How We Got Here: The MAGA New Right

我们如何走到这里:特朗普新右翼之路

What A Day

2026-01-16

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President Trump is declining in popularity with voters, but his rhetoric and that of the Trump Administration is only growing more extreme. But to understand how we got here, in this place, we have to go back to the 1980s — when right-wing academics and thinkers worked together to create a counter-revolution to mainstream conservative institutions. For more, we spoke to writer and political theorist Laura K. Field. She wrote a book on the modern conservative movement titled “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.” And in headlines, the President reveals his “Great Healthcare Plan,” Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado gives her medal to Trump, and billions of dollars for mental health and addiction organizations are restored just 24 hours after the Trump administration initially pulled them. Show Notes: Check out Furious Minds – https://tinyurl.com/276s5uj6Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • It's Friday, January 16th.

  • I'm Jane Kostin, and this is Water Day,

  • the show that is simply noting a man on threads who appears to have trained crows to attack red hats.

  • See, crows are incredibly intelligent.

  • They can even hold grudges and remember human faces for years.

  • So training them to be able to swoop and grab a red hat from someone's head was a bit of a process,

  • but it appears to have been very successful.

  • And why red hats in particular?

  • No reason.

  • No reason at all.

  • On today's show, President Donald Trump reveals his great health care plan.

  • That's not sarcasm, it's literally called the Great Health Care Plan.

  • And what's long, boring, and often ends in stalemate?

  • No, I'm not talking about Congress, I'm talking about soccer.

  • But let's start with conservatism and the American right.

  • President Trump is declining a popularity with voters,

  • but his rhetoric and that of the Trump administration is only growing more extreme.

  • But to understand how we got here, in this place, we have to go backwards.

  • To the Reagan administration.

  • The 1980s were the heyday of a very particular kind of conservatism.