Hello, hello, happy holidays and welcome to The Conversation. I'm Dasha Burns, Politico's

White House Bureau Chief, and this is a special remix edition of The Conversation. If you're

listening to this podcast, it means you have made it to the end of the year. Congratulations,

it has been a journey. With 2026 on the horizon,

I wanted to reflect on some of the top moments from the conversation in 2025. So we dug through

the archives to pull some of our most memorable clips from this last year on the podcast.

Some of these moments made news, others made us think, and one was a bit of a tear

jerker. To kick us off, let's revisit my interview with President Trump. I sat down with the

president at the White House earlier this month for a wide-ranging conversation that touched on

foreign policy, the economy, health care, and more. But we ended on a forward-looking note.

I got a chance to ask about his vision

for the future of the Republican Party.

Leaving my list for the conversation's top five of 2025,

here's my interview with President Trump.

The future of the Republican Party.

Look, I watched you on all of your campaigns pulled together, especially in this last one, an unprecedented coalition to win the presidency.

You brought in so many new voters to the Republican Party.

You chipped away at some of the core bases of the Democratic Party.

Is there anyone else in the GOP that can energize the coalition the way you did?

I hope so. I don't know. You never know until they're tested. You know, it's like you jump in the

water. You can swim or you can. Some people can swim and some people can't. You never know.

You have to see. I think we have a very good bench, I must tell.

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