"Rahm Emanuel has been a fixture in Democratic Party politics for more than 30 years serving as a member of Congress, President Obama's chief of staff, mayor of Chicago and ambassador to Japan. He is now exploring a campaign for the presidency, an effort that seems designed to challenge some orthodoxies of that same party. He has argued that Democrats have the wrong focus on social issues, education and the economy."
"We spoke just after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a much-noticed speech at the World Economic Forum, saying that the U.S.-led, rules-based world order was over, a "fiction" that other nations should abandon now that the U.S. itself no longer respects it. Carney was responding to President Trump, who had used a series of threats in a bid to take control of Greenland. "Carney's not wrong," Emanuel said. "We just decided that it's a burden on us, and we're going to see the price"
Rahm Emanuel, a long-time Democratic figure who served in Congress, as President Obama's chief of staff, mayor of Chicago and ambassador to Japan, is exploring a presidential campaign aimed at challenging party orthodoxies. Emanuel contends that Democrats have misplaced priorities on social issues, education and the economy. He appeared on a podcast with conservative host Megyn Kelly and joked about needing "witness protection" after answering a question about transgender people. In an extended NPR interview he criticized the Trump administration, warned that the United States is abandoning global alliances, and invoked his family's immigrant history in his critique.
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