Tom Vilsack, former Iowa Governor and President Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, has been an important voice in VP Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. In an interview with Ian Bremmer for GZERO World, Vilsack shares some of the conversations he's had with Biden about the importance of the rural vote and caring about issues that impact the heartland. He also discusses the need for empathy at a time when so many Americans are suffering, and his take on why President Trump hasn't expressed much of that sentiment.
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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 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.
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