401 | Franklin Foer: Inside the Biden White House & the Struggle for America's Future

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Franklin Foer, author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future, joins The Realignment. Franklin and Marshall discuss his insider-driven portrait of the first two years of the Biden presidency, why Biden is best understood as the "last politician," why the Biden administration continued Trump's hawkish turn against China, the highs and lows of 2021-22, and how Biden's age and the public's assessment of his ability to handle the rigors of the presidency will be one of the defining issues of 2024.

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to The Realignment.
0:08.5	Hope everyone had a great long Labor Day weekend.
0:12.0	Today's episode is one I've been really pumped to record.
0:15.0	I'm speaking with Franklin Four, author of The Last Politician
0:19.0	inside Joe Biden's White House, and the struggle for America's future out today.
0:24.0	I recommend a lot of books on the show, but given that were almost a year out from the 2012 election
0:29.0	which increasingly looks like a rematch of the 2020 campaign between then President Trump
0:35.0	and then former Vice President Joe Biden,
0:38.0	The Last Politician is just at the top of my recommended list.
0:42.0	Whether you oppose Biden's reelection or support him,
0:46.0	Franklin's book does an excellent job of articulating the administration's biggest accomplishments and failures.
0:51.0	Biden's strengths and weaknesses and the unexpected themes and issues,
0:57.0	especially on China and trade policy that tie the Trump and Biden administrations together
1:03.0	and separate them from the bipartisan pre-2015 consensus.
1:08.0	A quick note, we've got another upcoming re-element
1:12.0	Ask Me Anything episode, so if you're a subscriber,
1:15.0	send your questions in at the re-element supercast page
1:18.0	and if you would like to support the show but don't already subscribe,
1:22.0	plus would like to get the exclusive content we offer subscribers,
1:25.0	go to re-element.supercast.com
1:29.0	Huge thanks to the foundation for recognition for supporting the work of this podcast.
1:38.0	Franklin 4, welcome to the re-element.
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