The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast · Jeff Morey

"Born to Fight"-Lincoln & Trump with Gretchen Wollert

·1 hr 25 min·5 clips

She gives Trump an "A-" and blames "lawfare" and rogue judges for slowing him down.

1. The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast turns to a Lincoln-Trump comparison in "Born to Fight" with Gretchen Woolert. 2. Host Jeff Morey introduces Gretchen Woolert as an author of books on Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump, which is why her historical comparison matters. 3. The episode asks why Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump became so polarizing, and why Woolert sees both as fighters. 4. Woolert describes a middle-class upbringing in suburban Louisville, Kentucky, with a military father, a nurse mother, two siblings, and a strong emphasis on faith and patriotism. 5. She says she studied at Milligan College near Johnson City, learned to love history there, and later moved west through Colorado and Wyoming. 6. Woolert says farm-and-ranch life, teaching school, and raising four children shaped her views on American life. 7. She says homeschooling was necessary when a daughter's American history class would have been taught by a very liberal teacher. 8. She argues that knowledge of American history matters because it explains where the country came from and where it should not go. 9. Woolert says Lincoln reentered politics because slavery was expanding through the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision. 10. She says Lincoln's 1860 election triggered secession before he even took office. 11. Woolert frames Lincoln as a man who had to divide the country before he could preserve the Union. 12. She says Trump and Lincoln both faced political opposition rooted in Democrats wanting a different nation. 13. Woolert compares modern politics to a struggle over "faith, family, freedom," law and order, and Judeo-Christian values. 14. She says Trump revealed "how deep the state was" and how "vicious" political organizations can be. 15. Woolert says Trump's first term earned a lower grade because he was an outsider learning how hostile his opponents were. 16. She says Trump's second term is more aggressive because he now knows who is for him and who is against him. 17. The conversation is direct, conversational, and openly partisan, with Morey often affirming Woolert's claims. 18. Woolert speaks in long, flowing arguments that move from family history to Civil War history to current politics without much pause. 19. People interested in Lincoln, Trump, and conservative political framing would likely want this episode. 20. People wanting detached historical analysis or neutral politics would probably skip it.

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A politics-focused conversation linking Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump through honesty, fighters, and ordinary people.

Jeff Morey returns to politics on The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast with Gretchen Woolert, whose books center on Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump.

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If you want Lincoln, Trump, and a fight-first political frame, this is your lane.

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