The America That’s Still Possible

Produced by Annie Galvin

The America That’s Still Possible

This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

So it’s the 250th birthday of America, and Donald Trump is president.

The celebration you’re getting from the Trump administration is very specific.

Archival clip of Pete Hegseth: Get ready, America. Because we’re putting our love of country on full display.

Archival clip of Pete Hegseth: Get ready, America. Because we’re putting our love of country on full display.

A celebration of American glory, American greatness. To describe it as “uncritical” would be underselling it.

There has been a severing of American history into two visions: one that can only see glory and one that can only see suffering and sin.

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