Trump's chief culture warrior

特朗普的首席文化斗士

Today, Explained

2025-09-11

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Christopher Rufo is leading a ruthless — and successful — counterrevolution against American elite culture. What does the country look like if he wins? This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly and hosted by Noel King. A sign for a Cracker Barrel restaurant, whose logo sparked a controversy on the right, led by Christopher Rufo. Photo by Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Further reading: Rigoberto Gonzalez' painting Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas; America's Cultural Revolution by Christopher Rufo Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • I'm Noelle King, and today on Today Explained from Vox,

  • I'm talking to conservative activist, writer, and provocateur Christopher Rufo.

  • Why?

  • Because Chris Rufo gets what he wants.

  • From universities, from corporations, from President Trump, he wanted an end to DEI.

  • He got it.

  • We've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity,

  • equity and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government.

  • He wanted the government to yank federal funding from universities unless they submitted to his demands.

  • He got that too.

  • He wanted an obscure academic legal theory to become a national boogeyman.

  • done.

  • We have removed the poison of critical race theory from our public schools.

  • He wanted Cracker Barrel to change its logo back.

  • We could, in fact, break the barrel with just a small amount of effort.

  • Since he's getting what he wants, we thought it was worth asking, what does he want now?

  • Coming up, Chris Rufo's Cultural Revolution.

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