Jon Lovett

Like, he's doing his damnedest, right?

That, I think, is true.

And I think the answer there is no.

Like...

Yes, the weaponization of DOJ has been absolutely terrible and dangerous, but there are ways in which the courts are holding their ways in which, you know, juries and judges are kind of holding the line.

Also, just the the fact that Trump is so unpopular and has never really had.

the populace behind his right-wing populism means that there are these natural democratic checks that include leaks to the press, that include the fact that they can't get the lawyers they need, that are competent enough to do what they would have to do to actually successfully weaponize the Department of Justice.

So there are ways in which Trump at his worst has not resulted in the worst case scenario for all of us.

He's doing a lot of damage, but he's deeply unpopular and

There's chaos in Congress.

They can't fund the government.

He's losing parts of his coalition, a lot of empty seats at CPAC.

There's a lot of ways in which the lack of democratic legitimacy is creating checks along the way.

Yeah, well, I hadn't been thinking about that.

Now I am.

Thank you.

Yeah, well, look, his attention careens, right?

What is Brendan Carr going to get up to?

What kind of prosecutions is Pam Bondi going to bring?

What is the next phase of immigration enforcement?