Republicans face the Election Day music | The Playbook Podcast

There is a lot that President Donald Trump wants to talk about today. He wants to talk about drug prices and rare earth minerals, among other things. But the only thing anyone else in Washington wants to talk about are the dramatic election results on Tuesday, when Democrats put on a dominating display. Trump is blaming the losses on his name being absent from the ballot, and on the shutdown, for which he blames Democrats. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard and White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns discuss Republicans’ path forward, and how the longest government shutdown in history figures into the equation. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Trump’s drug price announcement 3:00 GOP struggles after election 7:30 Winning without Trump on the ballot 8:50 Arizona polling & affordability issue 10:00 Foreign leader visits & optics 11:10 Government shutdown update 13:50 COP30 climate summit ignored by US 15:30 Jack’s movie night: House of Dynamite 17:30 Dasha's newsletter plug ----------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/