Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat, M. Gessen and Lydia Polgreen about Donald Trump’s preparations for a second term and what they signal about America’s future.
Patrick Healy: Folks, I want to take you back to November 2016, after Donald Trump was elected president.
factions; Trump’s constant tweeting; the lack of policy planning; the leaks to news media.
I’m curious: As you look at the second Trump transition process, what do you see happening that you think foreshadows his next term in office?
Ross Douthat: In 2016, Trump mostly made the kind of cabinet picks that any Republican would have made, like DeVos, with a few personal flourishes — a fondness for generals, the odd Rex Tillerson experiment.
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