Brooks and Capehart on Trump's loyalty demands

About this episode

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss Trump's influence on Republican voters and recent political events.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump demonstrating his grip on Republican primary voters, another Cabinet member departs his administration and Democrats releasing a clumsy analysis of why they lost to Trump in the last election. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: William Brangham

Guests: David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart

Topics covered

• Trump's loyalty demands
• Republican primary voters
• Cabinet member departure
• Democratic analysis
• politics

Keywords

• Trump
• Republican primary
• politics
• Cabinet member
• Democrats
• election analysis

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Organizations: The Atlantic, MS NOW, Democrats

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