Marc Thiessen on his interview with President Trump, the 2020 election, and the state of the country

Earlier this month, Marc Thiessen walked into the Oval Office for a wide-ranging interview with President Trump, discussing everything from the possibility of renaming bases named after Confederates to the administration’s stance toward China. Marc joined the show this week for a special final episode for the three hosts, taking us inside his conversation with the president.

Marc Thiessen is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he studies and writes about American presidential leadership and counterterrorism. A member of the White House senior staff under President George W. Bush, Thiessen served as chief speechwriter to the president and to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. A biweekly columnist for The Washington Post, Thiessen has done postgraduate studies at the Naval War College and has a B.A. from Vassar College.

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