Trump’s Former Political Director on How He Wields His Political Capital

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Tara is joined by political strategist and Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stepien, to dissect Trump’s mindset as he gets his cabinet ready for his upcoming presidency. They examine his current level of power in D.C., break down the paths forward for his legislative agenda, and examine his mercurial relationship with pollsters. For more of Tara’s reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, 'The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Bill Stepien Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:00.5	On this show, we're going to talk about political capital and Donald Trump's relationship with it. I have his former political director, Bill Stepion, on the line,
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