Before Trump has chosen a running mate of a vice President, the second this shooting happens, you see a bunch of high profile endorsements of Trump and shortly after all of his legal problems go away. And ultimately in very short order, Trump becomes not just a neocon, but like the leading neocon in the world. way more of a neocon than like Bob Kagan and Bill Kristol ever were. And so you see a complete change in Trump and in official Washington's view of Trump, like people who didn't like Trump endorse Trump after this. (1:12:50–1:12:55)
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Asserts that Trump became a leading neocon.
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