In this episode, Alex starts by talking about Trump’s heartfelt holiday greeting in which he tells his politial enemies to rot in hell. Next, Alex reacts to Nikki Haley’s inability to answer a direct question about slavery’s influece on the start of the American Civil War. It seems like she is trying to not anger the MAGA base and also doesn’t want to sound woke. Alex argues that she is a weaker candidate than she thought and cannot play both sides on this or talk about “states rights.” Finally, Alex looks into an interesting legal paper on how the US president could use emergency powers to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. Alex breaks down the pros and cons of these actions.