I think we will see a little less effective resistance to Trump this time around from the bureaucracy. Last time, the democrats were relatively organized, right after 8 years of Obama and all of them on board and expecting Clinton to take over, so it would have been business as usual. Trump didn't have the team around him to deal with the "swamp" after 2016, he had just gone all the way to the top of the Republican party within a single year, and he simply did not have the people to staff his administration that were on board with "MAGA". This time, 8 years later, the party is firmly all on board and now instead of having trouble filling positions, there are some very competitive decisions he is making for some of these picks because he has such a deeper bench this time. I can't imagine that the people he is appointing now are going to allow the bureaucracy to fight back like they did in 2016-2020, they are going to cut off that nonsense at the root. Also I don't think Trump had recess appointments last time, so it was a huge struggle to actually get his appointments through the Senate, he should recess appointments this time so it can go a lot smoother. And, as Will said, do the Democrats even have it in them anymore? 8 years straight of being rabidly anti-Trump to the point of inflicting themselves with mental illness over it, are they really going to keep doing it for another 4 when they know Trump is gone after this term? The Democrats are also extremely divided right now, with the finger-pointing and deciding where to take the party next. Last time they just united around the "Trump-Russia" lie as a scapegoat for them losing that election, so they didn't do introspection. Some Democrats might look forward to working with Trump to break off a piece of his massive popularity after his huge election win, while most will still viciously oppose him, but they are far from united this time.
No, there doesn't need to be a resistance movement within Trump's appointments, obviously. What there needs to be is real competence to deal with the resistance he's going to get from the rest of the bureaucracy, and a lot of these picks don't seem up to the job.
10:08 please explain in detail how / why a pro israel voice is good for US foreign policy ? It's good for israel i get that but why is it good for the USA ?
I really like the detached, almost dead pan delivery used by members in your group. The emotional machinations exhibited by some has become tiresome and distracting. One caveat, don't assume those against ethnic cleansing are Hamas supporters. Repeating this trope is boring propaganda.
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Greetings once again from Frankfurt, Germany. Great episode. You are easily my favourite political podcast. Thank you Ben, Inez, Amber, and Will.
Love you guys but your publish date needs to be closer to your shoot date. Thune was nominated before this came out.
Thank you for the confirming the disappointment in the leadership in the Senate.
I think we will see a little less effective resistance to Trump this time around from the bureaucracy. Last time, the democrats were relatively organized, right after 8 years of Obama and all of them on board and expecting Clinton to take over, so it would have been business as usual. Trump didn't have the team around him to deal with the "swamp" after 2016, he had just gone all the way to the top of the Republican party within a single year, and he simply did not have the people to staff his administration that were on board with "MAGA". This time, 8 years later, the party is firmly all on board and now instead of having trouble filling positions, there are some very competitive decisions he is making for some of these picks because he has such a deeper bench this time. I can't imagine that the people he is appointing now are going to allow the bureaucracy to fight back like they did in 2016-2020, they are going to cut off that nonsense at the root. Also I don't think Trump had recess appointments last time, so it was a huge struggle to actually get his appointments through the Senate, he should recess appointments this time so it can go a lot smoother. And, as Will said, do the Democrats even have it in them anymore? 8 years straight of being rabidly anti-Trump to the point of inflicting themselves with mental illness over it, are they really going to keep doing it for another 4 when they know Trump is gone after this term? The Democrats are also extremely divided right now, with the finger-pointing and deciding where to take the party next. Last time they just united around the "Trump-Russia" lie as a scapegoat for them losing that election, so they didn't do introspection. Some Democrats might look forward to working with Trump to break off a piece of his massive popularity after his huge election win, while most will still viciously oppose him, but they are far from united this time.
No, there doesn't need to be a resistance movement within Trump's appointments, obviously. What there needs to be is real competence to deal with the resistance he's going to get from the rest of the bureaucracy, and a lot of these picks don't seem up to the job.
No, they MUST be 'up to the job;' Trump saw them all on Fox News. 😉
10:08 please explain in detail how / why a pro israel voice is good for US foreign policy ? It's good for israel i get that but why is it good for the USA ?
I really like the detached, almost dead pan delivery used by members in your group. The emotional machinations exhibited by some has become tiresome and distracting.
One caveat, don't assume those against ethnic cleansing are Hamas supporters. Repeating this trope is boring propaganda.
Alot of squirming going on.
can she really dismantle the dept of education?
No to DeVos. She didn't implement school choice.
Worst part about Noem is she frankly is unintelligent. We need competent people
LOL trump picked Rubio.....
We need more hawks!
ok boomer
@ OK, cringe isolationist lol
Noem is a weird pick. Rubio is a betrayal. Hegseth is just idiotic.
Rubio would be a betrayal is Donald Trump understood policy. Everything with Trump is friend/enemy. Flatter him and be rewarded.
Due Dissidence - Trump's cabinet looks like Miriam Adelson's wishlist
Please do not make such antisemitic insinuations.
stop noticing ! that's not allowed
@@rep.dancrenshawtx-2688 What's antisemitic about it?
Irony is that founder of this NatCon movement is an Isreali.