Bruce Mehlman

And it's just, it's great to be here this week.

And Bruce Mehlman, he is the founder of Melman Consulting.

He was also Undersecretary of Commerce for Science and Technology under President Bush, President W. Bush, George W. Bush.

Two astute political observers.

Joining me now is one of your favorites, the founder of Melman Consulting and author of The Age of Disruption Substack.

It is Bruce Mehlman.

Thank you so much for coming back.

And this is Perino on Politics.

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Um, so I hope I have that correct, uh, on this front.

Look, I have a lot of family, friends, and property [chuckles] in the, uh, in, in the line of fire there.

Uh, the good news is family and friends are good.

Structures are fixable.

Basically, uh, we dodged the worst parts of what a hurricane can do, but now it's the annoying parts.

Taft wasn't simply a tool of big business who abandoned everything Roosevelt believed in.

In fact, his administration brought more antitrust lawsuits than Roosevelt had.

In fact, one of those lawsuits de- helped destroy their friendship.