"The Future Lies Ahead": The Second Trump Presidency

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

News, Trump, Opinion, Usc, California, Polls, Debates, Strategists, University, Education, Government, Universitysoutherncalifornia, America, Presidential, Dornsife, Bipartisanship, School, Democrat, Primaries, Elections, Shrum, Primary, News Commentary, Republican, Analysis, General, Polarization, International, Journalists, Federal, Commentary, Election, National, Conversation, Race, Centerpoliticalfuture, Conversations, Murphy, Moderator, Political, Coverage, Biden, Podcast, Politics

5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Author Sasha Issenberg joins political and media experts, Jane Coaston, Reince Priebus, Simon Rosenberg, and Chuck Todd, for a conversation on what to expect during Donald Trump's second term as president. They discuss Trump's first actions as president, his influence on politics, how the Democratic Party has changed over time, and how politics is always shifting. This discussion is part of the Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics “The Trumping of America: Why and What's Next?” in partnership with POLITICO, PBS’ "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover," and C-SPAN.

Featuring:

Sasha Issenberg (Moderator): Groundbreaking Author on Modern Campaigns & Marriage Equality
Jane Coaston: Journalist; CNN Contributor; Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day"
Reince Priebus: Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Simon Rosenberg: Political Strategist; Author/Creator of Hopium Chronicles
Chuck Todd: Chief Political Analyst, NBC News

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Let's Find Common Ground from the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California's Dornside College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
0:15.3	I'm Bob Shrum, director of the center. And I'm Republican Mike Murphy, co-director of the Center. Our podcast brings together
0:23.1	America's leading politicians, strategists, journalists, and academics from across the
0:28.4	political spectrum for in-depth discussions where we respect each other and we respect the truth.
0:35.0	We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:48.3	Hi. I want to welcome Simon Rosenberg. Hello. Reince Previs. Chuck Todd. Hey, how are you? And we have a fourth panelist, Jane Kosen, who should be with us shortly and we'll just land on the
0:55.4	stage. Once Jane gets here, she and I are just going to talk college football the whole time.
0:58.7	So you know, only person can go deeper in college football than me, I think, is Jane.
1:03.9	If I read the calendar correctly, we are 10% of the way through the first 100 days. So I'm very big on base 10 number systems.
1:12.2	I want to hear from each of you what we've learned in the first 10 days. So I'm very big on base 10 number systems. I want to hear from each of what we've learned in the first 10 days of Trump 2.0 about how it might be different than Trump 1.0. So
1:20.1	I'll give you as the Trump 1.0 veteran. What have we learned? Well, I mean, we learned that
1:27.4	Donald Trump is going to do as much or everything that he possibly can do to fulfill what he said he was going to do on the campaign trail, right?
1:38.5	He said he was going to pardon the J-Sixers on day one, and he did it.
1:42.3	He said he was going to start deportation on day one and he's doing it.
1:46.0	So I think the one thing about the president this time around, obviously compared to last some around, are just obvious points, which is he knows his way around the White House.
1:57.6	And the first time we went into the Oval Office, I'd never been in it.
2:01.9	He was in it once.
2:03.5	We got led by the Secret Service from the residents through the corridor and into the
2:10.6	oval office.
2:12.5	And I still remember walking into that Oval Office with him.
2:21.1	And we walked in. It was dead quiet.
2:27.8	And I remember the president was just standing in the middle. It was dark outside. And he was just standing like this. And I looked at him. And he looked back at me, and he said, wow, can you believe it?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.