The politics is broken up and down. And Trump may emerge from a reality TV world that is much more powerful than we think. And there is the prospect that this is where we are, which is an horrific thought.

Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.

Democrats in environmental agencies tend to be more sensitive to environmental harm. And Republicans tend to be more sensitive to business harm.

Donald Trump didn't emerge from the orthodoxy of the Republican Party. And so there's going to be bigger differences than normal.

Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.

I do think creating an open free-trade economy but with strong social support is the way to go.