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I believe in a powerful president.

I think we have one and I think we need one

in particular in a moment of a sort of

of schlorotic Congress but that doesn't mean a lawless or unconstrained president. Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast I'm Gailin Drew

former President Donald Trump got attention last week for his answer in a town hall with Sean Hannity

suggesting he would not abuse his power as president in a second term,

quote, except for day one. We talked plenty on this podcast about the candidates challenging

Trump in the Republican primary, but the fact is that Trump remains far ahead in the

polls and if history is any indication he is the likeliest person to be the Republican nominee.

Just this morning, Monday morning, the Des Moines Register Iowa poll came out showing Trump

with 51% support amongst likely caucus goers, a 32-point lead over second-place

DeSantis. And though we'd caution against putting much weight on general election

polls this far out, Trump also leads President Biden in head-to-head polling by a point or two on average

and by even more in the battleground states.

Given that context, a Trump's second term is a real possibility and so are the things he says he'd do

during the second term. Recent reporting has painted a picture of what that might look like.

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