The First Two Years of Biden (with Chief of Staff Ron Klain)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
Lemonada Media
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Andy takes a look at the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency with his Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, who breaks down the successes and obstacles the administration has faced and the national agenda moving forward. In a wide-ranging conversation, they cover the war in Ukraine, climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, guns, the economy, and the threat to democracy. Kick off midterm season with this exclusive interview.
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| 0:56.0 | Welcome to the bubble. This is your host, Andy Slavitt, September 19th. |
| 1:20.0 | Ron Claim, the White House Chief of Staff is on the program today. We get the opportunity to take a look at the first two years of the Biden presidency as we start to move towards the midterms. |
| 1:33.0 | No better way to do that than Ron Claim. |
| 1:37.0 | It's often said of the White House Chief of Staff, although I'm sure Ron would object to this characterization, that really is the prime minister of the United States. |
| 1:44.0 | Ron, I think we point out that he's a staff person, that he's a senior staff person, that he's behind the scenes, he's not elected. |
| 1:51.0 | And that's true. But the fact remains that the chief of staff has enormous power in this country. |
| 1:57.0 | Everything that makes it on the national agenda really is whether it's in a cabinet agency, whether it's in the White House. |
| 2:04.0 | If there's a central point of it all, you're going to hear from Ron. |
| 2:08.0 | Ron is somebody who has about as good a grasp of policy and politics and communication around almost every issue you could think of. |
| 2:20.0 | So we give him a rapid fire on what's going on and happening next in Ukraine. |
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