Understanding Global Trends in Electoral Discontent

On today’s show: What Trump supporters say they want on Day 1 — and what he can actually get done. The Wall Street Journal and NPR break it down. 

Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains how Trump’s win fits into a wider global trend of voters rejecting incumbents.

After Dearborn, Michigan, went for Trump, NBC asks whether the Democratic Party has lost the support of Muslim and Arab Americans. Meanwhile, the Washington Post lays out how Trump might approach the Israel-Hamas war.

Plus, debunking election denialism coming from the right and left, what to know about racist texts sent after the election, and how a record number of women veterans will join the next Congress.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.