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I'm Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor and chief of the Atlantic. I'm Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic.

Alex Wagner, I'm a contributing editor at the Atlantic.

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Jeff Alex and I will be joined by Atlantic journalist David Fromm and Molly Ball.

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I don't know that the Republican Party as it existed

before 2016 can emerge again after this. Too many people are too deeply committed

to what Donald Trump has been doing. I don't think America elected Donald Trump because they didn't

realize that he doesn't always tell the truth. They knew that and they wanted to

elect him anyway. One of the questions I worry about a lot is wanted to

what extent is the president of the United States now in the chain of command

are the military acting independent of his orders?

Although I personally and I suspect many people would be vastly cheered if James Mattis were

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