"America First" and Trump's "Don-roe Doctrine," and Tim Walz DROPS OUT Amid Fraud Scandal, with Walter Kirn and Aaron Mate | Ep. 1223

January 5, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This is a high-energy solo-hosted news talk show featuring back-to-back interviews with ideological opposites, blending rapid-fire current events breakdowns with sharp skepticism on U.S. foreign policy and domestic scandals in a combative analytical tone.
The Key Players:
- Megan Kelly (Host): Former Fox News anchor turned independent Sirius XM host, delivering personal reflections, Fox critiques, and balanced debates while expressing cautious "yellow light" support for Trump.
- Aaron Mate (Guest): Independent journalist and Useful Idiots co-host, sharply critical of U.S. regime change in Venezuela as illegal oil grabs and sanctions-driven disasters.
- Walter Kern (Guest): County Highway editor-at-large and America This Week co-host, defending Trump's hemispheric dominance as strategic necessity against China/Russia influence.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Aaron Mate**
2 (01:46) **Post-Holiday Return & Breaking News Teaser**
3 (03:18) **Host Monologue: Caution on "Donro Doctrine" & Venezuela Raid**
4 (08:51) **Aaron Mate Interview: Critique of U.S. Regime Change in Venezuela**
5 (22:31) **Aaron Mate: Broader Intervention Concerns**
6 (38:07) **Teaser: Walter Kirn & Tim Walz Presser Update**
7 (40:18) **Trump Clips: Warnings to Multiple Countries**

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Show Notes

Megyn Kelly is joined by Aaron Mate, co-host of the "Useful Idiots" podcast, to discuss Trump’s capture and arrest of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, why Mate is skeptical of the action and believes it amounts to kidnapping, the potentially major consequences and ramifications of the move, Trump’s comments about Cuba falling next while hanging with neocons like Lindsey Graham, what the "Don-roe Doctrine" is really about, and more. Then Walter Kirn, editor-at-large of "County Highway," joins to discuss why Trump’s targeted actions abroad are a display of American might without further intervention, the way Trump is teasing potential further action in Iran and Colombia, Tim Walz dropping out of the Minnesota governor’s race, his excuses like blaming Trump rather than addressing the Somali fraud scandal, the corporate media's attempt to suppress Nick Shirley's viral reporting on the Somali fraud in Minnesota, lowlights from CNN and CBS, why the CBS News rebrand of CBS Evening News will fail, why Tony Dokoupil is not the right messenger for the message, and more.

Maté-https://substack.com/@mate

Kirn- https://countyhighway.com/

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