Political Gabfest | Trump’s Display of Dominance

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Trump’s authoritarian address to Congress and whipsawing on tariffs; the outright betrayal of Ukraine and alliance with Russia on naked display in the Oval Office; and the ways the Covid pandemic caused and accelerated change in America. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss Andrew Cuomo, the NYC mayoral race, and its relevance to national politics. In the latest Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with author Rich Benjamin about his new book, Talk to Me: Lessons From a Family Forged by History. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to [email protected]. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Research by Emily Ditto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this late political gab fest.
0:07.5	Members of the United States Congress, thank you very much.
0:12.4	And to my fellow citizens, America is back.
0:17.6	March 6th, 2025, the Trump's Display of Dominance Edition.
0:22.8	I'm David Plotz of CityCast in Washington, D.C., from New Haven, Connecticut, New York Times Magazine, Yale University besieged law school, Emily Bazelon.
0:35.2	Hi.
0:36.0	Is that named after Judge Besieged?
0:39.1	Only if Judge Besieged is like a billionaire who gave $80 million last week, then they
0:44.4	would have it after him.
0:45.7	That would be a good name.
0:46.5	It could be like capital B, small E, capital S.
0:49.8	I like that.
0:51.4	It's Bessage.
0:54.5	From the French Huguenot besiegers.
0:57.2	That is John Dickerson in New York City, the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News and CBS Evening News Plus,
1:02.8	which I watched some CBS Evening News Plus this week, John.
1:05.2	Enjoyed it a lot.
1:06.0	Oh, that's, I'm so glad.
1:07.4	I'm really, yeah, I'm liking it.
1:09.6	Do you watch the essay at the end? Because if you got an essay idea, I could use one.
1:15.2	No, he didn't, but that's all right. We were watching the interview is the last thing we watched, then we ate dinner.
1:20.3	That's good. There's an essay after that. So next time, you can stave off your hunger and sit through one of those. They're only a minute and a half.
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