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PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show

Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 6/6/25

PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show

Washington Week

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On a special edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg is joined by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times to unpack the start of President Trump’s second term and his efforts to address critical issues around the world. Friedman dives into his own recent trip to Israel, the parallels between Trump and Netanyahu and the rise of authoritarianism in both nations.

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The end of President Trump's friendship with Elon Musk was never really a question of if, but when.

0:06.0

And now we know the answer, except maybe we don't.

0:09.0

For all we know, they could be back together before summer.

0:12.0

Meanwhile, in the real world, Russia's war against Ukraine grows more dire, Iran gets closer to nuclear breakout,

0:18.0

Israel slides further toward crisis, and at home, the rule of law is in real danger.

0:23.6

Next.

0:25.6

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic. Corporate funding provided by

0:33.6

Consumer Cellular. Additional funding is provided by

0:39.3

Koo and Patricia Ewan for the Ewan Foundation,

0:42.3

committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities.

0:46.3

Sandra and Carl Deleigh Magnuson,

0:49.3

Rose Herschel and Andy Shreaves, Robert and Susan Rosenbaum,

0:55.0

the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.

1:03.0

Thank you.

1:05.0

Once again from the David M. Rubenstein studio at W.ETA in Washington,

1:10.0

Editor-in-chief of the Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg.

1:13.6

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week. I want everyone to know that I take the Trump-Musk breakup drama seriously,

1:21.6

in part because Donald Trump gave his former best friend Elon Musk access to enormous amounts of secret government

1:27.5

data, and there's no predicting what Musk could do with it.

1:31.2

But the world at large is in a state of seemingly permanent tumult, and so it's a good time

1:35.9

for a general checkup.

1:37.7

My guest tonight is Thomas Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and

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