Introducing: The Conversation with Dasha Burns

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

Government, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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The Conversation with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns is a fresh take on the traditional Sunday show format, going beyond conventional wisdom and short sound bites to broaden the political conversation. Each week, Dasha will sit down with one of the most compelling – and sometimes unexpected – power players in Washington and beyond for a real discussion about how they are shaping the current moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Politico's White House Bureau Chief, Dasha Burns.
0:02.3	Dasha Burns is with us.
0:03.8	Dasha Burns.
0:04.5	Dasha Burns.
0:05.4	Dasha, what are you hearing from officials tonight about the fallout here?
0:12.0	Hi, I'm Dasha Burns, and I'm the White House Bureau Chief for Politico, which means every day my job is to wake up, open my phone, and dig into what's really going on inside this White House.
0:25.5	Dasha, why don't you kick us off?
0:26.7	How soon might we see a deal and what evidence can you share that progress is being made?
0:31.7	Now, I have to confess, I'm not the typical Washington, D.C. insider.
0:36.9	But I've spent my career covering U.S. politics across the country.
0:41.4	And I've gotten into it with some of the biggest names.
0:45.2	So, Steve, in a country made up of immigrants, you want 100% moratorium on all immigration.
0:52.3	Just for a while.
0:53.9	I had a front row seat to the way that President Trump has changed how the country thinks and talks about politics.
1:03.0	So we are paying for that treatment.
1:05.0	All Americans who want it?
1:07.0	All Americans to get it.
1:08.0	Since the inauguration, I've noticed something else.
1:11.9	The president and his team are fundamentally reshaping the power structures of Washington, D.C.
1:18.3	The rules about how to hold power to account in this town, they no longer apply.
1:23.7	Traditional sit-down interviews, Oval Office addresses.
1:27.3	That's just not how we get all the answers.
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