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The Political Scene: Big Money and Trump’s New Cabinet

2025/1/21
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Susan Glasser: 我认为特朗普的第二次就职将终结人们关于他会变得“正常”的幻想。特朗普2.0时代,对特朗普的效忠高于一切。我担心特朗普政府的真正风险在于其可能带来的不可逆转的变革,这些变革即使在未来政府更迭后也很难扭转。我担心特朗普政府可能会采取一些难以挽回的行动,例如大规模驱逐出境,这将对美国的国家认同产生深远的影响。我认为特朗普的所有内阁候选人,除了图尔西·加巴德,都可能获得确认。 Jane Mayer: 我认为拜登直到卸任才谈论寡头政治,是因为两党都依赖于巨额资金,只有在卸任时才会说出真相。我认为拜登对自身历史地位的处理方式不够谨慎,直到卸任前才开始谈论自己的成就。我担心的是权力高度集中在一个个人手中,这在以前从未见过。我担心特朗普政府中存在严重的无能,这可能会造成巨大的损害。我认为参议院对特朗普内阁候选人的审查机制失效了,这削弱了权力制衡。我认为美国商界对特朗普的屈服表明,他们正在向权力低头,并希望从中获得好处。我认为一些公司向特朗普的捐款,反映了他们对政策的投资和期望。我认为特朗普政府是一个以个人忠诚为基础的政府,而不是一个以法律和规则为基础的政府。 Evan Osnos: 拜登在卸任前,指出美国正在形成一个由极端财富、权力和影响力组成的寡头政治,这威胁着美国的民主、基本权利和自由。我认为拜登在卸任前点明“寡头政治”这一问题非常有益,虽然很多人认为他应该早点这么做。我认为拜登对2020年大选的授权理解有误,他将总统职位视为需要强力干预的时刻,这与民众的期望背道而驰。我认为拜登未能遵守与公众之间关于他总统任期的默契,这导致了他支持率的下跌。我认为拜登的总统生涯充满了不幸,他未能兑现其恢复国家正常秩序的承诺。尽管拜登在任期间的成就可能需要时间才能显现,但他的一些政策,例如在气候变化和降低药价方面的投资,最终可能会对他的遗产产生积极影响。我认为联邦调查局对希格塞思的背景调查过于草率,这反映了政府机构对特朗普意志的屈服。我认为希格塞思在听证会上对东南亚国家联盟(ASEAN)的无知,反映了美国公众的愚昧化。我认为特朗普任命不合格的人担任高级职位,是为了增强对他的个人忠诚。我认为前总统缺席特朗普的就职典礼后午餐会,虽然表达了某种不满,但并非有效的抵抗方式。我担心美国商界对胜利的非道德观念,以及对特朗普权力的追捧,是令人不安的。

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The panel discusses President Biden's final days in office, analyzing his legacy and communication failures. They debate whether Biden successfully communicated the importance of his achievements and whether his personal decisions overshadowed his policy successes.
  • Biden's final speech referencing the 'tech industrial complex' and 'oligarchy', his communication failures, his handling of his son's pardon, and the overall assessment of his presidency's successes and failures.

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The Washington Roundtable—with the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos—discusses this week’s confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and Pam Bondi as Attorney General, and the potential for a “shock and awe” campaign in the first days of Donald Trump’s second term. Plus, as billionaires from many industries gather around the dais on Inauguration Day, what should we make of President Biden’s warning, in the waning days of his Administration, about “an oligarchy taking shape in America”?

This segment was originally published January 17, 2025, in The New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast.