Trump won over America by securing electoral votes in all seven swing states and gaining ground in historically blue areas. On this week's "How We Got Here," Max and Erin cope with post-election grief by going through the election data bit-by-bit. They discuss what we can learn about America, its political trajectory, and where we go from here.
Nov 21
Trump's Grift Goes Global
<p>From $400 million planes to $300 million ballrooms, from cryptocurrency to just plain… currency, President Donald Trump and his family have profited massively from his return to the White House. According to the Center for American Progress, the Trump family has received nearl ... Show More
26m 46s
Nov 20
US Absent From Global Climate Conference
<p>For the last two weeks, a critically important climate conference has been taking place in Belem, Brazil. For the first time in 30 years, the United States did not send a delegation to the conference. Outside of the event, massive groups of Indigenous people have gathered to d ... Show More
21m 57s
Nov 19
"Things Happen": Trump Goes All In On MBS
<p>President Donald Trump joyously welcomed Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, also known as MBS, to the White House on Tuesday. That's despite the fact that, according to US intelligence, MBS allegedly ordered the 2018 murder of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal ... Show More
25m 19s
Oct 2024
How Trump would fight a 2024 election loss
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on the American public. He would go on to wage a campaign against th ... Show More
25m 24s
Nov 2024
The State Of The Race, One Day Out
Election Day is one day away, and both candidates have been making their final push in the swing states, in what many are predicting as a “coin toss” election. Former President Trump has hit the Biden-Harris administration hard on their handling of the economy, while Vice Preside ... Show More
34m 35s