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Should America have a monarch?

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Freddy Gray talks to writer Curtis Yarvin about how Alexander Hamilton was America’s Napoleon, why Putin is more of a royal than King Charles and why Yarvin admires FDR. Yarvin is voting for Joe Biden at the next election, but not for the reasons you might think. Could Biden 2024 strengthen the case for American isolationism?

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US politics and analysis, delivering in-depth discussions with the best American pundits. Presented by Freddy Gray.

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