Trump's Last Stand Part I: Where It Starts

How It Happened - Coming soon: How It Happened: Trump's Last Stand

Axios's new documentary series premieres Monday. Featuring the reporting of Jonathan Swan, go inside the last days of the Trump administration with never before reported details.

Coming soon: How It Happened: Trump's Last Stand

I'm Jonathan Swan, I'm a reporter. I've been covering Donald Trump for years. We had

a memorable interview last year. We're lower than the world, lower than Europe, and what?

So how much damage can a sitting president do in a day or a week or two months? This

is a new podcast from Axios that tells the inside story of what's happened since the

election. I'll take you inside the Oval Office, Donald Trump's living room, and Air Force

1 to reveal some of the most astonishing, never before reported moments from his final weeks

in office. What really happened between Donald Trump and Mike Pence? What was going on inside

the US intelligence community as Donald Trump tried to overturn an election? And how did a crew

of conspiracists come to direct his legal strategy? This is my best attempt to get you inside

the room for this first draft of history. How it happened? Trump's last stand.

Subscribe to how it happened on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Swan, I'm a reporter. I've been covering Donald Trump for years. We had
0:06.6	a memorable interview last year. We're lower than the world, lower than Europe, and what?
0:15.2	So how much damage can a sitting president do in a day or a week or two months? This
0:21.2	is a new podcast from Axios that tells the inside story of what's happened since the
0:25.3	election. I'll take you inside the Oval Office, Donald Trump's living room, and Air Force
0:31.1	1 to reveal some of the most astonishing, never before reported moments from his final weeks
0:35.9	in office. What really happened between Donald Trump and Mike Pence? What was going on inside
0:42.8	the US intelligence community as Donald Trump tried to overturn an election? And how did a crew
0:49.8	of conspiracists come to direct his legal strategy? This is my best attempt to get you inside
0:56.9	the room for this first draft of history. How it happened? Trump's last stand.
1:03.1	Subscribe to how it happened on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.