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Trump's America: How MAGA came out on top
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Trump's America: How MAGA came out on top

Donald Trump’s historic return to office signals a powerful shift in American politics, raising questions about the future of democracy as both major parties grapple with deep divides and an increasingly anti-establishment electorate. Along with Vanderbilt historian Nicole Hemmer and Wall Street Journal correspondent Molly Ball, Ian Bremmer unpacks the wide range of implications of Trump’s decisive election win.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Why voters went back to Trump, with Molly Ball and Nicole Hemmer

Listen: On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer examines the impact of Donald Trump’s return to office, exploring how his populist victory and the GOP’s control could reshape US governance amid historian Nicole Hemmer’s warning of “accelerating democratic erosion” and journalist Molly Ball's concerns over eroding checks on executive power.

Donald Trump will take office with unprecedented power
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Donald Trump will take office with unprecedented power

Donald Trump pitched a vision to voters of almost unlimited presidential power. His election win means he'll enter office with a strong mandate to enact his agenda and remake Washington from the ground up.

How will the summer of 2024 be remembered in US history?
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How will the summer of 2024 be remembered in US history?

We are living through history in the making, and it is stressful. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer asks media journalist Brian Stelter and Vanderbilt historian Nicole Hemmer how future generations will view the current political moment in the United States.

Trump, Biden & the US election: What could be next?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Trump, Biden & the US election: What could be next?

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer reflects on this pivotal week in US politics along with media journalist and former CNN show host Brian Stelter and Vanderbilt political historian Nicole Hemmer. They dig into the political divisions that led to this moment of horrific political violence.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Trump's close call and the RNC: Brian Stelter and Nicole Hemmer weigh in on a historic week in US politics

Listen: In the latest episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer reflects on this pivotal week in US politics and welcomes back media journalist and former CNN show host Brian Stelter on the show alongside Vanderbilt political historian Nicole Hemmer. Former President Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt, picked his VP candidate, presided over a united GOP at the Republican Convention, and all while a Democratic Party in disarray continued to clamor for Biden to step aside.

Stelter: It's clear the Democratic party elites are not with Biden
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Stelter: It's clear the Democratic party elites are not with Biden

After the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump, which thrust the country into one of the most tumultuous political weeks in recent memory, chatter is getting louder again within the Democratic Party for Biden to step down, per media journalist and former CNN show host Brian Stelter.

ChatGPT and the 2024 US election
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ChatGPT and the 2024 US election

2024 will be the first US presidential election in the age of generative AI. How worried should we be about the spread of misinformation and its implications for democracy? In 2016, social media platforms became Petri dishes of disinformation as foreign actors and far-right activists spread fake stories and worked to heighten partisan divisions. The 2020 election was fraught with conspiracy theories and baseless claims about voter fraud.

Was CNN's Town Hall with Trump a mistake?
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Was CNN's Town Hall with Trump a mistake?

"The media is not the enemy. The media is the people. And yet that messaging's gone so awry." Media journalist and former CNN host Brian Stelter expresses such a basic thought in the latest episode of GZERO World, and yet it's one about which so many Americans disagree. Stelter joined media historian Nicole Hemmer for a special panel interview on the current state of our hyper-fragmented media landscape and to look ahead at how news outlets can recapture voters' trust ahead of the 2023 election.

When did people stop trusting the media?
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When did people stop trusting the media?

There was a time, not so long ago, when people trusted the media. Walter Cronkite. Edward R. Murrow. Dan Rather. These were people all Americans relied on to understand the world. Today, we live in a different reality. But according to media historian Nicole Hemmer, the war on trust began decades ago.