Everything seems like chaos in Washington, but President Trump actually provided us with some clarity this week.

His administration's latest declarations about Ukraine show that Trump sees the war, at least in part, the way Vladimir Putin sees it.

And at home, Trump's decision to fire as much of the federal workforce as he can indicates not only his loyalty to Elon Musk, but to a

revolutionary idea about the role of government itself. Next.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week. There's too much to discuss this week. War in Europe,

a federal workforce besieged, regulatory agencies gutted,

and a Democratic mayor of New York feeling very warm feelings about Trump's Justice Department.

Joining me tonight at the table to discuss all of this, Eugene Daniels is Chief Playbook

and White House correspondent at Politico. Stephen Hayes is the editor of the dispatch.

Teddy Schleifer is a reporter for the New York Times.

And Nancy Yusuf is national security correspondent

at the Wall Street Journal.

Welcome all of you, especially you first timers.

I hope I said your name right.

Did.

Oh, that's great.

We're starting off on a good note.

Let's keep moving. Let starting off on a good note.

Let's keep moving.

Let's keep going with the momentum.

Nancy, we want to talk about Doge,

and we want to talk about this very strange week.

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