Hey, listeners, I'm here with a special bonus episode for you.

We're a year into the second Trump administration.

Only a year, even if it seems maybe a little bit longer than that.

And I've been thinking a lot about Trump's very specific unilateralist style of executive power,

and whether it means that all the crazy

seeming changes of the last year are really permanent and enduring, or whether they're

actually fragile and temporary.

So I was glad to sit down with my opinion colleague, Jamel Bowie, and our boss, opinion

editor Kathleen Kingsbury, this past week at an event

hosted by the Los Angeles Public Library. The three of us had a lively conversation about Trump

2.0 and how the country in the world have changed or not changed as much as you might think

since his second inauguration. I think we covered a lot of ground, but you can be the judge.

Thank you all for being here tonight.

I'm excited to be in Los Angeles for this live

conversation with opinion columnist Jamel Bowie and Ross Doubt. It has been an eventful year

to say the least. Given what's happened even in recent weeks, I wanted to start this discussion

with how President Trump is reshaping the world and the

U.S.'s role in it. Then we're going to get into changes on the domestic front, how he's changed

the country, and finally, we'll touch on the upcoming midterm elections. But first, I want to start

by asking you both for the most consequential decision President Trump has made in his first year back in office.

Ross, you want to kick us off?

I would be delighted.

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