Weeks before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump is pushing the federal government toward a shutdown, corporate titans are flocking to Mar-a-Lago to gain his favor and a major media company has capitulated to Trump’s legal strategy of suing those who cross him. The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, Catie Edmondson and Andrew Ross Sorkin try to make sense of it all. Guest: Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for The New York Times. Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times. Andrew Ross Sorkin, a columnist and the founder and editor-at-large of DealBook.
from the. New York Times, I'm Michael Balbaro.
This is the Daily.
So Donald Trump is now officially against passing the funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown.
Four days before Christmas, weeks before his inauguration, President elect Trump is pushing the federal government toward a shutdown.
Look at the list of CEOs who are either shelling out big money or.
Meeting with Trump in person or both.
We're talking about CEOs from TikTok, Google, Apple, Netflix.
The country's corporate titans are flocking to Mar a Lago to curry Trump's favor.
Today, ABC News agreed to give $15 million to Donald Trump's president.
And a major media company has capitulated to Trump's legal strategy of suing those who cross it.
To make sense of all of this, I gathered three of my colleagues.
Senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, congressional reporter Katie Edmondson, and financial columnist and the founder of DealBook, Andrew Ross Sorkin.
It's Friday, December 20th.
Everyone.
Welcome to the roundtable.
Katie, Maggie, Andrew, thank you all for making time for us.
Thank you for having us.
Thanks, Michael.
Thanks, Michael.
Okay, let's jump right in.