Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
max original heaven s gate tonight at 10 on cnn. this is gps. the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, the indictment of donald j. trump i ll give you my take on this historic moment and more than a year after putin s invasion of ukraine battle for bomb rages on what are the lessons we can draw from putin s protracted war and how can ukrainians win this fight? i ll ask the military strategist who commanded many high profile missions throughout his career, including the raid on osama bin laden. retired navy four star admiral william mcraven. finally very special conversation with one of the world s greatest film directors. sit down with james cameron to discuss the role of technology and movie making. passionate work to protect the planet. and what he thinks explains the stunning global success of his movies. but first here s my take. the news of dona
my take on this historic moment. and more than a year after putin s invasion of ukraine. the battle for bomber rages on. what are the lessons we can draw from putin s protracted war and how can ukrainians win this fight? i ll ask the military strategist who commanded many high profile missions throughout his career, including the raid on osama bin laden. retired navy four star admiral william mcraven. finally very special conversation with one of the world s greatest film directors. sit down with james cameron to discuss the role of technology and movie making. passionate work to protect the planet and what he thinks explains the stunning global success of his movies. but first here s my take. the news of donald trump s indictment has left me feeling torn. on the one hand, trump is a walking advertisement for rich privilege . for decades, he has flouted rules, norms and even laws as he climbed his way to the top, brazenly convinced that the usual standards didn t apply to him
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following