Chuck Todd begins with analysis of the current travel chaos and President Trump's controversial comments on Alcatraz and movie tariffs. He highlights former Washington Governor Jay Inslee's successful tenure and discusses the evolving political landscape, including key Republican figures declining Senate runs and potential competitive races across the country that could reshape the balance of power.Then, former Washington Governor Jay Inslee joins the podcast, where he discusses his climate policy achievements and the existential threat of climate change. Inslee offers sharp criticism of Trump's energy and trade policies, warning they could cede technological leadership to China and harm American businesses. The conversation expands to examine political courage, institutional challenges, and what Democrats should be doing now to prepare for future elections. Finally, Chuck concludes with an "Ask Chuck" segment covering the promotion of moderate candidates, Glenn Youngkin's legacy, and papal politics00:00 Introduction01:15 The US travel situation is a mess03:15 Trump’s alcatraz comment was a distraction07:00 Reopening Alcatraz isn’t feasible07:20 Jay Inslee was wildly successful as governor09:20 Brian Kemp + Chris Sununu pass on senate run11:45 The political landscape is terrible for Republicans13:05 Senate map isn’t great for Democrats15:45 If Ken Paxton beats Cornyn, Texas could be in play19:15 4 states where Democrats could put senate seats in play19:55 Joni Ernst in line to replace Pete Hegseth?22:20 200 house districts within a 20 point margin24:50 Jay Inslee joins the Chuck ToddCast 26:05 Do you feel less constrained outside of politics? 28:50 Inslee's biggest achievements achieved 60%+ support 31:10 What are the details of his Climate Commitment Act? 33:20 The potential of fusion power 35:50 Donald Trump's plan to kill clean energy makes no sense 37:50 Trump is ceding clean energy tech and production to China 38:50 Why aren't Americans in the streets en masse? 41:20 Americans will suffer under Trump's policies 42:35 A bad economy will wake up the public 43:50 We'll see empty shelves within weeks 45:50 Institutions capitulating to Trump only enables him 49:35 NAFTA created winners and losers 51:20 Trump is grossly incompetent 52:05 Trump gave away his leverage 53:20 Tariffs generally aren't productive for the economy 56:50 Flooding in WA a direct result of climate change 1:00:50 Americans don't truly understand climate change 1:02:50 The insurance industry will force the government's hand1:04:50 People in power KNOW climate will be a problem 1:08:50 What should the Democrats be doing? 1:10:20 What can we learn from Canada when dealing with Trump? 1:12:05 Trump took ownership of the economy at his own peril 1:13:05 There's a lot of talent in the Democratic Party 1:13:50 Republicans will get wiped out in the midterms 1:16:20 Congress is now a country club 1:18:20 Voters on each side have self-segregated 1:20:05 We need a president who follows the law1:22:00 Chuck's thoughts on Inslee interview 1:22:30 Ask Chuck 1:22:45 How can we promote more moderate candidates? 1:28:20 What will Glenn Youngkin's legacy be? 1:31:50 Thoughts on "Conclave" and papal politics?
Full Episode
Well, welcome to the first full week of May. Here's the most important thing you need to know about this week. Sunday is Mother's Day, sons and husbands. Sunday is Mother's Day. You know what that means. You still got time to do all the delivery type things once you're hearing this podcast. This is a public service message for myself.
My son and all the husbands and sons out there who can't wait till Saturday or Friday night to try to pull this off for the mothers, the grandmothers. Hi, mom. And all the other special moms of all sorts in your life. So keep that in mind.
I look forward to President Trump going on Truth Social and wishing all the mothers, even the losers, loser mothers and the hater mothers, a happy Mother's Day. I'm sure that will be coming. coming quite soon, but I thought if I can do anything for you as a public service, it is that. I actually took a bit of a quick weekend respite. So what did that really mean?
It meant I got to navigate Newark Airport. And if you followed my X feed at all, you will know this. And the entire Northeast corridor, here is the bottom line. All of the tri-state leaders need to get together. This is a mess. The train situation is a mess. The Newark situation is a mess. This is as big of a travel corridor as there is.
This is what makes people either trust government or not trust government. Get this stuff right, and they're amazed and impressed. Get this stuff wrong, and this is what sort of can leave a mark. And let's just say, look, there has definitely been, I think the Northeast Corridor has a few disadvantages politically. It is considered a bluer area.
It has made getting sometimes Republican support for various transportation projects that would be helpful. in the Northeast corridor, not necessarily helpful in other parts of the country. Um, it is tough to get bipartisan support for this sometime, but look, this is an important economic engine. The Northeast corridor is the gateway to this country when people come in.
So, um, it is something everybody, and of course it's really important when it affects me, right? Cause that's what that, that's why we've all started podcast in order to get our own grievances out of the way. So what grinds my gears is that, um, I semi tease. But the point is, it is a reminder of how government leaves an impression on the average person.
You may not be paying attention to politics, but you pay attention when you can't get from point A to point B. And this is the type of stuff when when people are paying attention to government not working, it means you have somehow interrupted their lives. Right. There's sort of two types of voters, those that pay attention and those that tune in on Election Day.
And if you're disrupting those that tune in on election day, they're the ones that can turn election days into blue waves or red waves, depending on who is in power. And that brings me a little bit as much as I'd like to wax eloquently about the Alcatraz decision. I will just say one thing about Alcatraz and the movie business, this idea of tariffing all movies that come from overseas.
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