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Robert Barnes: America First, Populism, Trump & Perpetual War

2025-10-28 People & Blogs
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Glenn Diesen
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Robert Barnes is an American lawyer, free speech champion, and political commentator. Barnes discusses why populism and resistance to the concentration of power in an elite are at the centre of the American experience, and how “America First” was intended to be a strategic retreat from empire and instead restore the foundations of the American Republic. The ability to break away from perpetual war and imperial follies is proving to be difficult, and Trump—much like his predecessors—is hardly in control of his own government. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research of Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Glenn-Diesen/author/B09FPQ4MDL?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1761554002&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Top Comments (10)

@Dashydingo 2025-10-28

NATO exists to deal with security problems caused by its own existence - great comment from Glenn as a take away from this video.

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@malpalmer3269 2025-10-28

Vance represents Thiel - the new billionaire class fighting the old billionaire class - not the people.

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@funnyguyinlondon 2025-10-28

What Trump might feel is irrelevant. His deeds matter. No point being romantic over the Trump you want him to be

39 1 replies
@kinghenry100 2025-10-28

Vote red or blue you get John mccain

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@cbrace 2025-10-28

Mr Barnes is one of the very best commentators on US domestic politics. Please have him back soon.

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@juanluistostadocanales3955 2025-10-28

As long as the City of London exists Russia is in the menu

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@BaronPantoufle 2025-10-28

Would LOVE to see this guy have a discussion with George Galloway. The energy in the room could power a city!

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@gerhard7323 2025-10-28

"We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves," Mike Carey and Peter Gross.

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@davidblair4866 2025-10-31

Glenn, as a professor, I would love to see you have on a guest to talk about the education system in America, and how it is massively failing our students. I have been teaching math at a public high school for 30 yeas, so I have seen it all. Mostly, I have seen how the past 5 years, it seems that administrators and school boards are intent on destroying public education

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@tomhugheslv 2025-10-29

‘Avoid peacetime alliances’ said someone.

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