Charles C. W. Cooke
British-born senior writer at National Review
Charles C. W. Cooke (British-born senior writer at National Review) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include San Francisco Giants Pride cap controversy, 2026 FIFA World Cup, UFC White House event attack plot.
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Cooke says Obama's election as the first Black president was the thing he liked most about him, an affirmation of the American creed.
“i really do think it was a remarkable and beautiful thing that in 2008 a country that had had jim crow and slavery elected a black man as president”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 48:54
Cooke argues that Americans should never adopt a 'trust the president' stance, given the country's tradition of mistrusting government.
“So the phrase, you know, well, I'll just trust the president, that really should not leave the lips of anyone, especially an American, given our mistrust of government”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 26:12
San Francisco Giants Pride cap controversy
Cooke argues that coercive Pride messaging has driven a recent reversal in public approval of gay marriage.
“some of the skepticism you're seeing not just toward pride month but toward gay marriage that has popped up in the last five years a reversal of approval of such things is the product of exactly this sort of conduct”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:31:34
2026 FIFA World Cup
Cooke argues that European news and entertainment portray America in a relentlessly negative and inaccurate way.
“what Europeans are told about America all the time by the news, but also by entertainment, is relentlessly negative”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:18:30
UFC White House event attack plot
Cooke argues that drones undermine perimeter-based security at venues and will force a rethinking of security.
“But they are going to force us, if we haven't already, to rethink security”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:10:53
UFC White House event
Cooke dismisses critics of the UFC event as crazy and calls Heather Cox Richardson a cynic for her lynching comparison.
“All of those people are crazy, with the exception of Heather Cox Richardson, who's a disgraceful cynic”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:09
Obama Presidential Center portrait
Cooke says Michelle Obama appears to resent her husband, citing her podcast remarks.
“So I'm going to get in trouble for saying this, but she seems to hate him. Michelle Obama seems to hate Barack Obama”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 44:30
2028 Republican Party presidential primaries
Cooke says a centrist candidate harnessing populist energy could plausibly spoil, though not win, an election.
“it does seem possible to me that someone will come along in the middle, maybe using some of this populist energy and spoil an election”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 34:55
Gas prices and inflation
Cooke argues that American soldiers' deaths and gas prices are the only costs of the war that ordinary Americans care about.
“there's only really two things that Americans would care about. They have a right to care about both of these things. One is losing American soldiers. Two is gas prices”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 15:32
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Cooke argues that an Obama-style deal combined with destroyed nuclear facilities leaves the U.S. better off than an Obama-style deal alone.
“an Obama style Iran deal, plus having taken out their nuclear facilities is better than just an Obama style Iran deal”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 10:30
United States war with Iran
Cooke argues the U.S. had the military capability but lacked the will to use it, because Trump was more hawkish than the public.
“We do have the muscle, but we don't have the will to use that muscle. Donald Trump is on this issue a lot more hawkish than the American public is”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341 (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 9:01
Appearances
Michelle Obama Upstages Barack, Euros Love America, and 2028 Rumblings, with Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke | Ep. 1341The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Megyn Kelly, Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke discuss the Iran deal, 2028 GOP divisions, the Obama portrait, the UFC White House event, World Cup tourists and culture-war controversies.
Often appears with
- Megyn Kelly · 1 shared episode
- Rich Lowry · 1 shared episode