Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
an imperial presidency, when we think about next, and the scope of executive power that informed not only not simply about breaking into the opponents headquarters, it s also about the scope of what the president can do. what about bush 41? bush 41 s bill barr, supposed to be a safe pick. he comes in and he believes in the imperial presidency. trump believes in the imperial presidency. suddenly it s okay for donald trump. he starts thinking to arrest joe biden two weeks before the election and he orders barr to do it. unchecked presidential power. unchecked executive power. that, i think, informs this interesting moment of conversion, as you rightly described. well, actually you told me before the show, but yes please, give me the credit. it s not just about trump about a bad actor, someone not committed to the norms that govern our society. it s also that corporate interests, about deregulation. it s about deconstructing the
development, we are joined by the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. princeton university professor eddie cloud junior, and special correspondent for vanity fair, molly eddie, let me start with you. there was a time when i was a republican that we would say, the government, the governs least governs best. what we have here is a convergence, isn t? it a time where actually authoritarians are coming together under the brand, the republican party brandt. because even, joe, when republicans were saying governments that governs least governs best, and they were still putting the argument for an imperial presidency, when we think about next, and the scope of executive power that informed not only not simply about breaking into the opponents headquarters, it s also about the scope of what the president can do. what about bush 41? bush 41 s bill barr, supposed to be a safe pick. he comes in and he believes in