Peter Baker

It was a very narrow victory, 1.5 percentage points in the popular vote. one of the smallest margins of victory since the 19th century. But he did win. And right now he has the wind in his back politically. The Republicans are deferring to him on his nominations, no matter how controversial, no matter how scandal-tard they might be. Democrats have not figured out an effective counter to him.

It was a very narrow victory, 1.5 percentage points in the popular vote. one of the smallest margins of victory since the 19th century. But he did win. And right now he has the wind in his back politically. The Republicans are deferring to him on his nominations, no matter how controversial, no matter how scandal-tard they might be. Democrats have not figured out an effective counter to him.

It was a very narrow victory, 1.5 percentage points in the popular vote. one of the smallest margins of victory since the 19th century. But he did win. And right now he has the wind in his back politically. The Republicans are deferring to him on his nominations, no matter how controversial, no matter how scandal-tard they might be. Democrats have not figured out an effective counter to him.

And I think that right now it's a high moment for Trump. And he recognizes that he has a short amount of time, that the window will close quickly before lame duck period begins to set in and people begin to think about the next presidency. So he's looking at the next two years as being a very important time for him to make the kind of changes he wants to make.

And I think that right now it's a high moment for Trump. And he recognizes that he has a short amount of time, that the window will close quickly before lame duck period begins to set in and people begin to think about the next presidency. So he's looking at the next two years as being a very important time for him to make the kind of changes he wants to make.

And I think that right now it's a high moment for Trump. And he recognizes that he has a short amount of time, that the window will close quickly before lame duck period begins to set in and people begin to think about the next presidency. So he's looking at the next two years as being a very important time for him to make the kind of changes he wants to make.

It does, yes, in the sense that obviously we have shattered a precedent here. We have shattered norms. We've never knowingly elected a felon to be president. Now, some presidents have done things in office that might have qualified them, but nobody was ever actually charged or convicted before, much less elected after being convicted.

It does, yes, in the sense that obviously we have shattered a precedent here. We have shattered norms. We've never knowingly elected a felon to be president. Now, some presidents have done things in office that might have qualified them, but nobody was ever actually charged or convicted before, much less elected after being convicted.

It does, yes, in the sense that obviously we have shattered a precedent here. We have shattered norms. We've never knowingly elected a felon to be president. Now, some presidents have done things in office that might have qualified them, but nobody was ever actually charged or convicted before, much less elected after being convicted.

But I think that the assumption was that, yeah, he was done politically. And that was a wrong assumption. He proved that a lot of the country, his supporters, his backers, see the world through the lens that he sees it.

But I think that the assumption was that, yeah, he was done politically. And that was a wrong assumption. He proved that a lot of the country, his supporters, his backers, see the world through the lens that he sees it.

But I think that the assumption was that, yeah, he was done politically. And that was a wrong assumption. He proved that a lot of the country, his supporters, his backers, see the world through the lens that he sees it.

Well, he's promising a lot of action, as many as 100 executive orders in the first day alone. And he's going to try to push the boundaries on all sorts of issues, on immigration with the mass deportations he's talking about, on restructuring the federal government to get rid of as many nonpartisan federal workers as possible and replace them with his own partisan loyalists who will answer to him.

Well, he's promising a lot of action, as many as 100 executive orders in the first day alone. And he's going to try to push the boundaries on all sorts of issues, on immigration with the mass deportations he's talking about, on restructuring the federal government to get rid of as many nonpartisan federal workers as possible and replace them with his own partisan loyalists who will answer to him.

Well, he's promising a lot of action, as many as 100 executive orders in the first day alone. And he's going to try to push the boundaries on all sorts of issues, on immigration with the mass deportations he's talking about, on restructuring the federal government to get rid of as many nonpartisan federal workers as possible and replace them with his own partisan loyalists who will answer to him.

I think you'll see very quickly moves on issues related to the economy, on tariffs against other countries, or at least using that as a threat in negotiations. And I think you'll see some effort to solve the Ukraine war. At least he says he'll try to solve it by making some sort of a deal. We don't know what that deal would look like, but he's already talking about meeting with Vladimir Putin.

I think you'll see very quickly moves on issues related to the economy, on tariffs against other countries, or at least using that as a threat in negotiations. And I think you'll see some effort to solve the Ukraine war. At least he says he'll try to solve it by making some sort of a deal. We don't know what that deal would look like, but he's already talking about meeting with Vladimir Putin.

I think you'll see very quickly moves on issues related to the economy, on tariffs against other countries, or at least using that as a threat in negotiations. And I think you'll see some effort to solve the Ukraine war. At least he says he'll try to solve it by making some sort of a deal. We don't know what that deal would look like, but he's already talking about meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The deal that his own vice president has outlined is the kind of deal that Moscow has already said it likes, which is that Russia gets to keep the country that it illegally seized by force and Ukraine would have to declare its neutrality and therefore in effect surrender. That's the kind of thing that would have been rejected in the last four years.

The deal that his own vice president has outlined is the kind of deal that Moscow has already said it likes, which is that Russia gets to keep the country that it illegally seized by force and Ukraine would have to declare its neutrality and therefore in effect surrender. That's the kind of thing that would have been rejected in the last four years.