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Atlantic
3 days ago
- Business
- Atlantic
Trump's Amplifier Administration
In Donald Trump's first administration, he was surrounded by buffers and filters—but in his second, he's surrounded by amplifiers. On a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic, the foreign-affairs columnist Thomas Friedman joins to discuss the chaos of Trump's conflicts, and how world leaders are viewing the instability. Meanwhile, the end of Donald Trump's friendship with Elon Musk was never really a question of 'if,' but 'when.' 'Nothing here is modeled, nothing here is stress-tested, everything is a rift,' Friedman said last night. 'The country is being run like the Trump organization today, not like the United States of America.' When it comes to Trump and Musk's feud, 'we're dealing with two extremely unstable characters,' Friedman continues. 'But what's really more important is: What's the wider world audience saying?' Watch the full episode with Friedman and The Atlantic 's editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, here.
Atlantic
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Atlantic
The Protective ‘Politburo' That Hid Biden's Decline
Washington Week With The Atlantic Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson discuss their new book, Original Sin. By On a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic, CNN's chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper and the Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson joined Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss Original Sin, their new book about when Joe Biden started showing signs of decline—and how some people behind the scenes questioned his fitness to serve as president. In the four months since Biden left office, a consensus seems to have emerged that the former president's bid for reelection all but guaranteed Donald Trump's return to power. 'There was the fine Joe Biden … and then there was the nonfunctioning Biden,' Tapper said last night. 'And the nonfunctioning Biden would rear his head increasingly and more and more disturbingly as time went on.' 'Now the question is,' Tapper continued, 'when did the nonfunctioning Biden emerge so often it was a real question as to whether he should serve for president?' To see Tapper and Thompson discussing this and more with Goldberg, watch the full episode.
Atlantic
12-04-2025
- Business
- Atlantic
Trump's Trade War Unleashes Global Uncertainty
Donald Trump's trade war has unleashed global uncertainty. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the fallout from the president's policies—and his insistence that tariffs are the key to strengthening the American economy. Trump is 'not particularly ideological,' Ashley Parker said last night, but there are a few areas in which he's remained consistent: immigration and tariffs. 'He hates the idea that anyone is taking advantage of him or taking advantage, now, of his country, of the United States,' she said. With the president's continued insistence on imposing high, global tariffs, 'he does not want America, in his eyes, to be getting a 'bad deal,'' Parker continued. 'Despite not having a particularly clear ideology on a number of things, he fundamentally believes that trade imbalances mean that America is getting ripped off.' Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times; Jonathan Karl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News; Ashley Parker, a staff writer at The Atlantic; Tarini Parti, a White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Watch the full episode here.
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's Unpredictability With Allies and Adversaries
Editor's Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings, watch full episodes here, or listen to the weekly podcast here. In the less than two months since Donald Trump took office, he has upended decades of foreign policy by targeting the country's allies. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined last night to discuss the effects of his policies in the U.S. and across the globe. Meanwhile, Congress averted a government shutdown on Friday evening, passing a bill that will fund the government through September. Although Chuck Schumer of New York rallied enough votes for the bill, some Democrats now say that the minority leader capitulated to Trump. Especially among House Democrats from districts that the president carried in the election, 'they feel as though he kind of left them out to dry,' Laura Barrón-López said last night. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Laura Barrón-López, a White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour; Stephen Hayes, the editor of The Dispatch; and David Sanger, a White House and national-security correspondent at The New York Times. Watch the full episode here. Article originally published at The Atlantic
Atlantic
15-03-2025
- Politics
- Atlantic
Trump's Unpredictability With Allies and Adversaries
In the less than two months since Donald Trump took office, he has upended decades of foreign policy by targeting the country's allies. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined last night to discuss the effects of his policies in the U.S. and across the globe. Meanwhile, Congress averted a government shutdown on Friday evening, passing a bill that will fund the government through September. Although Chuck Schumer of New York rallied enough votes for the bill, some Democrats now say that the minority leader capitulated to Trump. Especially among House Democrats from districts that the president carried in the election, 'they feel as though he kind of left them out to dry,' Laura Barrón-López said last night. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Laura Barrón-López, a White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour; Stephen Hayes, the editor of The Dispatch; and David Sanger, a White House and national-security correspondent at The New York Times. Watch the full episode here.
