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Donald Lame Duck | Roundtable

Kevin D. Williamson, Michael Warren, Megan McArdle, & David French /
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Michael Warren is joined by Megan McArdle, David French, and Kevin Williamson to discuss the popularity of President Donald Trump and whether he's influential in the MAGA party.

Show Notes:
—Media fatigue and Miss Piggy allegations 
—Cracks in the MAGA coalition
—Trump's foreign policy agenda
—Understanding Trump's relationship with Saudi Arabia
—'The most populist black tie dinner ever'
—Silicon Valley politics
—Crisis in learning outcomes and dismantling the Department of Education

Show Notes:
—New York Times: The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart

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Kevin D. Williamson
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
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Michael Warren
Michael Warren is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.
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Megan McArdle
Megan McArdle is a Washington Post columnist and the author of ‘The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success.’
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David French
David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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