What Might A Second Trump Presidency Look Like?

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Not long ago, the idea that Donald Trump could return to the White House seemed like a MAGA-fueled fantasy. With his legal troubles piling up, Ron DeSantis surging, and President Biden notching legislative successes, a Trump victory appeared out of reach.

Not anymore. And so, the question becomes, what would a second Trump term look like?

“Chaos,” says David Frum, staff writer at The Atlantic. “It would mean endless questions about presidential power, military obedience. It would be chaos upon chaos, upon chaos.”

Frum joins Diane on today’s episode of On My Mind to discuss “The Danger Ahead,” the lead essay for the January/February edition of The Atlantic. The issue features a series of pieces that consider what Donald Trump might do if he regains the presidency in 2024.

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0:00.0	I asked Diane, Diane, on my mind, a second Trump presidency not long ago that
0:12.9	notion that Donald Trump could be returned to the White House
0:17.2	seemed like a maggotial fantasy,
0:20.9	with his legal troubles piling up,
0:24.0	Ron dissantyserging, and President Biden
0:27.6	notching legislative successes,
0:31.0	a Trump victory appeared out of breach. Not anymore. And so the question becomes,
0:39.2	what would a second Trump presidency look like?
0:43.7	Chaos.
0:44.4	It just means endless questions about the presidential power,
0:47.4	military obedience.
0:48.5	It's chaos upon chaos upon chaos.
0:51.0	That's David Front, staff writer for The Atlantic.
0:55.0	The magazine has dedicated its January 2024 issue
1:01.0	to exploring the direction of the country if Trump wins.
1:07.0	I talk to David Trump Thursday morning about his piece titled The Danger Ahead.
1:16.7	David, let's start with the question,
1:20.1	is there anything now that you believe can stop Donald Trump from being the Republican nominee for
1:29.8	President?
1:31.6	For sure, it could happen that Donald Trump has stopped from becoming the Republican nominee.
1:36.1	First, he, like all human beings, is subject to health events.
1:39.7	So one may occur. Second, he is unusually for human beings
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