Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Moscow on the Potomac

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The Bogie and Bacall of Beltway journalistic power couples — Peter Baker of the New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker — return to the show to discuss the fallout from the first true crisis of Donald Trump’s second term and an array of ongoing controversies embroiling the new administration. Peter and Susan explain why, despite the serious national security implications of Signalgate and the long knives being out for both Pete Hegseth and Michael Waltz, there’s a decent chance that both will keep their jobs; Steve Witkoff is entirely out of his depth serving as Trump’s envoy to Russia in the effort to end the war in Ukraine; and the decision to nix Elise Stefanik’s bid to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nation is a clear sign that the GOP's political standing is increasingly imperiled. Peter and Susan also reflect on the myriad unnerving ways in which Trump’s Washington reminds them of Moscow 25 years ago, when both were based there covering the dawn of the Putin era. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.5	Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome to Impolitic with John Heilman at Puckin Odyssey Joint,
1:08.4	featuring lively, in-depth conversations with the people who roam the
1:11.6	quarters of power and influence in America, weaving the warp and weft of our politics and culture.
1:18.1	We are now, as of this moment, exactly two-thirds of the way through the first hundred days of
1:24.1	Donald Trump's second term in office, with 1,390 more days to go. But, you know, who's
1:30.4	counting? In the first nine weeks of Trump 2.0, the new administration's determined strategy
1:35.0	of flooding the zone with a nonstop flurry of executive actions, of dubious legality,
1:40.5	radical policy proposals, outlandish threats, extravagant promises, and endlessly surreal
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