Karen Tumulty: Trump's Delusions Run Into Reality

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Charlie Sykes and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty react to President Trump's speech to Congress. They discuss the administration’s approach to governance, including its impact on national security, economic policy, and the broader implications of Elon Musk’s influence. Tumulty and Sykes analyze the Republican Party’s response, the weakening of institutional guardrails, and how the media is navigating this new political landscape.

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1:41.1	Welcome to the To the Contrary podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. And once again, we have to remind ourselves that every time we talk about politics, we're in kind of a twilight zone. And of course, we saw that with the president's, well, with Donald Trump's unpresidential speech, the not state of the union addressed the other day. So to try to hash all of this out,
2:03.2	we are very fortunate to be joined by my old friend, Karen Tumulty, from the Washington Post,
2:08.3	who has covered 10 presidential campaigns. And obviously, you're all over the new administration.
2:14.9	So thanks for joining me, Karen. I appreciate it very much.
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