Sarah Longwell

I think it's a vulnerability, but here's the thing. it's a vulnerability. This is much closer to a mutually assured destruction than any relationship we've ever seen out of Trump. Like, Trump could do that to Elon, but not without real costs to himself. And so the question is, and for me, I think the most

I think it's a vulnerability, but here's the thing. it's a vulnerability. This is much closer to a mutually assured destruction than any relationship we've ever seen out of Trump. Like, Trump could do that to Elon, but not without real costs to himself. And so the question is, and for me, I think the most

Interesting piece of the new dynamic has been Trump's perceived whether whether people see him as a lame duck or not, because I think there's a reason.

Interesting piece of the new dynamic has been Trump's perceived whether whether people see him as a lame duck or not, because I think there's a reason.

Interesting piece of the new dynamic has been Trump's perceived whether whether people see him as a lame duck or not, because I think there's a reason.

Thank you for saying there's a reason why everybody is suddenly saying, like, OK, we got four years of transactions. Trump's a transactional guy. We can get him to do what we want. We just got to be nice to him. And he's gone. And I do think there's a way in which Elon is much more the future than Trump is because And so I don't know. I mean, I think Trump has real power.

Thank you for saying there's a reason why everybody is suddenly saying, like, OK, we got four years of transactions. Trump's a transactional guy. We can get him to do what we want. We just got to be nice to him. And he's gone. And I do think there's a way in which Elon is much more the future than Trump is because And so I don't know. I mean, I think Trump has real power.

Thank you for saying there's a reason why everybody is suddenly saying, like, OK, we got four years of transactions. Trump's a transactional guy. We can get him to do what we want. We just got to be nice to him. And he's gone. And I do think there's a way in which Elon is much more the future than Trump is because And so I don't know. I mean, I think Trump has real power.

He's president of the United States. But his hardest, hardcore people, they're already on Truth Social. I just don't see how Trump could... He would not blow up Elon over nothing, just because he's annoyed.

He's president of the United States. But his hardest, hardcore people, they're already on Truth Social. I just don't see how Trump could... He would not blow up Elon over nothing, just because he's annoyed.

He's president of the United States. But his hardest, hardcore people, they're already on Truth Social. I just don't see how Trump could... He would not blow up Elon over nothing, just because he's annoyed.

Elon has utility to him in a way that nobody else has, and also has his own power base in a way that nobody else has, and vice versa, which I think makes them unlikely to blow each other up super quickly.

Elon has utility to him in a way that nobody else has, and also has his own power base in a way that nobody else has, and vice versa, which I think makes them unlikely to blow each other up super quickly.

Elon has utility to him in a way that nobody else has, and also has his own power base in a way that nobody else has, and vice versa, which I think makes them unlikely to blow each other up super quickly.

I've never agreed with JBL's particular contention that like one of the Trump kids is next in line because there is nobody. Trump is such a unique blend of things. But I will say I brought this up at that deal book thing with Kevin McCarthy. And I wish, you know, when you replay things in your head and you think, man, I really wish I had said this or hit this particular piece harder.

I've never agreed with JBL's particular contention that like one of the Trump kids is next in line because there is nobody. Trump is such a unique blend of things. But I will say I brought this up at that deal book thing with Kevin McCarthy. And I wish, you know, when you replay things in your head and you think, man, I really wish I had said this or hit this particular piece harder.

I've never agreed with JBL's particular contention that like one of the Trump kids is next in line because there is nobody. Trump is such a unique blend of things. But I will say I brought this up at that deal book thing with Kevin McCarthy. And I wish, you know, when you replay things in your head and you think, man, I really wish I had said this or hit this particular piece harder.

But I pointed out, like, what are you guys going to do post Trump? Because you've run off. you know, all the regular Republicans. And so now everybody's fully MAGA. What do you do without Trump? He's the one who's turning people out. They don't turn out for regular problems. And I wish I had pointed out to him that I have done many, many focus groups where I've asked people about Kevin McCarthy.

But I pointed out, like, what are you guys going to do post Trump? Because you've run off. you know, all the regular Republicans. And so now everybody's fully MAGA. What do you do without Trump? He's the one who's turning people out. They don't turn out for regular problems. And I wish I had pointed out to him that I have done many, many focus groups where I've asked people about Kevin McCarthy.

But I pointed out, like, what are you guys going to do post Trump? Because you've run off. you know, all the regular Republicans. And so now everybody's fully MAGA. What do you do without Trump? He's the one who's turning people out. They don't turn out for regular problems. And I wish I had pointed out to him that I have done many, many focus groups where I've asked people about Kevin McCarthy.