Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Michael Podhorzer's words in his Weekend Reading Substack piece "How Trump 'Won'" fit perfectly as the title of this podcast episode, which is about so much more than just the recent election. It's a perfect conversation the day after President Trump was inaugurated for a second time. The big question Michael Smerconish has is, there is something about Trump - against all odds of scandal, indictments, convictions and other turmoil - that he just pushed through, and gains even more momentum and popularity. What is it? The audience weighs in and ponders as well. Original air date 21 January 2025.
Michael Podhorzer is former political director of the AFL-CIO. He publishes at Weekend Reading.