f-crucial posts, whether governor of michigan, speaker of the house in washington, d. c., they will have the power to install a president. not elect a president, install a president in january 2025. that person's name will almost certainly be donald j trump. joining me now to discuss, the democracy crisis in tuesday's midterms could bring about, our elections coach, presidential historian, new york times bestselling author, writer and author and columnist for the daily beast -- staff writer at the atlantic. a year ago, he published a key headline, trump's next coup has already begun. thank you all for joining me. let me start with, you barked. you wrote in the atlantic piece last year the perspective i just described in my introduction is not remote. people with the motive to make it happen are manufacturing the means, given the opportunity they will act, they are acting already. midterms are a big part of that, aren't they? >> --