Susan Glasser

MSNOW senior White House reporter Vaughn Hilliard is here.

Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker.

MSNOW legal affairs reporter Fallon Gallagher and James Sample, Hofstra University professor of law.

OK, Fallon, let's start with us.

But that's a far cry from really going all out in defense of those that have so long promoted you as the leader of their party.

You see that, Mr. President? Von Hilliard may be standing on a street corner, not inside the White House, and nothing is going to stop him from accurately covering this administration and the state of the world.

Von Hilliard, Fallon Gallagher, Susan Glasser, James Sample, thank you for starting us off today.

When we come back, inside the murky world of sports ownership.

Steve mentioned Brett Stevens, who gave an amazing address on free speech and journalism.

Susan Glasser from The New Yorker, Robert Thompson from News Corp, Gideon Rackman and Kim Williams from the ABC.

Another lecturer was Nick Warner, who was then the director general of ACES, which might have seemed like a strange choice for a media lecture, given that He's a spook and that's all about secrecy, not about openness.

But Nick's father, Dennis Warner, was a storied Australian war correspondent.

[upbeat music] Welcome to The Political Scene from The New Yorker, a weekly discussion about the big questions in American politics.

I'm Susan Glasser, and I'm joined by my colleagues, Evan Osnos and Jane Mayer.

Hey, Evan.

Hey, guys.

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Guys, thank you so much.

This has been The Political Scene from The New Yorker, and I'm Susan Glasser.

We had research assistance today from Alex D'Elia and help from Rhiannon Corby.

It's actually a reason to read it as more serious.

In an interview with Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, after he was out of office, after January 6th, he was still thinking about Greenland, and he compared it then to a real estate deal.

And I think the fact that he compared it to a real estate deal and, you know, said things like, look at the size of this.

It's massive and that should be part of the United States.

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And the roundtable joins me now, former DNC chair Donna Brazile, free press columnist Charles Lane, New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, and former RNC communications director Doug High.

Welcome to all of you.

And Doug, I want to start with you.

Gilded is just on the surface, means it's fake underneath.

Susan, I remember when you went by the Memorial Bridge, you sent me a photo of it.

You were so shocked.

I mean, it's blinding.

I think that's the color.

Welcome to The Political Scene from The New Yorker, a weekly discussion about the big questions in American politics.

I'm Evan Osnos, and I'm joined, as ever, by my colleagues Jane Mayer and Susan Glasser.

Good morning, Jane, and good morning, Susan.