And so it begins—again. In front of an audience of adoring billionaires, Donald Trump takes the oath of office, delivers a speech promising a return to American greatness, and vows to make drastic changes to federal policy on immigration, gender identity, energy, and more. Meanwhile, Joe Biden ends his presidency with preemptive pardons for Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci, and members of his immediate family. Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Trump's big speech, his planned executive orders, and Biden's final moves. Then they offer their thoughts on how we can all survive the next four years with our sanity intact. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.
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Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm Jon Favreau.
I'm Jon Lovett. I'm Tommy Vitor.
I'm Dan Pfeiffer. We did it, guys. We did it. It's Monday afternoon, East Coast time, and in the words of Florida Congressman Byron Donalds, Daddy's home.
The lame duck presidency of our oldest and first criminally convicted chief executive has begun as former President Donald J. Trump just became current President Donald J. Trump during a ceremony held in the very place the mob he incited four years ago tried to overturn the election he lost. What a country. Tommy Lovett and I are here at the Sirius XM studios in snowy New York.
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