The System Failure That Kept Trump in Office
In spite of everything, he finished a full term.
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Episode Notes
Virginia Heffernan talks to Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and editor-in-chief of Lawfare Blog, about how Trump was able to fulfill a full term in office in spite of everything.
Podcast production by Melissa Kaplan.
