Hello there. Happy Thursday. I'm Chuck Todd. Welcome to another episode of the Chuck Toddcast. So yes, the world is on pins and easels as it waits for the American president to tweet out what he wants to do in the Middle East. And so at this point, anybody that thinks they know is just guessing. And you know with Trump, you actually just have to wait until he tweets. In the meantime, though, it's been 10 years since we've been living this way. It was, this has been a week of anniversaries that I think are worth marking,

right? In June 16th, the 10-year anniversary of Donald Trump, descending down that escalator

on Trump Tower. And let's just say it's been a transformational 10 years for the Republican

party, for American politics, for Washington, D.C., for the global world order,

it's not been small. In fact, there was a moment in my recent Newsphere conversation with Steve Bannon.

By the way, a free version of it is up on YouTube if you want to check it out, where he turned to me

looking for some

affirmation about an issue. And he asked, he goes, well, you concede we are living in the age of

Trump. And I didn't hesitate because he's right. I said, yes, because we are. In fact, it's been 10

years since Donald Trump, right, since descended down those escalator. And 10 years since a reality TV host, a real estate

promoter, entered the political bloodstream. And whatever you want to call the moment, performance

art, populist revolt, ego trip, it has turned into something far more enduring. One fluky win in

the electoral college could have been chalked up as an accident of history.

And in fact, if he had only won in 16 and never come back, that is how he would have been seen,

an accident of history, more like Jimmy Carter or somebody like that. But what's followed,

the staying power of Trump, the man, the movement, and now the comeback.

It's not an accident.

It looks like we're in the middle of a realignment.

We're not talking about a blip.

We're talking about a decade, which means we're probably going to be talking about a generation.

You might say he'll just be a chapter in the history books, but I'd argue he'll be a long chapter. He's already going to be a longer chapter than Grover Cleveland, the last guy to serve non-consecutive terms as president.

He'll be longer than most modern presidents. Because Trump didn't change his party, he changed the job,

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