The Breaking of the Constitutional Order
There are two pieces to this episode. First, a tour of what Donald Trump has done — and what he has backed down from doing — over the last few days. There’s a lesson there. Perhaps Democrats are start...
5 Feb 20251h 19min
Don't Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.c...
2 Feb 202514min
MAGA’s Big Tech Divide
MAGA has long been hostile to Big Tech. So now that Big Tech is shifting rightward, what does that mean for MAGA?“We’re seeing a true political coalition having to navigate very, very big questions ab...
28 Jan 20251h 34min
Let’s Get to the Marrow of What Trump Just Did
On the first day of President Trump’s second term, he signed a record 26 executive orders. Some of them were really big. Others feel more likely messaging memos. And still others are bound to be held ...
25 Jan 20251h 3min
So That's What 'Make America Great Again' Means
There’s a quieter transition happening beneath the pageantry of this week’s inaugural events — a transition not of power per se but of the rules around how power in Washington works. And the new rules...
22 Jan 202548min
Democrats are Losing the War for Attention. Badly.
Trump is a master at wielding attention. He’s been owning news cycles and squatting in Americans’ minds for much of the last decade. And for his second term he has an ally in Elon Musk, a man with a s...
17 Jan 20251h 13min
Biden Promised to ‘Turn the Page’ on Trump. What Went Wrong?
Joe Biden wanted to show Americans that there was a better path than Trumpism. He worked to build a “foreign policy for the middle class.” He centered industrial policy. He took a more competitive tac...
14 Jan 20251h 8min
Trump 2.0 and the Return of ‘Court Politics’
The preview we’ve had into Donald Trump’s second administration already feels, by American standards, disturbingly abnormal: Picking a former “Fox and Friends” host for defense secretary. Billionaire ...
10 Jan 20251h 6min
