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This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent. After Jack Smith released his final report on Donald Trump's insurrection,

Trump erupted in fury on truth social.

He called Smith deranged and gloated over the failure to prosecute him.

Meanwhile, Trump's pick for defense secretary,

Pete Hegseth, had some truly alarming moments at his confirmation hearing, yet Republicans

signaled that he's on a path to likely confirmation. Take this all together, and it's easy

to get very dispirited, because let's face it, Trump looks invulnerable right now. He got away with many

crimes against the country, and now he may get all of his most dangerous nominees confirmed.

But historian Julian Zelizer has a good piece in the new republic that offers some much-needed

perspective. George W. Bush looked invulnerable in 2004, and two years

later, the tide had turned dramatically. Today we're talking to Julian about what lies ahead right now.

Thanks for coming on, Julian. Thanks for having me. It's great to join.

So Jack Smith's report was very powerful. It showed at great length why prosecutors thought

they could win a conviction for insurrection-related crimes. Trump erupted over this. He gloated

that Jack Smith had failed, that the prosecution was illegal, that he was totally innocent,

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