For over 40 years, Andy Marshall led the Pentagon’s internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment. Up until he left the Pentagon in 2014, at the young age of 93, many considered Marshall one of the most significant defense thinkers you never heard of. Though credited with seeing the Soviet Union’s fragility long before others and being a leading thinker in the revolution in military affairs, Marshall has rarely given interviews to the press. When his writing and words did escape his inner sanctum in the Pentagon, defense thinkers paid attention. “We studied RMA exhaustively,” a Chinese general said in 2012. “Our great hero was Andy Marshall in the Pentagon. We translated every word he wrote.”

In an interview with The Jamie Weinstein Show, Marshall discussed his career, what threats he sees on the horizon, a recent meeting with Steve Bannon, and much more.

Show Roadmap

• What exactly is the Office of Net Assessment?
• On the threat of a rising China
• What Andy Marshall thought of his meeting with Steve Bannon
• What threats most concern Andy Marshall?
• Marshall’s thoughts on America’s response to 9/11
• On the threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack (EMP)
• Is the U.S. able to develop a Grand Strategy anymore?
• Career advice from Andy Marshall
• On the books that most shaped him

For nearly 40 years, Jeremy Rabkin has been a rare conservative voice inside liberal academia: first as a professor at Cornell University, and now as a professor at the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University.

During a long conversation with The Jamie Weinstein Show, Rabkin discussed his opposition to Donald Trump during the 2016 election, how he thinks Trump is doing now that he is in the Oval Office, the state of the conservative movement, his new book on cyber warfare, and his influences. He also dished on what his grad school classmates Bill Kristol and Alan Keyes were like way back when, and how he views his most famous advisee, Ann Coulter, today. Show Roadmap

• After opposing his candidacy, how does Prof. Rabkin think Trump is doing?
• Does Prof. Rabkin believe a conservative movement even exists anymore?
• On the idea illegal immigration is number one threat to the U.S.
• Who Prof. Rabkin would like to see run for president
• What three issues Prof. Rabkin sees as America’s most pressing problems
• Prof. Rabkin on knowing Alan Keyes and Bill Kristol as Harvard grad students
• Prof. Rabkin on his most famous advisee: Ann Coulter
• On his new book, with John Yoo, “Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War.”
• When does a cyber attack become an act of war?
• On Trump’s UN speech and his emphasis on sovereignty
• Should conservatives go into academia?
• How should universities handle controversial speakers?
• Closing questions on his influences

DALLAS, Texas — Mark Cuban may just run for president in 2020. At least the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and star of TV’s “Shark Tank” says he is seriously considering it. In a marathon interview from one of his offices in Dallas, Cuban opened up on a potential 2020 run, his stances on various political issues, his relationship with Steve Bannon, his influences and so much more.

Show Roadmap • Cuban on the state of the Trump admin and his relationship with Donald Trump • Why Cuban dislikes Ted Cruz • Cuban on the chances he runs for president in 2020 • Cuban on his relationship with Trump confidantes Steve Bannon and Michael Cohen • Cuban on social issues, guns, judges & entitlements • The Cuban Foreign Policy Doctrine • Cuban on learning he had relatives who died in the Holocaust • Would Cuban wear a tie in the Oval Office? • Name association: Cuban on Matt Drudge, Howard Stern and Bernie Sanders • Why Cuban was wrong about Trump and the stock market • Cuban’s tips for business success • Cuban on traits billionaires tend to share • The books that most influenced Mark Cuban and what he wants on his tombstone

Dana Perino served as the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. She is a co-host on FOX News Channel’s “The Five” and anchors “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino.”  In this interview, we discuss Dana’s perspective on Donald Trump, her views on immigration and refugees, and her experiences working in the Bush administration.

Show Notes

• Donald Trump’s extraordinary ability to generate news and the first eight months of his presidency
• About Dana Perino’s interactions with Donald Trump
• How she thinks that countries should approach solutions to refugee crises
• On immigration and the difficulty of cultural assimilation in these times
• A comparison of Trump’s handling of hurricane Maria with George W. Bush’s handling hurricane Katrina
• How the Bush presidency should have fought back more strongly against criticism
• Dana’s evaluation of Trump’s first three spokespeople
• Dana’s opinions of Matt Drudge, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Ben Sasse, and Roger Ailes
• On Dana’s admiration of President George W. Bush

Links

• And the Good News Is…
• Perino & Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What
• @DanaPerino
• danaperino.com

Dana Perino served as the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. She is a co-host on FOX News Channel’s “The Five” and anchors “The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino”. In this interview, we discuss Dana's perspective on Donald Trump, her views on immigration and refugees, and her experiences working in the Bush administration.

Learn more about this episode of The Jamie Weinstein Show at www.jamieweinstein.com/37

Tucker Carlson is a political commentator for Fox News and the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight. He is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller. He shares his views on Donald Trump, immigration, economics, and US foreign policy.

Show Notes

• Why Donald Trump was elected
• Tucker’s opinions about Donald Trump as a person
• How Trump understood Republican voters better than the Republican establishment
• On the economic impact of immigration
• Comparing Donald Trump and Jim Traficant
• Tucker’s thoughts on Matt Drudge, Ronald Reagan, Joe Scarborough, Howard Stern, Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin, Kurt Eichenwald
• How US companies rely on welfare to offset costs
• On the economic dangers of driverless cars
• How the US should engage with the world abroad
• Tucker’s opinion of the wars of the past century
• On the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
• On the possibility of Trump colluding with Russia
• How to remain persistent through career troubles
• Will Tucker ever pursue a career in politics?
• On Tucker’s stint as a freedom fighter in Nicaragua

Links

• Letters and Papers from Prison
• Tucker Carlson Tonight

Bill Ayers is a co-founder of the radical left-wing organization, the Weather Underground. He is a self-described “small-C” communist, an activist, and a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Bill and Jamie discuss a wide range of topics, including Bill’s political views, Bill’s dinners with Barack Obama before his presidency, and Jamie’s own dinner with Bill in 2012.

Show Notes

• About Bill Ayers’ political alignment, his views on voting, and who he has voted for in the past
• On Donald Trump’s appeal as a leader and his authoritarian tendencies
• Why Bill admires Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela
• How he describes his ideology: “small-c communism”
• His opinion of the Antifa movement
• What Bill’s agenda would be if he was elected president
• Why he thinks that Barack Obama and every other American president are war criminals
• About abolition of the prison system
• On Bill’s dinners with Barack Obama before his presidency
• His opinion of Dinesh D’Souza
• The historical leaders Bill admires the most
• Bill’s favorite authors
• On Jamie’s dinner with Bill Ayers, Matt Labash, Andrew Breitbart, Tucker Carlson, and others.
• On Andrew Breitbart’s proposed road trip with Bill

Links

• Bill Ayers’ Website
• 28 Jamie Kirchick – On Trump’s NATO Stance and Weakening of Europe
• The Fire Next Time
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

Matt Schlapp is the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, and has worked in the Bush administration. He is a big proponent of President Trump, and he shares his views on the election, Trump’s early decisions as president, and recent political events. He also talks about how he got his start in politics and how he sees a need for the conservative movement in today’s political landscape.

Show Notes

• How Matt experienced election night from Trump Tower
• When he first met Donald Trump
• Why he didn’t support Donald Trump at first
• Why the ACU remained neutral during the GOP primaries
• How the age of social media has changed the way people run for politics
• What Donald Trump could have done to lose his support
• What happened when he organized and chaired CPAC
• How he describes his ideology
• How he connects Bush and Trump
• What he has disappointed by from the Trump administration so far
• How he feels about the FBI investigation into Russian collusion with the GOP during the election
• His view on Jim Comey
• His time on the Bill Maher and what he thinks of
• About his time working for George W. Bush
• Why he thinks you shouldn’t make all of your career decisions based on money or security

Links

• Matt Schlapp on Wikipedia
• The Federalist Radio Hour
• Showdown at Gucci Gulch
• All the President’s Men
• The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
• American Conservative Union

Conservative writer and journalist David Frum is well known for his work in multiple publications including The Atlantic where he is a senior editor. He served as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and he is a critic of Donald Trump. In this interview, we discuss the threat that Frum believes Trumps poses to the American political system, his thoughts on Russia, Comey, and North Korea, and what he thinks the future holds.

Show Notes

• David Frum’s experience being on live TV when he realized Donald Trump would become president
• Why he doesn’t use the term Never-Trump
• What makes up the “base” of his politics
• About how he fears for the Trump Presidency every day
• What he thinks about Comey’s firing
• David’s thoughts on Russia’s connections with the 2016 campaign
• What has happened to the conservative movement
• His thoughts on how the media have covered Donald Trump
• A best case scenario if Donald Trump lasts for 4-8 years
• About the North Korea scenario
• How he thinks Christopher Hitchens would have reacted to the 2016 election
• His experiences at Bilderberg
• How to learn the ability to be a good journalist

Links

• The Bilderberg Group
• 28 Jamie Kirchick – On Trump’s NATO Stance and Weakening of Europe
• All stories by David Frum in The Atlantic
• @davidfrum

In this special episode, we go on the record during a usually off-the-record dinner that Jamie hosts every so often at his Washington D.C. flat. About 7 other journalists are invited to the dinner, plus a different special guest each time. This time around, Roger Stone was gracious enough to let him go on the record for a few questions about Trump, the White House staff, and more.

Show Notes

• On if Roger thinks Alex Jones is playing a character in his on-screen performances
• What he thinks of Steve Bannon and what his failures have been in the White House
• If Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are Democrats
• What happened when Roger Stone first met Donald Trump
• Why Donald Trump was interested in Ronald Reagan’s campaign
• What Trump learned for Richard Nixon
• If Roger Stone thinks he was being surveilled by the government
• What Trump could do to lose Roger Stone’s support
• Roger’s thoughts on Julian Assange’s ties to Russia
• Why Roger Stone has a concern for Trump’s safety
• Why Trump’s war on the media has been very good politically for him
• What could happen to Jared Kushner that would get him pushed out of the white house
• Why Roger wears the collared shirts that he does

Links

• Ep 04 Roger Stone – What Donald Trump Learned from Roy Cohn and an Inside Look at a Career in Political Advising
• Ep 19 Roger Stone – On Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Why Trump Won, and How He Will Judge a Trump Presidency
• Get Me Roger Stone preview