A split screen of two presidents

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🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

As the impeachment trial continues, the former and the current president are pursuing very different strategies: One is watching the trial closely, while the other is doing everything he can to demonstrate that he is not watching at all.

Former president Donald Trump has been watching his second impeachment trial closely, while President Biden messages that he has better things to do. Ashley Parker, The Post’s White House bureau chief, and reporter Anne Gearan paint a sharp juxtaposition between the current and former presidents this week.

Catch up on the latest from the impeachment trial by listening to The Daily 202’s Big Idea, The Post’s morning news briefing.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.8	Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from the Washington Post.
0:08.6	Hey, it's Philip Rutger at the Washington Post.
0:10.9	Do you have a minute?
0:11.9	Hi, this is Dan Zag.
0:14.2	This is Post Reports.
0:15.9	I'm Martine Powers.
0:17.4	It's Thursday, February 11.
0:23.5	Today as the impeachment trial continues in the Senate, a split screen of two presidents.
0:29.2	Watching and deliberately not watching.
0:41.2	Today on Capitol Hill, the House impeachment managers are concluding their argument that
0:45.7	former President Trump incited the riot on January 6.
0:50.0	My dear colleagues, is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he
0:54.3	is ever allowed by the Senate to get back into the Oval Office, Donald Trump would stop
0:59.0	inciting violence to get his way?
1:02.6	Would you bet the lives of more police officers on that?
1:06.4	Would you bet the safety of your family on that?
1:09.0	Would you bet the future of your democracy on that?
1:14.5	On Friday, Trump's lawyers will present their defense of the former president.
1:19.9	And during Trump's first impeachment trial, we basically knew what he was thinking
1:24.2	at every moment, because he was tweeting and retweeting in real time, sharing his reactions
1:30.7	dozens of times a day.
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