Will Our Political Guardrails Hold? With Steve Schmidt
Next Question with Katie Couric
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4.4 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Republican strategist, vocal Trump critic, and host of “The Warning,” Steve Schmidt poses the million dollar question: Can America’s political guardrails withstand Trump’s chaos? As the President-elect continues to fill his cabinet with a number of controversial picks, Steve warns us of just how dangerous these appointments could be and how cultural amnesia has led us to this moment. Yet while some of the country’s most self-evident processes may now feel uncertain, Steve has faith in the resilience of America and is grateful to be part of this chapter in our history.
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| 0:59.3 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:00.4 | I'm Katie Couric, and this is next question. |
| 1:06.1 | Today, everyone, my guest is Steve Schmidt. |
| 1:08.9 | He's a veteran political strategist who shaped major campaigns for Republican heavyweights like John McCain and George W. Bush. Now he has turned his sharp eye on the party itself, emerging as a very powerful voice against its transformation under Donald J. Trump. With Trump headed back to the White |
| 1:30.9 | House, we're going to try to make heads or tails of this chaotic transition period, and it is |
| 1:35.8 | chaotic, folks. We're looking ahead at what 2025 might hold with a few glances back at what led to |
| 1:42.4 | Trump's second term. From media trust to Democratic strategy and Trump's wild cabinet picks, Steve has thoughts and he is not holding back. And he really likes to talk. Fair warning, everyone. I love him, though. So grab your favorite beverage. My drink of choice these days is tequila on the |
| 2:02.3 | rocks and settle in for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation about America's next chapter. |
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