Two Joes

Trump’s attack on Fed Chair Jerome Powell is only the latest opportunity a flailing Trump administration has given Democrats to capitalize on. But now that midterm season is upon us, Democrats are running out of time to present the American people a cohesive vision for what comes after Trump. Celebrated political writer Joe Klein and veteran Democratic Strategist Joe Trippi discuss whether Democra...

A Republican President targeting an oil-rich country despite fervent campaign promises of no more nation-building — where have we heard that before? Democratic strategist Joe Trippi and celebrated political writer Joe Klein analyze the political fallout from this weekend’s capture of Nicolas Maduro and wonder whether there’s any chance Trump succeeds where George W. Bush failed.

Political strategist Joe Trippi and celebrated political journalist Joe Klein have had court-side seats to the rise and fall of American presidents for 40 years. But 2025’s gotta take the cake, right? Between the domestic deployments, Epstein, the affordability delusion, and so, so much more, no wonder MAGA is finally collapsing under its own weight. But if 2026 is going to be any better, we have...

On the eve of the (alleged) Epstein file release, President Trump is desperate to keep everybody focused on his Venezuelan pressure campaign. It’s not working. Veteran political strategist Joe Trippi and celebrated political writer Joe Klein discuss White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ Vanity Fair interview, Trump’s terrible response to Rob Reiner’s tragic passing, and whether Trump will ever s...

Celebrated journalist Joe Klein has a bone to pick with Democrats' past performance on immigration and race, but political strategist Joe Trippi is focused on Trump's affordability foibles and alleged war crimes in the here and now. The Two Joes discuss: Can Democrats capitalize on Trump's failures, or are they destined to repeat their mistakes over and over again?

Less than a year since Trump's reelection, Ro Khanna's bipartisan push to release the Epstein files has finally inspired MAGA to hold Trump accountable. Congress just might have its mojo back. But the Silicon Valley Congressman is already tilting at his next target: AI. Political Strategist Joe Trippi and author Joe Klein ask Ro whether Congress can turn this bipartisan moment into a movement.

Longtime friends, political strategist Joe Trippi and author Joe Klein, take stock of the Trump administration's apparent descent into lame duck status. Between the feud with Mark Kelly about illegal orders, embarrassing poor law enforcement statistics thanks to the immigration crackdown, and looming congressional resignations that could threaten Mike Johnson's speakership, the Joes are starting t...

Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff, Miles Taylor, joins the Two Joes this week with a unfiltered look at the Trump White House from someone who's seen it from the inside. Miles published A Warning anonymously while working in Trump's first administration, not unlike Joe Klein's anonymous novel Primary Colors, inspired by Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Joe Trippi has...

If you were so incompetent that your place of business had a record-breaking shutdown, you’d be fired, but the dysfunction out of Washington just keeps getting worse. Is there anything we can do to get the government working again? 30 years ago, President Bill Clinton tasked Elaine Kamarck with answering that exact question when she launched the National Performance Review. It led to a government...

Political campaign guru Joe Trippi and political columnist Joe Klein talk with Republican presidential strategist Stuart Stevens about what’s next for the Republican Party. Is the party of Stevens’ former clients Bob Dole, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney, gone forever? Will fiscal conservatism and small government sentiments have to find a new political home?

Political campaign guru Joe Trippi and political columnist Joe Klein review this weekend’s No Kings Protests with legendary anti-Vietnam War organizer Sam Brown. Sam’s success was defined by his ability to unite the far-left counterculture of the ‘60s and ‘70s with the moderate unions and churchgoers needed to make an impact in mainstream America. He lets the Joes know exactly what No Kings is doi...

Political campaign guru Joe Trippi and political columnist Joe Klein team up in their first episode of Two Joes, a brutally honest assessment of the American political landscape. Their first debate: Will there be a free and fair 2026 midterm election? Joe Klein's confident there will be, but Joe Trippi's not so sure. This isn't punditry; it's a deep-dive with two people who've spent their careers...