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Caving to Trump | Roundtable

Aug 29, 20251 hr 24 min
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Episode description

Steve Hayes, Jonah Goldberg, Sarah Isgur, and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle debate whether Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald Trump exhibit similar authoritarian tendencies, discuss the role of elites in democracies, and explore the Democratic Party’s ongoing identity crisis.

The Agenda:
—Trump’s first and second terms
—Can the president do whatever he wants?
—Historical context of presidential power
—Weak democracies and crisis
—Is this all our fault?
The future of Democratic messaging

Show Notes:
Nick Catoggio's Boiling Frogs newsletter
Megan McArdle's column on lawfare

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