Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 3, 2025
There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
Said by
David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

David Axelrod comments on how presidents often react to the perceptions of their predecessors, particularly in the context of Donald Trump's actions.

Share

More from David Axelrod

Dec 18, 2024

The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the doorstep of being approved. And then Musk went on his tweet fest, and then Trump piled on and added the debt ceiling…

transcripts.cnn.com
Jan 5, 2025

How they described what happened four years ago is shear fantasy. We need to say that Donald trump in 2020 told a malignant flagrant lie and sold it to his supporters who came to Washington on the basis of that lie and stormed the Capitol…

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 21, 2025

Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.

nytimes.com

Other voices in this conversation