Episode description

Over the past week, President Donald J. Trump dramatically ceded the stage to Elon Musk in the Oval Office, turned the Democratic mayor of New York City into a political pawn and ensured that Vladimir Putin begins peace talks with Ukraine on Russia’s terms.

The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger and Zolan Kanno-Youngs sit down and discuss the latest week in the Trump administration.

Guests: 

• Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
• David E. Sanger, the White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times.
• Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk are hunting hunt for corruption, but very selectively.
• Mr. Trump says his call with Mr. Putin is the beginningis beginning of the Ukraine peace negotiations.
• How the Jjustice Ddepartmentt. helped sink its own case against Eric Adams.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

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