What To Expect From Trump’s New Administration? (with Tim Alberta)

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

What level of crazy or calm will the next Trump White House bring with it?

Host Curtis Chang is joined by Tim Alberta, author of The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory, to explore the turbulence surrounding the final days of Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and what it might signal for the next administration. They analyze potential picks for key cabinet roles, examining what these choices could mean for the America's future both domestically and abroad. Curtis and Tim go beyond the palace intrigue to offer thoughtful ways to pray for the president-elect, urging listeners to consider Trump’s humanity, vulnerabilities, and penchant for chaos.

*This episode was recorded on Tuesday Nov 12, 2024 before some of the administration picks had been made.

Referenced in this Episode:

Read Tim Alberta's The Atlantic piece about the last days of the Trump campaign
Engage with our course The After Party
Read 1 Timothy 2:1-2

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. This is Curtis. This episode of Good Faith features a very timely conversation with my friend Tim Alberta, who has had unparalleled journalistic access to the Trump campaign. Among other topics that we discussed, we talked about how we should be praying for Trump's appointments to senior leadership positions in his administration.
0:26.4	Now, we recorded the episode on Tuesday, November 12th when he and I still retained some modicum of hope for acceptable appointments.
0:35.2	In the subsequent days after the recording, Trump announced a series
0:39.6	of appointments that, ooh, boy, that should be profoundly disturbing to any American, regardless
0:45.5	of how you voted. This most recent news that came after our recording only adds extra weight
0:52.0	to Tim's advice for how Christians should be praying for the new Trump administration,
0:57.9	including now, especially praying for a just and sane confirmation process.
1:03.6	I hope this episode helps you not just make sense of the world, but also make needed prayers for the world.
1:30.3	Thank you. world, but also make needed prayers for the world. Welcome to the Good Faith podcast.
1:35.2	I'm your host, Curtis Chang, and the Good Faith podcast is a production of redeeming Babel.
1:40.7	And it's where friends who follow Jesus help each other make sense of the world.
1:47.9	And many in the world right now are wondering what to expect from Trump 2.0.
1:54.6	Some with great anticipation, some with great anxiety. I've been transparent that I'm in the latter category. But whatever your political convictions, making sense of the world right now,
1:59.5	includes anticipating what the next
2:02.4	Trump administration may be like. And this is why I was so glad when my guest for this episode
2:08.5	agreed to come on the Good Faith, my friend Tim Alberta, staff writer for The Atlantic, one of the most
2:14.3	astute political reporters around now.
2:21.5	And Tim, thank you so much for coming back on the Good Faith podcast.
2:24.2	Curtis, it is my pleasure.
2:26.5	It's good to see you as always, my friend.
2:30.4	And listen, I'm just glad that we get to have Thanksgiving.
2:40.0	I was fully anticipating a knockdown, drag-out, legal fight that was going to prevent any of us from even having a holiday. So, you know, my only prayer really leading into
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