Kate Leinbaugh
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One thing that's interesting to me is you might expect the first 100 days to sort of set the table for what's to come. But we actually seem to be at a real inflection point where the next 100 days could look very different from the first 100 days.
One thing that's interesting to me is you might expect the first 100 days to sort of set the table for what's to come. But we actually seem to be at a real inflection point where the next 100 days could look very different from the first 100 days.
One thing that's interesting to me is you might expect the first 100 days to sort of set the table for what's to come. But we actually seem to be at a real inflection point where the next 100 days could look very different from the first 100 days.
where, you know, we don't know if a peace deal with Ukraine is imminent or if the administration is going to, if Trump is going to walk away from the table. The Doge effort that consumed so much of the bandwidth of Trump's 100 days seems to be, if not winding down, changing very much in its sort of emphasis and leadership.
where, you know, we don't know if a peace deal with Ukraine is imminent or if the administration is going to, if Trump is going to walk away from the table. The Doge effort that consumed so much of the bandwidth of Trump's 100 days seems to be, if not winding down, changing very much in its sort of emphasis and leadership.
where, you know, we don't know if a peace deal with Ukraine is imminent or if the administration is going to, if Trump is going to walk away from the table. The Doge effort that consumed so much of the bandwidth of Trump's 100 days seems to be, if not winding down, changing very much in its sort of emphasis and leadership.
The tariffs are mostly in a state of suspended animation where what could be coming is a flurry of deals that set things back to sort of something resembling the status quo ante. Or we could just be waiting for that deadline to hit and all the tariffs go all the way back up.
The tariffs are mostly in a state of suspended animation where what could be coming is a flurry of deals that set things back to sort of something resembling the status quo ante. Or we could just be waiting for that deadline to hit and all the tariffs go all the way back up.
The tariffs are mostly in a state of suspended animation where what could be coming is a flurry of deals that set things back to sort of something resembling the status quo ante. Or we could just be waiting for that deadline to hit and all the tariffs go all the way back up.
So I think we are at a very uncertain point in this administration where a lot of things could go in one direction or another. That big, beautiful bill that's working its way through Congress, the rubber is really hitting the road. It's going to be very difficult. to write this bill in a way that will enable it to pass the House and Senate where Republicans have such narrow majorities.
So I think we are at a very uncertain point in this administration where a lot of things could go in one direction or another. That big, beautiful bill that's working its way through Congress, the rubber is really hitting the road. It's going to be very difficult. to write this bill in a way that will enable it to pass the House and Senate where Republicans have such narrow majorities.
So I think we are at a very uncertain point in this administration where a lot of things could go in one direction or another. That big, beautiful bill that's working its way through Congress, the rubber is really hitting the road. It's going to be very difficult. to write this bill in a way that will enable it to pass the House and Senate where Republicans have such narrow majorities.
And that is very much sort of hanging by a thread and it could blow up and be a disaster or they could succeed in changing the face of American government through this big, beautiful piece of legislation. So I think there's a lot that we're still waiting to see and a lot that we'll know more about when the second 100 days rolls around.
And that is very much sort of hanging by a thread and it could blow up and be a disaster or they could succeed in changing the face of American government through this big, beautiful piece of legislation. So I think there's a lot that we're still waiting to see and a lot that we'll know more about when the second 100 days rolls around.
And that is very much sort of hanging by a thread and it could blow up and be a disaster or they could succeed in changing the face of American government through this big, beautiful piece of legislation. So I think there's a lot that we're still waiting to see and a lot that we'll know more about when the second 100 days rolls around.
Well, we saw a big crack this week with the ouster of the National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, who's, I think, the first major member of the administration to lose his job. Now, Trump announced late yesterday that he's actually going to be nominated for U.N. ambassador.
Well, we saw a big crack this week with the ouster of the National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, who's, I think, the first major member of the administration to lose his job. Now, Trump announced late yesterday that he's actually going to be nominated for U.N. ambassador.
Well, we saw a big crack this week with the ouster of the National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, who's, I think, the first major member of the administration to lose his job. Now, Trump announced late yesterday that he's actually going to be nominated for U.N. ambassador.