369: Trump Goes To China with Evan Osnos and Paul & Stefanie Taylor

About this episode

James and Al discuss gerrymandering, voting rights, inflation, and Trump's influence on the Republican party, followed by interviews with Evan Osnos on China and Paul and Stefanie Taylor on aging.

James and Al game out the gerrymandering war, call out the SCOTUS for its voting rights decision, declare inflation’s return as an election issue, and lament Trump’s imprint on the Republican party, with a look at how it all will affect the midterm elections. Then, they are joined by The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos in Beijing to discuss the Trump-Xi meeting, Taiwan, China’s ongoing rise, its relationship with Iran, and the AI war. Afterward, they welcome Paul and Stefanie Taylor to reflect on aging and the boomer generation’s legacy in our culture and politics. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon . Make sure to include your city– we love to hear where you’re from! More from James and Al: Get text updates from Politics War Room and Politicon. Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube. James Carville & Al Hunt have launched the Politics War Room Substack Get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content from the documentary CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID by following James on X @jamescarville and his new TikTok @realjamescarville Get More From This Week’s Guests: Evan Osnos: Twitter | The…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Carville, Al Hunt

Guests: Evan Osnos, Paul Taylor, Stefanie Taylor

Topics covered

• gerrymandering
• voting rights
• inflation
• Trump
• China
• Taiwan
• aging

Keywords

• gerrymandering
• voting rights
• inflation
• Trump
• China
• Taiwan
• AI war
• aging
• boomer generation
• politics

Sponsors

Boxie, 3 Day Blinds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker, Brookings Institution, Pew, Politicon

Places: Beijing, Taiwan, Iran

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