With 2025 just a few days away and President-elect Trump’s Inauguration Day less than a month out, there’s a lot of variables up in the air for the future of American politics. What is going to happen on Trump's first day in office and in the days that follow? Will the future commander in chief fulfill his promises of implementing tariffs? Can Elon Musk and DOGE fix the national debt? We get into it.
On this week’s episode of Capitol Gains, anchor Rachelle Akuffo, Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul, and Senior Columnist Rick Newman get introspective on the state of politics in this country the past year while looking ahead to this new administration that will be taking office in just a few weeks. The team takes a look at the successes and failures of the Biden administration, what aspects of the economy matter most to everyday Americans, and forecast ahead to how Trump 2.0 could differ from his first time in office.
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