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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Why voters went back to Trump, with Molly Ball and Nicole Hemmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

4.6 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer examines the impact of Donald Trump’s return to office, exploring how his populist victory and the GOP’s control could reshape US governance amid historian Nicole Hemmer’s warning of “accelerating democratic erosion” and journalist Molly Ball’s concerns over eroding checks on executive power.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

0:05.0

This is where you can find extended versions of my conversations on public television.

0:09.0

I'm Ian Bremmer, and this week we are unpacking Donald Trump's decisive win in the most polarized national election in modern American history.

0:19.0

The votes are in.

0:22.2

The results are clear.

0:26.9

President-elect Donald J. Trump will be the first commander-in-chief to serve non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland.

0:31.0

And after months of us hearing that this election would come down to just tens of thousands

0:35.3

of votes in a few key swing states, definitely didn't.

0:39.6

Take Pennsylvania. The state that decided the election, nearly every county there shifted toward

0:45.8

Trump, winning him a state he lost in 2020. Philadelphia gave Trump one of his biggest bumps,

0:52.1

moving by more than five points,

0:56.2

though Kamala Harris still did win the city.

1:01.2

Now Trump is poised to move back into the White House with clear wins in both the electoral college and the popular vote.

1:05.8

He'll also enjoy the support of a GOP Senate,

1:09.0

and probably a Republican House too.

1:11.9

This is for a man who came within millimeters of death in Butler, Pennsylvania just months ago,

1:17.8

a victory beyond his wildest MAGA dreams.

1:21.4

How did changing demographic support for Trump among minority groups tilt the race in his favor.

1:28.4

What does the result mean for America's democracy and its place in the world?

1:32.8

And how will the second Trump term shape the fate of Ukraine and Gaza?

1:38.6

Plenty to get into, and I'll do that with two women who understand the GOP and American media

1:43.4

better than most.

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