President Donald Trump last Friday in the Rose Garden of the White House.
This week President Trump continued his efforts to overturn November’s election, even as courts across the country have thrown out the Trump campaign’s challenges. Now President Trump is calling on state and local officials to intervene.
David Rothkopf, former editor of Foreign Policy magazine, has a word to describe this behavior: traitorous. And, he says, this shouldn’t surprise anyone. In a new book, he makes the argument that Donald Trump has betrayed the United States time and again throughout his presidency.
Rothkopf describes the behavior in a new book titled, “Traitor: A History of American Betrayal From Benedict Arnold To Donald Trump.”
Diane talks with Ryan Goodman, Chaired Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and co-editor-in-chief of the national security online forum, Just Security, about what we're learning - and what we still need to find out.
Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s online newsletter, “Letters from An American,” became a hit during the Trump presidency. Her thoughts on the Republican party now, the beginning of the Biden administration, and where to look in American history for parallels to today.
Diane talks with Jim Tankersley, economics reporter at The New York Times and author of the recent book, "The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America's Middle Class."
Donald Trump’s second impeachment concludes with acquittal. The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus discusses what’s next for the former president, and those seeking accountability for the January 6th insurrection.
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