Peter Baker

He's not going to let, you know, mealy-mouthed establishment Republicans or military officers, any of these lawyers or any of these other people tell him no. He's not going to let them tell him, sorry, that's illegal. Sorry, that's unconstitutional. Sorry, that's unwise. No way he's going to listen to that anymore.

He's not going to let, you know, mealy-mouthed establishment Republicans or military officers, any of these lawyers or any of these other people tell him no. He's not going to let them tell him, sorry, that's illegal. Sorry, that's unconstitutional. Sorry, that's unwise. No way he's going to listen to that anymore.

They're all intertwined in there, right? He says, I have been tested over these last eight years and I've learned, right? What he's saying is the country has also been tested and it's learned that it wants him. I think that makes him feel very powerful in this moment, right? That he's got validation of the voters and there's for him this sort of sense of destiny and he is now tied in

They're all intertwined in there, right? He says, I have been tested over these last eight years and I've learned, right? What he's saying is the country has also been tested and it's learned that it wants him. I think that makes him feel very powerful in this moment, right? That he's got validation of the voters and there's for him this sort of sense of destiny and he is now tied in

to the country. His identity is tied in, as he presents it, with the identity of the country. If he was down, the country was down. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And he is succeeding right now. He is succeeding right now. He is the most dominant force in American society today. He drives our conversation. He drives our debate. He even forces the opposition to respond to him on his terms.

to the country. His identity is tied in, as he presents it, with the identity of the country. If he was down, the country was down. If he succeeds, the country succeeds. And he is succeeding right now. He is succeeding right now. He is the most dominant force in American society today. He drives our conversation. He drives our debate. He even forces the opposition to respond to him on his terms.

That may not last, but for the moment, he's got a lot of momentum going. Well, Peter, thank you very much. Thank you. Great to see you here in Washington.

That may not last, but for the moment, he's got a lot of momentum going. Well, Peter, thank you very much. Thank you. Great to see you here in Washington.

Well, Biden's legacy is a little complicated in the sense that he came to office intending more than anything to rid the country of Trump. Right. He defeated him. He was very proud of that. And he talked about his goal of moving the country back to some sort of normality. But instead, he's leaving office now, turning the White House back over to the same person he

Well, Biden's legacy is a little complicated in the sense that he came to office intending more than anything to rid the country of Trump. Right. He defeated him. He was very proud of that. And he talked about his goal of moving the country back to some sort of normality. But instead, he's leaving office now, turning the White House back over to the same person he

Well, Biden's legacy is a little complicated in the sense that he came to office intending more than anything to rid the country of Trump. Right. He defeated him. He was very proud of that. And he talked about his goal of moving the country back to some sort of normality. But instead, he's leaving office now, turning the White House back over to the same person he

that he considers to be a fascist and a threat to democracy. But the state of the country is actually probably better than it has been for a new president going back for quite a number of years. There are no American troops in a war overseas. You know, inflation is now back down to relatively normal levels. Unemployment is near historic lows. The Economy's growing. The stock market is soaring.

that he considers to be a fascist and a threat to democracy. But the state of the country is actually probably better than it has been for a new president going back for quite a number of years. There are no American troops in a war overseas. You know, inflation is now back down to relatively normal levels. Unemployment is near historic lows. The Economy's growing. The stock market is soaring.

that he considers to be a fascist and a threat to democracy. But the state of the country is actually probably better than it has been for a new president going back for quite a number of years. There are no American troops in a war overseas. You know, inflation is now back down to relatively normal levels. Unemployment is near historic lows. The Economy's growing. The stock market is soaring.

Border crossings, which was such a big bane of Biden's tenure, down even below where it was when Trump left office. Crime down. So he's got a lot of good things he can talk about, but he's leaving office as a one-term president. I think that this is a tough day for him.

Border crossings, which was such a big bane of Biden's tenure, down even below where it was when Trump left office. Crime down. So he's got a lot of good things he can talk about, but he's leaving office as a one-term president. I think that this is a tough day for him.

Border crossings, which was such a big bane of Biden's tenure, down even below where it was when Trump left office. Crime down. So he's got a lot of good things he can talk about, but he's leaving office as a one-term president. I think that this is a tough day for him.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right. I think people who told themselves that Trump was an aberration and he was an asterisk in the history books, that he was a fluke president who only got in because of the circumstances of 2016 in the Electoral College, that's all proven not to be the case. Now, he did not win a massive landslide no matter how many times he says that.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right. I think people who told themselves that Trump was an aberration and he was an asterisk in the history books, that he was a fluke president who only got in because of the circumstances of 2016 in the Electoral College, that's all proven not to be the case. Now, he did not win a massive landslide no matter how many times he says that.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right. I think people who told themselves that Trump was an aberration and he was an asterisk in the history books, that he was a fluke president who only got in because of the circumstances of 2016 in the Electoral College, that's all proven not to be the case. Now, he did not win a massive landslide no matter how many times he says that.