218]

I don't share these concerns about the cabinet. I think the top positions by loyalists make total sense for the moment. Even if they're there only to articulate a pro-America appeal to respect the institutions. What you see as a crisis of dignity, I see as a serious attempt to restore credibility through transparency or at least a posture closer to the people. To hell with how the opposition feels about it. Ignoring the feelings of the opposition is a MAJOR reason the base went Trump over DeSantis. You do get that right? The slogan was "FJB!" The victory isn't won without making the Democrats feel absolutely fucked. This is absolutely about a respect for the institutions you're just getting it backwards.

[@n3307v]

She's a legend in her own mind. Anybody who thinks GHW Bush was a great president needs a serious talking to.

[@Bostronix]

Peggy Noonan is a living legend.

[@UrR2KBA]

She and her peers are why we’re in this predicament. Don’t forget she’s deeply in bed with the bureaucracy and has worked tirelessly throughout her life to preserve it.

[@lloydbinen6811]

Peggy's observation about the condition of Lafayette Square (the park right across from the White House) is also true about my formerly safe, upper-middle class neighborhood in CA south SF bay. I'm afraid it's also true about our country.

[@danpoore99]

again the ONLY people talking about culture wars are you guys and the right... seriously- most have moved on... but you keep it alive

[@thunrou]

Let us save ourselves from this elite Peggy

[@davidlasoff8261]

The fourth estate has been replaced by a fifth column. 😢

[@s.annehancock730]

Ms. Noonan is a national treasure.

[@Eltopo1368]

These two should be working at CBS

[@douginorlando6260]

The transformation of politics and journalism goes through cycles; when the decision is made to go to war, the first act is to manipulate public opinion into supporting it (truth is the first casualty of war, and the war starts when the decision is made to have one). Peggy Noonan is really good at concealing the evil. I remember when our warlord accomplices in Afghanistan locked a huge number of people into cargo shipping containers to make them ALL die of thirst. She said let’s not dwell on it,instead we should just walk on by and it will be forgotten. Evil needs disguises and Peggy has served that role (and that master).

[@seanmellows1348]

Great stuff

[@UteHeggenTranswidowHeals]

Peggy Noonan and the Free Press should watch new documentary, Behind the Looking Glass at Lime Soda Films and do a piece on the "idea of America" that they never report on, the women who escaped a suddenly untenable marriage when a husband "transitions" and demands kink. Do it, ladies.

[@frangabar]

insightful conversation! Thank you.

[@vme90-y7l]

Peppy Noonan is really extraordinary!

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

Peggy Noonan on How to Save America Step 1 GO AWAY!

[@dan96b6]

Peggy is still stuck in 2017. Trump has long ago demonstrated a lot of the commitment to his supporters and the ability to get things done that she questions in this interview.

[@kennethanderson8827]

I listened to about 30 minutes of this episode yesterday, and left a brief comment on Spotify regarding Matt Gaetz, due to character limits. Now I would like to remind Ms Noonan about several incidents that clearly demonstrate asymmetrical justice, up to and including the death of our newly elected (Thank God) President. The Fani Willis and Nathan Wade fiasco of a case in Georgia, that merely amounted to a cash grab by the prosecution to provide $$ for vacations together. The E Jean Carroll civil suit about an alleged sexual assault in the public setting of a high end New York store that occurred back in the 90’s. Over $80 million was awarded to crazy E, despite no credible evidence or testimony. What a joke. How about Letitia James & Fat Alvin and the fraud case against Trump, in which he allegedly overvalued property to procure a loan from Deutsche Bank? Well, Deutsche was repair, on time, with interest. They not only were not harmed by the Don, they made a fair & reasonable profit. Again, what a joke. Finally, let’s talk about the job the Secret Service did on the days leading up to, and the day of 13 July 2024. Trump was shot through the ear by a gunman who was a mere 140 yards, on an open and slightly sloped roof, from the stage. The shooter, a puppy at 20 years old, managed to get to that location with a long gun, a ladder, and a range finder. How? How could the front runner in a US presidential election be so recklessly exposed? And how did this get acquire the motive & equipment necessary to nearly complete such an assassination? Someone, or several people on the inside might have provided coaching, as well as material assistance. This one is Beyond Suspicious & Fishy. How is any of that “normal”, Peggy?🦉

[@thomasboniface9424]

OMG. I just fell in love with Peggy Noonan.

[@ASkippingRock]

Great guest. Very thoughtful and I think her take is dead on multiple times. I do miss the days of a more civilized politician. I never thought I would, but I voted for Trump this election. His administration has advocated for some reforms that I really like. After 20 years of getting poorer and more unstable I will take a change. Hopefully they can bring meaningful reforms that help the working people.

[@17Clovers]

Glad to see only 40k viewed this, means no one watched. More out of touch elitest never Trumper, j6 is everything nonsense.

[@joanmavima5423]

Meh. Just came to say that Noonan is so last century. And quite disconnected with Trump supporters. As if she cares about ordinary Americans.

[@TSLAsupercharger]

Boohoo, just say thank you to the republicans for saving America and shut up..

[@matthewwade920]

Just about every major cabinet pick is accused of assault, inc;lud9ing the President himself, who was also never tried for insurrection. How is that "saving" America?

[@rl192]

They haven’t saved it yet. So far the national funeral is merely postponed.

[@Moonman63]

When they say “Save America”, they mean “save their position in America “

[@bobgarcia2844]

Peggy says Regan brought in such young people and then talks about Petes inexperience.

[@jackkellyKMM]

Pretty sure she was referring to WH staff, not cabinet members.

[@kabaduck]

The problem is, appointing all the people that have the unquestionable respect of establishment politicians would require selecting people that would be adverse to the presidential agenda. That cannot happen, that would be a betrayal.

[@canadada640]

... Trump 'listens'. Yes, a 'hit show' by a shrewd communicator. People love him. ~ The media is completely out-of-touch to THE PEOPLE.

[@randallsmith5631]

Go back in time to 198O & not elect know-nothing Ronnie-Boy Ray-Gun president. It's way too late.

[@joesimonson7942]

Elon, does not know how to build the new barn?

[@achipinthesugar]

Very good.

[@DouglasCoombsNM]

"To me, he hides nothing." -P. Noonan This is a shockingly arrogant and ignorant statement. Nobody who is a good negotiator shows everything. Peggy herself recounted the story of him coming up to her saying, "Peggy, you're the greatest." or something like that. Does she really think he put all his cards on the table and revealed everything? Could she have predicted that response ahead of time? She herself admitted no. The pretense to understand all about the man when clearly she doesn't is disappointing.

[@katahdincloud9803]

You lost me when you said civility ended in 2015 in politics. Thoughts on the Clintons?

[@fredericdudley6184]

When she tries to dichotomize the idea of tearing down, she misses the point that the Left is tearing down but the Right is resisting the tearing down and wants to repair that which has been torn down and rebuild it. Thus the “again”. She misses the idea of conservatism.

[@yankelovich]

Thx!

[@99.8Survivor]

These two ladies do not seek truth. They seek validation of their opinions.

[@jeffersonianjeff3585]

They might be suffering from #BabyDoomerism. It clouds the view like cataracts.

[@rickray606]

The wieght of wanting to be accepted is heavy on them both. The interviewer is beyond biased, repeatedly jabbing Trump while we all know the fall of the presidency began with a BJ in the oval office.

[@JosephBrooks-sf8ou]

I like what she has to say however i dont see her addressing the problems that motivate people who support trump

[@bsmithhammer]

I wasn't aware America needed "saving."

[@freedomtoday743]

Nonnan should be honest and fair.

[@te4110]

What a treasure Peggy Noonan is! and gorgeous!

[@ForestFelvey]

Peggy Noonan is a dinosaur who has lost her way. Her perspectives are based in an anachronistic vision of a time long ago which has passed and been long forgotten.

[@iamanomas]

Political discourse became awful in 2015. I agree. I noticed it then already.

[@a9029k]

She's so iconic.

[@neilrichardson7454]

A never Trumper giving advice 😂😂😂😂on saving America 😂😂😂😂

[@vhgfhfghj]

You only want to hear from Trump sycophants? What is there to learn from that?