Transcript: Listener mailbag, the election and 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Now, on the Republican side, I still think despite the fact that -- yes Donald Trump is all about the market and the market can't fail -- that there is gonna be a real push along these lines.
48% : I think he's gonna find that in Trump, too.
47% : So it's become increasingly difficult for presidents to do this, but what Trump is trying to do is say, hey, you're my loyal Republicans and treat them almost in a parliamentary manner that they want.
46% : And the problem with Trump is he just ignores the traditions.
46% : Peter SpiegelHis relationship with Meloni he's bragged about, yeah.Rana ForooharRight, and I think that the common thread between some of these places is they have autocratic political leanings or they, let's say, are countries that understand corruption and understand (laughs).
42% : The messenger was on Bill Clinton, and I (Bill Clinton voice impression) could talk to that average American about what his . . .
40% : Peter SpiegelI mean, clearly Netanyahu was actively hoping that Trump would come back on the scene.
30% : I would also say somewhat, unfortunately, that Vladimir Putin's Russia is also probably a more enthusiastic about a about a Trump presidency for obvious reasons, and that Trump is talking about, you know, stopping the war largely on Russian terms.
30% : I mean, I think the political economy end of this is I can't quite figure out why the market is so sanguine if Trump is serious about the tariffs that he tends to impose.
29% : Today, we are answering your questions about the US election and the second term of Donald Trump.
21% : I mean, in some ways I feel like Trump has almost built a weirdly kind of coalition government in a way that is different from what you've seen in the past from Republicans and is unique for America.
15% : Trump has already stated that, you know, he thinks that Biden was too weak on Israel.
14% : Donald Trump has threatened to use recess appointments to get some of his more controversial Cabinet appointees in.

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