Tag: December 2024 extemp questions

Note that these will be the last questions for the next two weeks due to the winter holiday.  Questions will resume on Monday, January 6.

1. Is a “hands off” approach to the situation in Syria the best course of action for the United States?
2. Will president-elect Trump’s foreign policy make Latin America a bigger priority?
3. If you were the writer of president-elect Trump’s inaugural address, what points would you emphasize?
4. Is the Black Lives Matter movement getting weaker?
5. Should President Biden give Dr. Anthony Fauci a pre-emptive pardon?
6. Would the defeat of Peter Hegseth’s nomination embolden opposition to other Trump appointees?
7. Should the Social Security Fairness Act be passed?
8. Are the drone sightings in New Jersey a national security threat?
9. Should Ron DeSantis appoint Lara Trump to the U.S. Senate?
10. Why is the U.S. fertility rate in decline?

1. To what degree will the Trump administration follow Project 2025?
2. Should there be reforms to the presidential pardon power?
3. Would it be a political mistake for Trump to fire Christopher Wray?
4. Is Bluesky a real threat to X?
5. Will the incoming Congress be more productive than the last?
6. How can Democrats best engineer a “blue wave” in 2026?
7. Will Senate Republicans abolish the filibuster?
8. What is the role that America should play in combating illegal narcotics in Latin America?
9. Is Assad’s fall a victory for U.S. foreign policy?
10. Will the assassination of Brian Thompson prompt significant national discussions about the state of the American healthcare industry?

1. Will a Trump presidency significantly reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy?
2. Is remote work slowly dying?
3. Are Trump’s cabinet picks too extreme?
4. Is it a mistake for the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use U.S. missiles to strike Russian territory?
5. Who should Ron DeSantis appoint to Marco Rubio’s Senate seat?
6. Would a major downsizing of the federal government produce bad economic outcomes?
7. Does the President have the constitutional authority to fire the Chairman of the Federal Reserve?
8. Should Trump look to Javier Milei or economic inspiration?
9. Is American liberalism in crisis?
10. Should Democrats look to go farther left for a presidential candidate in 2028?
11. Can Trump use tariffs to extract concessions from America’s trade partners?
12. Should American labor unions welcome the selection of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary?
13. Will President Biden pardon his son before leaving office?
14. Should the U.S. deploy special forces to deal with Mexican drug cartels?
15. Does Donald Trump have a mandate?