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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

'I don't think they're going to get the battle that they want.' Inside Trump’s first clashes with Congress and the courts

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

Government, Politics, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Trump has moved aggressively to define his second presidency. POLITICO’s top reporters have thoughts on where he’s going, and how Congress, Democrats and the courts may try to stop him. Eugene Daniels is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO. Rachael Bade is the Capitol Bureau Chief and Senior Washington Columnist for POLITICO. Ankush Khardori is a columnist and senior writer for POLITICO Magazine. Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Washington had four years to prepare for a second Trump presidency.

0:39.5

But these past two weeks, it felt a little bit like nobody did the homework.

0:44.1

In his first week in office, Trump ripped through a stack of executive orders that went after

0:48.7

DEI, the federal workforce, birthright citizenship, and a lot more.

0:52.9

He fired 18 inspectors general in defiance of Congress.

0:57.4

And finally, this Monday, his administration shocked the world with OMB memo M2513.

1:03.7

That's that big old spending freeze you heard about, the impoundment issue that Trump's

1:07.3

been working to walk back.

1:09.5

Trump is clearly testing the limits of his power.

1:12.7

We all know that. We all knew what was coming? The big questions now are, what is the grand

1:17.6

strategy? Where does he think he can win? And where is he just satisfying campaign promises

1:22.2

that he knows the courts will strike down? Just as important on the other side, where is the

1:27.4

resistance? What are

1:28.9

Dem's plans to fight back and which Republicans are about to be a thorn in his side? To answer those

1:35.0

questions and more, I put together two of our top in-house experts on all three branches of government.

1:41.7

Joining me is our Capitol Hill Bureau Chief and Senior Washington

1:45.0

columnist Rachel Bade and senior staff writer and legal columnist Ancush Kedore. I'm Eugene Daniels,

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