President’s Day, Lincoln & Munich: NATO Expansion, Rubio, Putin & Global Power Reality

International Flavor: Where the Truth Tastes Better · Feb 16, 2026 · 1h 24m · transcript

President’s Day reflections turn into a powerful geopolitical analysis.

Samuel Trapp reads Abraham Lincoln, critiques bureaucratic overreach, and dives deep into the Munich Security Conference. From NATO expansion and Russia’s 2007 warnings to Marco Rubio’s latest speech, this episode examines how moral rhetoric often replaces strategic reality.

Topics include:

• Lincoln and constitutional government

• Soviet collapse and NATO expansion

• Munich Security Conference critique

• Rubio vs. Putin comparison

• Ukraine war narrative from 2014 to present

• BRICS, infrastructure, and global trade…