What Next - The Data Center Will Not Hold

What Next - The Data Center Will Not Hold

Published: September 22, 2026

Duration: 31:56

Donald Trump owes his political career to saying what no other politician would. But now that he’s standing alone in full-throated support of data centers and artificial intelligence, he looks less like a populist, and more like a liability for Republicans trying to win elections.


Guests: 

Jim Newell, Slate senior politics writer and author of The Surge.

Patrick Reis, Slate politics editor.


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