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What to know about Sean Duffy, Trump’s choice to become transportation secretary
Same with Elise Stefanik, the New York congresswoman nominated to be Trump’s United Nations ambassador, who already seems to be working on her MAGA fluency after many years of speaking only neocon.
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
You n me with the justice league in place to drain the f--- neocon/corporate swamp.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
Graham is a neocon who loves war because he’s possessed by a demonic force; Putin is a nationalist who is looking out for Russia’s interests.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
That's precisely why neocon donors [who want more aid for Ukraine] fear him.
—Axios, 16 July 2024
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
You n me with the justice league in place to drain the f--- neocon/corporate swamp.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
Graham is a neocon who loves war because he’s possessed by a demonic force; Putin is a nationalist who is looking out for Russia’s interests.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
That's precisely why neocon donors [who want more aid for Ukraine] fear him.
—Axios, 16 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neocon
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Wielding the language of liberal internationalism to justify ruinous intervention abroad has long been the modus operandi of the neoconservatives, who, since the ascendancy of Trump over the Republican Party, have gravitated back to their original home among the Democrats.—
Anatol Lieven,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Trump is fusing this use of American power, which the neoconservatives and George W. Bush had no qualms about, to a much more aggressive vision of national interest.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Neocon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neocon. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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