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🗓️ 12 September 2019

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Begun with a gold-rush brothel in the Yukon, the Trump empire has long been passed down through generations. Donald Trump inherited a business from his father, who inherited it from his father. Now following in those footsteps are Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump — all brought into the family business, whatever that happened to be at the moment. When it was real estate, they worked at the Trump Organization. When it became television, they were in the cast of The Apprentice. And with politics the new family business, they’ve acted as key figures in his administration and campaign. The question of which Trump will succeed their father is no longer just a family matter though. Having remade the Republican Party in his image, the president has given his eventual successor a key role in shaping the future of American politics.In his October cover story, McKay Coppins tells the story of how the next generation of Trumps have competed for power — and how the move from midtown Manhattan to 1600 Pennsylvania may have established an unexpected frontrunner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You! This is radio Atlantic, I'm Isaac dever. This is Radio Atlantic. I'm Isaac dever.
0:20.0	This week, Democrats were debating how they take on Trump, but regardless of what happens in 2020,
0:26.0	we may never reach a post-Trump era.
0:29.0	American politics has always had its dynastiesies and no family seems more intent on
0:34.1	building one than the trumps.
0:37.0	Let's talk politics now and campaign trail mix. Today we have predictions of a new
0:40.9	political dynasty. The last few decades, the Trump family business has been real estate,
0:46.0	but for the next few decades, the Trump family business might be Republican politics.
0:50.0	Trumps will be a dynasty that will last for decades,
0:52.0	propelling the Republican Party into a new party. politics. Trump's will be a dynasty that will last for decades.
0:52.6	Propelling the Republican Party into a new party.
0:55.4	Trump campaign manager Brad Parscal got into some trouble over the weekend, saying
0:59.2	the Trump's will be a dynasty that lasts for decades.
1:02.3	And as it happens, my colleague McKay Coppins has spent the last few months reporting out
1:06.0	what that dynasty might look like.
1:08.0	Which of the Trump kids is the heir to the heir?
1:11.0	And how is that battle for succession played out
1:14.2	in the move from Manhattan to Washington?
1:17.0	His story is on the cover of this month's magazine
1:19.1	and available online this week.
1:21.0	McKay, thanks for joining us here on Radio Atlantic.
1:24.0	Thanks for having me.
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