What a political year it has been. President Trump returned to the White House and used the office to expand presidential power in unprecedented ways.

And members of both parties in Congress have scrambled to adjust. Our Lisa Desjardin is here with more.

2025 certainly brought Trump back into our daily political lives. But what did it reveal about him and what did he reveal about the country?

Perfect questions and timing for Politics Monday, our duo of Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

Tamara, let me start with you. You're right there at the White House.

What did this year reveal about Trump and our balance of power?

Well, the balance of power isn't what it used to be. And President Trump was revealed to have, we knew this, but now we really know it.

He has a very expansive view of his executive authority. And there are fewer people around him

who see themselves as guardrails.

So he has done, he's signed more than 200 executive actions.

He has sort of barreled into Washington,

done what he wanted to do and waited for people to stop him. And then there haven know, waited for people to stop him.

And then there haven't been that many things to stop him.

The White House and the president have claimed expansive Article 2 powers.

And Congress has sort of shrugged and has done very little to push back.

And I think the jury is still out on the courts.

Amy?

I agree with those.

And the courts are going to be very important.

Some of the issues in which he has really expanded authority beyond the norms of anything

that we've seen sort of in this modern era,

include tariffs and trade, and the court is going to weigh in on that. And it may be the one

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