Big Money and Trump’s New Cabinet
“Donald Trump is a master of picking appointees for very senior positions who never would have gotten those jobs under anyone else,” the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says. “I think it’s part of creating not just a government of laws and rules but a government built around the principle of personal loyalty to one man.”
With Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos
January 18, 2025
Is a Blue Wave Really Coming? – The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Amy Walter, the editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report and a political analyst for PBS NewsHour, to take stock of the midterms map. With Donald Trump’s approval rating at a historic low and economic issues squeezing voters nationwide, conventional wisdom suggests that a decisive Democratic blue wave is coming. But the margins are razor-thin. “The odds are definitely with Democrats here because of how few seats they need to actually flip,” Walter says. “They just don’t have a lot of room for error.” Plus, the hosts reflect on the quarter century since 9/11, and share their memories of that day.
This week’s reading:
“Troy Jackson Is Still Surprised That He’s Running for Senate,” by Jesús Rodríguez
“Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke?,” by Jason Zengerle
“Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?,” by John Cassidy
“The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the ‘War on Terror,’” by Robin Wright
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