Trump, Again

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president for a second time.

Shortly before that call was made, the Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon sat down to discuss the state of the election.

Guest: 

• Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
• Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
• Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up.”

Background reading: 

• Follow live election updates.
• The Republican Party clinched control of the Senate.

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