Mark Halperin

Probably around 45, maybe.

That's not nothing.

And it's a lot because from their point of view, Donald Trump's the worst possible person to be president.

And what I have found in asking people this week about the rest of the year, not about the midterms.

We've talked plenty about that.

We'll talk more about it.

But how do you see the rest of the year for America where we face tough choices as a country on Iran, on Russia, Ukraine, on China, on Greenland?

on the fentanyl crisis and then here at home about AI and about taxes and spending and all the issues, housing, all the things that we face.

I ask people in politics and who are interested in the government and the country, how do we go forward like this together?

And then sometimes people want to say, well, let's talk about post-Trump.

Post-Trump's far away, number one.

Number two, I don't think there's much to say about post-Trump.

I'm not sure what that's going to look like.

But in the here and now, in 2026...

When I've asked people this week in both parties, and again, we're talking about pros and civilians, what are your hopes for the country?

What do you think we can get done?

How can we come together to grapple with AI, which continues to be such both a huge possibility for America and a peril in the minds of the many and in reality?

How do we deal with a unified position on China?

Should we go to war with Iran?

It's all freighted.