Rob Smith
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Rob Smith
@robsmithonline
Iraq Vet, @Columbia Alum, Political Analyst, 2M+ followers. Senior Fellow for Digital Media and AI @RaineyCenter. Influential, not an “influencer.”




‘MICHAEL’ has opened with $217.4M worldwide. The biggest opening of all time for a biopic.





I spoke at the America First Correspondent’s Dinner shortly after the news about the shooting of at the official WHCA dinner. Let me be CLEAR: Whether you are Democrat or Republican, there is NO PLACE for political violence in the United States of America!


Yes. They are blaming Trump. When you go outside of X, it’s almost all negative. And that’s from gym bro and MAHA people who supported Trump in ‘24. X has become a MAGA echo chamber in many ways.


Most of the structural problems young people are angry about (affordability, inflation, employment, housing) were profoundly worsened under Biden. Historically so. So while the Trump admin’s policies (deportations etc.) have led to multiple months of decreasing rents as just one example, they’re still above pre-COVID levels. New H-1Bs are down 90% but Americans are still competing against millions of foreigners who are already here. Affordability and housing are the result of decades of mass migration, mass money printing, and mass regulation. I’m the first to say I would love for our side to focus like a laser beam on domestic issues that unlock the American Dream for the next generation, but the deeper truth is that many young people are deeply cynical about politics and for some very valid reasons, and they’ll take out their frustration on whoever is currently in office. We are in a race against the clock to put up big, bold, audacious wins to demonstrate our side can deliver for the next generation. It’s Mamdani vs MAGA. We must deliver so the civilizational arsonist, DSA Borg don’t burn it all down.

Massive crowd of DC elite turn out for Grindr’s first ever pre-White House Correspondents' Dinner party.









