"I haven't been able to get this moment out of my head"

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🗓️ 23 January 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On a special episode of POLITICO's Nerdcast: "It became clear that Scott Pruitt had sought to purchase a used mattress from the Trump hotel. And I thought, 'This is not what I expected this job would look like.'" At the close of Donald Trump's presidency, POLITICO's reporters and editors share their strongest memories of the last four years. Shocking moments they witnessed, conversations they overheard and what will stay with them forever. Plus, new Playbook co-author Tara Palmeri talks to Scott Bland about what she really wants to see in Biden's first days in office. Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.Tara Palmeri is a POLITICO Playbook co-author. Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One day I'll have grandkids or great grandkids, and I'm sure even then the Trump presidency will be the subject of great curiosity.
0:08.6	And the memory I'll share with them is how Trump telegraphed to everyone that his departure from the White House was going to be ugly, and that's exactly the way it turned out to be.
0:28.6	This thing we've been waiting for since the presidential election, it happened. Right.
0:29.6	The transfer of power complete.
0:31.6	I'm Scott Bland. This is Nerdcast.
0:34.6	Just so many memories.
0:36.6	Here at Politico, we've had reporters watch President Donald Trump up close, in the room,
0:42.0	at his rallies, on Air Force One.
0:44.1	Crazy.
0:45.1	Who hell was something?
0:46.4	I didn't see that coming.
0:48.1	For the last four years.
0:49.5	A little longer, actually, if you count the campaign.
0:51.5	And listeners, they have got stories to tell.
0:55.6	I've actually never told this story before.
0:57.7	For the past two years, I haven't been able to get this moment out of my head.
1:00.7	This is like the holy shit moment.
1:03.0	They've got shit to get off their chests.
1:05.8	This is where, oh, I think our story just took on a whole new lease on life.
1:10.7	Can't believe this is happening.
1:12.2	Well, believe it.
1:13.2	None of us could go to bed that night.
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