The weekly gathering of Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks on PBS News Hour was extra animated this Friday as the duo decried DOGE’s “cruelty,” claimed “democracy is teetering,” and labeled President Trump an “extortionist.”
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Brooks tried to have it both ways, “Yes, people call Trump a transactional politician, but he's an extortionist. That's actually a difference. There's — a transaction is, we do a deal. Extortion is, I bully you until you give me what I want.”
While Brooks acknowledged that Trump’s Columbia demands were reasonable and should have been done years ago, he still lamented, “On the other hand, caving into an extortionist rarely pays off, because he will say, oh, I take that. Here's my next demand. Here's my next demand.”
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