conversations from the past month. we begin this morning with a discussion about the potential dangers of a second trump presidency. editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg, recently joined us to discuss the publication s special issue, which features 24 writers each outlining the threats they say a second trump term would pose to the united states and the world. we have a lot of writer at the atlantic who spent many years covering different aspects of trump and trumpism, and i wanted just to pull them all together in one, easy to read package. one copy of the print magazine, obviously it s online right now at theatlantic.com. mm-hmm. i wanted our writers to describe, as best as they could, what would happen in their areas of expertise if trump became president again. the next trump presidency will be worse. the restraints will be off. there won t be any quote, unquote, adults in the world. mckay coppins has a piece, who will get jobs in the next trump adm
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which reportedly captured donald trump telling michigan officials not to certify the 2020 election results. we re going to dig into that explosive, new reporting. plus, as trump continues to double down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a recent poll shows republican voters say that his racist language makes them more likely to vote for him. also ahead, america s mayor is broke. rudy giuliani filed for bankruptcy just days after being ordered to pay $146 million in his defamation case. and regrets, he s had a few. what republican presidential candidate ron desantis is saying is the one thing he wishes he could change about the gop primary. here s a hint, it s not anything that he did. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m jonathan lemire, along with the bbc s katty kay, in for joe, mika, and willie. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, our friend, jennifer palmieri. also the co-host of the podcast, how to win 2024. y
conversation through the end of your show, it distracts me. they re always fascinating. that s what i mean, hence, i am always a little confused at the beginning of my show. but it s worth it, it s worth it for the viewers. good to see you, my friend. you to my friend, we got breaking news tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team filed its reply to the special counsel jack smith s requests that united states supreme court decide whether the disgraced former president is entitled to presidential immunity in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the special counsel of donald trump have already filed briefs on the same issue with the d. c. appeals court. jack smith is pushing the supreme court to get involved now and make a final decision on the issue, so that the case against trump can proceed as scheduled. trump s team claim that special counsel jack smith s argument, quote, urges the supreme court to bypass ordinary procedures and
hamas war escalating just days after the u.n. approved a watered down resolution calling for aid to the embattled region as the toll of the war caused christmas celebrations to be canceled in bethlehem. and getting down to the wire in iowa where a gop presidential candidate spent the holiday weekend trying win over voters. did he make any headway? we re going to find out. and if you ve been dreaming of a white christmas, you re probably going to be disappointed. we re going to tell you why most people around the country will just have to keep dreaming. we begin this hour with the growing fight over whether former president trump can claim immunity to election interference charges. trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington over the weekend asking it to toss out the federal election interference case against him. his lawyers arguing quote this. president trump has absolute immunity from prosecution for his official acts as president. so, they s