Ep. 2055 - Trump Is The First President To Do This In Nearly 100 YEARS!

September 8, 2026

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Trump’s Immigration Wins, the Left’s Dysgenic Turn, and a Right Divided

For the first time in nearly a century, the United States has recorded net negative migration. According to Census Bureau data cited by Michael Knowles, the foreign-born population has dropped by 2.9 million over the last 18 months, with 2.3 million of those being illegal aliens who have left since Trump’s second term began. This is not a marginal shift. If the Trump administration maintains its current pace, Knowles projects a reduction of approximately 15.3 million foreign-born residents by the end of Trump’s second term, bringing the foreign-born percentage of the population back to where it stood in 2010—halfway through Barack Obama’s first term.

Knowles is clear about the scale of the challenge. Even with these dramatic reductions, the country would only return to a foreign-born share it had fifteen years ago. That, he says, is “how steep the mountain is that we have to climb.” But he also insists conservatives should pause to recognize the achievement. “We gotta enjoy the wins when we get them,” he says, noting that mass migration was the issue that motivated Trump voters across the political spectrum in 2024 and helped Trump win the popular vote.

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1 Timestamped Outline
2 (01:10) **Net Negative Migration for First Time in ~90 Years** - Census Bureau data shows foreign-born population down 2.9 million since Trump's second term began, with 2.3 million being illegal aliens
3 (04:55) **Why Immigration Restrictionists Aren't Motivated by Hatred** - Knowles clarifies the principled case for reducing both legal and illegal immigration
4 (09:22) **Mount Sinai Hospital Ends Child Transition Program** - DOJ secures major win against gender medicine for minors
5 (12:36) **Socialism 2026 Conference: "The More Dysgenic, The Better"** - Speaker Beatrice Adler Bolton declares physical health is fascist and socialists should embrace being unhealthy
6 (18:54) **Socialism Is Not Primarily About Economics** - Knowles argues the left's real project is total revolution against moral order and God
7 (23:36) **Welfare Reform Controversy: Accusations of Socialism** - Trump administration reportedly plans to reform the Child Care and Development Fund to allow married mothers to stay home with their kids

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Michael Knowles

Show Notes

President Trump officially had net negative migration for the first time in nearly 100 years, libs celebrate the anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Mamdani hands 9/11 pen to lawyer for al-Qaeda member.

Ep. 2055

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