Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric

Former President Donald Trump has actually never ever been moderate in rhetoric and action. There’s a genuine sense out there that, as he comes under more legal pressure, he’s ended up being more apocalyptic: During a Veterans Day speech, echoing the language of authoritarian totalitarians, he explained his political enemies as “vermin.”

On Capitol Hill, a rash of upset run-ins appeared this week. Previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, apparently elbowed fellow GOP Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee in the kidneys, and Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, challenged a hearing witness to a battle.

Signing up with the editorial director of The Atlantic and mediator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more are Peter Baker, the chief White House reporter at The New York Times; Leigh Ann Caldwell, a co-author of The Washington Post‘s Early 202 newsletter and an anchor on Washington Post Live; Idrees Kahloon, the Washington bureau chief at The Economist; and Elaina Plott Calabro, a personnel author at The Atlantic

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