The Chuck ToddCast

Chuck Todd argues that the United States is in an especially precarious moment of Trump's presidency — but that the guardrails of American democracy are proving they still exist. Todd breaks down the ruling's implications, noting that without tariff revenue the already ballooning U.S. budget deficit will accelerate, and that the coming chaos over refunds for billions in illegally collected duties will be a mess for businesses, consumers, and the trade deals that were negotiated under a now-invalidated framework. He highlights the emerging three distinct wings of the Supreme Court — with Gorsuch writing a pointed concurrence calling out his colleagues, Kavanaugh dissenting on foreign policy grounds, and the liberal justices joining Roberts on textual grounds — and argues the ruling reflects the public's own disapproval of Trump, which a new poll now places at 60% disapproval. He reserves his sharpest commentary for Trump's reaction: rather than pivot, the president attacked his own Supreme Court appointees for disloyalty and accused the Court of "foreign influence," a response Chuck calls a gift to Democrats and a sign that Trump is terrified dissent will become contagious among Republicans. Chuck also cautions that Democrats shouldn't celebrate too much — their brand remains damaged despite Trump's cratering numbers — and offers a counterintuitive observation: that Trump's greatest weakness isn't his authoritarian instincts but his laziness, arguing that his reliance on emergency powers is a shortcut to avoid the hard work of legislating.
Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the Reichstag fire & how Hitler was able to turn Germany’s democracy into a dictatorship through the use of emergency powers he was granted. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
02:45 We are in an especially precarious moment of Trump’s presidency
7:15 Supreme Court tariff ruling shows the guardrails still exist
8:00 Without tariffs, U.S. budget deficit will grow even faster
9:45 Trump plans on going down with the ship, may sink GOP
11:45 Courts ruling wasn’t surprising, tariff authority belongs to congress
13:15 Gorsuch called out his colleagues in his opinion
14:45 Kavanaugh’s dissent argued tariffs as a foreign policy issue
16:45 There are three distinct wings in this Supreme Court
18:30 Ruling reflects the public's disapproval of Trump
20:00 We saw tariff price spikes in Q4, ruling would help GOP
20:45 Trump’s response was to attack his own appointees for disloyalty
22:30 Trump lashed out, afraid dissent will become contagious
23:30 Trump accused SCOTUS of “foreign influence”
26:00 Trump is too lazy to become one of history’s worst autocrats
27:45 Trump’s laziness is his greatest weakness
29:15 Emergency powers are a shortcut to avoid legislating
30:45 Chaos is coming, people will want refunds for illegal tariffs
32:30 Consumption taxes put the burden on lower income people
34:00 Fallout from the ruling will be a mess for businesses
34:45 What will happen to trade deals that were cut based on illegal tariffs?
35:15 Trump has alienated every major ally the U.S. has
36:15 Trump is vulnerable to Republicans walking away from him
38:30 Trump reaction to tariffs was a gift to the Democrats
40:15 New poll shows Trump’s disapproval at 60%
41:45 Democrats brand still bad despite Trump’s terrible approval
52:30 ToddCast Time Machine - February 27th, 1933
53:00 Reichstag fire gave Hitler emergency powers
53:45 Germany’s economy had been devastated
55:00 In three years, Germany cycled through three unstable governments
56:00 German elites thought they could use Hitler’s popularity & manage him
57:00 Whether Nazi’s helped, or just exploited the fire is still debated
58:15 Reichstag Fire decree suspended civil liberties
59:30 Enabling Act allowed Hitler to legislate without parliamentary approval
1:00:15 The German dictatorship was created via constitutional rules
1:01:30 Emergency powers aren’t always authoritarian, it’s who uses them
1:02:30 Ask Chuck
1:02:45 Why does populism lead to antisemitism?
1:06:15 Is this the administration that’s run the most like a business?
1:11:30 Starting to see Republicans breaking with Trump?
1:13:30 What if the Constitutional Convention had not been held in summer?
1:16:30 Thoughts on Gallup ending presidential tracking, NJ-11 election?
1:23:30 Need for regulation on prediction markets
1:25:30 What’s going on with Virginia’s redistricting effort?
1:30:30 Does international diplomacy have a greater impact on the president's legacy?
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Emmy Award-winning director and Academy Award nominee Geeta Gandbhir joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss her critically acclaimed Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor, which uses years of police bodycam footage to reconstruct the events leading to the 2023 fatal shooting of Ajike Owens by her neighbor Susan Lorincz in Ocala, Florida. Gandbhir reveals that Owens was a personal friend of her family — her sister-in-law's best friend — and that the film was never initially planned as a documentary; she and her partner went to Florida to support the family and keep the story in the news, fearing Lorincz would walk free under Florida's stand your ground laws. The Sundance Directing Award winner explains how the production team obtained the bodycam footage through the family's attorneys, Benjamin Crump and Anthony Thomas, and describes the rare experience of having not just the aftermath but years of "before" footage — creating a slow-building tension she compares to Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity. Gandbhir emphasizes that the film doesn't preach; it simply presents the chronology and lets the audience decide.
The conversation goes deeper into the systemic failures the footage revealed: Lorincz was the only person in the neighborhood who repeatedly called police, yet officers saw her as a nuisance rather than a threat — her whiteness, Gandbhir argues, shielding her from scrutiny. Police never checked whether Lorincz owned a gun, and in other states, her pattern of behavior would have resulted in harassment charges long before the shooting. Gandbhir explains why the case resulted in a manslaughter conviction rather than a more serious charge, advocates for the eradication of stand your ground laws that exist in 38 states, and makes a compelling case that some police funding would be better directed toward social workers and mental health professionals. She also reflects on what the film has meant to Owens' four children and their family, the power of bodycam footage as both a tool for truth and a potential instrument of surveillance, and what a potential Academy Award would mean — not for herself, but as a platform to drive real change.
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Timeline:
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00:00 Geeta Gandbhir joins the Chuck ToddCast
00:45 “The Perfect Neighbor” isn’t a gun story, it’s a societal story
01:30 How important is a potential Academy Award for you?
02:15 Awards give you a platform to talk about issues & bring change
03:00 Film produced independently, then Netflix gave it a huge platform
04:00 How close did you follow this story in real time?
04:30 Ajike Owens was a personal friend of Geeta
05:45 There’s so much gun violence, individual stories don’t break through
06:45 The production team received body cam footage from family lawyers
08:00 We usually see the aftermath of shootings, rarely the before footage
09:45 Needed to understand chronology of body cam footage
11:00 Film’s tension building compared to Blair Witch & Paranormal Activity
11:45 Racial justice/tension movies can make for a difficult watch
12:45 Movie doesn’t preach, just shows the event & let’s audience decide
14:30 Footage portrayed a working class, striving community
16:00 Everyone knows the Susan Lorincz, “get off my lawn” type character
16:45 No understanding of why Susan Lorincz was so broken as a person
19:30 Lorincz was the only woman in the neighborhood that complained to police
20:15 This didn’t feel like manslaughter, it felt pre-meditated
21:00 Prosecutors felt a manslaughter charge would be easier to convict
21:30 Hope DeSantis understands the damage stand your ground laws cause
22:45 If there was no body camera footage, Susan could have walked
24:00 Police bodycams should be on at all times to prevent distortion of truth
24:45 Bodycam footage is a double edged sword, can be used for surveillance
25:30 Original footage included protests, funerals & B-roll of the neighborhood
27:15 Neighbors had a very visceral reaction to the film, but did find it therapeutic
28:45 Having body camera footage could have prevented historical race riots
30:15 The ultimate hope is to eradicate “stand your ground” laws
31:15 There’s power in telling a true story with unscripted footage
33:30 Ajike Owens was a bright young woman with a promising future
34:45 How are her children doing?
36:15 Watching the grief of the children was devastating & powerful
37:30 Family wanted the world to see their grief
38:00 Hope the film can inform police training
38:45 In other states, Susan would have been charged for nuisance or harassment
40:00 Some police funding would be better spent on social workers, psychiatrists etc
41:15 It felt like police didn’t know how to handle Susan
42:45 Police saw Susan as a nuisance, not a threat. Her whiteness protected her
44:30 Susan seemed to be a loner & clearly always miserable
45:30 Police never checked into whether Susan was a gun owner
46:30 What type of projects are you working on next?
47:45 Another documentary will be announced in a couple weeks
49:00 Telling the story in a visual medium reaches people who don’t read
51:00 Comedy and humor is a great way to teach
51:30 How do you use AI, what are you comfortable with, what will you fight?
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Chuck Todd argues that the United States is in an especially precarious moment of Trump's presidency — but that the guardrails of American democracy are proving they still exist. Todd breaks down the ruling's implications, noting that without tariff revenue the already ballooning U.S. budget deficit will accelerate, and that the coming chaos over refunds for billions in illegally collected duties will be a mess for businesses, consumers, and the trade deals that were negotiated under a now-invalidated framework. He highlights the emerging three distinct wings of the Supreme Court — with Gorsuch writing a pointed concurrence calling out his colleagues, Kavanaugh dissenting on foreign policy grounds, and the liberal justices joining Roberts on textual grounds — and argues the ruling reflects the public's own disapproval of Trump, which a new poll now places at 60% disapproval. He reserves his sharpest commentary for Trump's reaction: rather than pivot, the president attacked his own Supreme Court appointees for disloyalty and accused the Court of "foreign influence," a response Chuck calls a gift to Democrats and a sign that Trump is terrified dissent will become contagious among Republicans. Chuck also cautions that Democrats shouldn't celebrate too much — their brand remains damaged despite Trump's cratering numbers — and offers a counterintuitive observation: that Trump's greatest weakness isn't his authoritarian instincts but his laziness, arguing that his reliance on emergency powers is a shortcut to avoid the hard work of legislating.
Then, Emmy Award-winning director and Academy Award nominee Geeta Gandbhir joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss her critically acclaimed Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor, which uses years of police bodycam footage to reconstruct the events leading to the 2023 fatal shooting of Ajike Owens by her neighbor Susan Lorincz in Ocala, Florida. Gandbhir reveals that Owens was a personal friend of her family — her sister-in-law's best friend — and that the film was never initially planned as a documentary; she and her partner went to Florida to support the family and keep the story in the news, fearing Lorincz would walk free under Florida's stand your ground laws. The Sundance Directing Award winner explains how the production team obtained the bodycam footage through the family's attorneys, Benjamin Crump and Anthony Thomas, and describes the rare experience of having not just the aftermath but years of "before" footage — creating a slow-building tension she compares to Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity. Gandbhir emphasizes that the film doesn't preach; it simply presents the chronology and lets the audience decide.
The conversation goes deeper into the systemic failures the footage revealed: Lorincz was the only person in the neighborhood who repeatedly called police, yet officers saw her as a nuisance rather than a threat — her whiteness, Gandbhir argues, shielding her from scrutiny. Police never checked whether Lorincz owned a gun, and in other states, her pattern of behavior would have resulted in harassment charges long before the shooting. Gandbhir explains why the case resulted in a manslaughter conviction rather than a more serious charge, advocates for the eradication of stand your ground laws that exist in 38 states, and makes a compelling case that some police funding would be better directed toward social workers and mental health professionals. She also reflects on what the film has meant to Owens' four children and their family, the power of bodycam footage as both a tool for truth and a potential instrument of surveillance, and what a potential Academy Award would mean — not for herself, but as a platform to drive real change.
Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the Reichstag fire & how Hitler was able to turn Germany’s democracy into a dictatorship through the use of emergency powers he was granted. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment.
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Timeline:
(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements)
00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
02:45 We are in an especially precarious moment of Trump’s presidency
08:30 Supreme Court tariff ruling shows the guardrails still exist
09:15 Without tariffs, U.S. budget deficit will grow even faster
11:00 Trump plans on going down with the ship, may sink GOP
13:00 Courts ruling wasn’t surprising, tariff authority belongs to congress
14:30 Gorsuch called out his colleagues in his opinion
16:00 Kavanaugh’s dissent argued tariffs as a foreign policy issue
18:00 There are three distinct wings in this Supreme Court
19:45 Ruling reflects the public's disapproval of Trump
21:15 We saw tariff price spikes in Q4, ruling would help GOP
22:00 Trump’s response was to attack his own appointees for disloyalty
23:45 Trump lashed out, afraid dissent will become contagious
24:45 Trump accused SCOTUS of “foreign influence”
27:15 Trump is too lazy to become one of history’s worst autocrats
29:00 Trump’s laziness is his greatest weakness
30:30 Emergency powers are a shortcut to avoid legislating
32:00 Chaos is coming, people will want refunds for illegal tariffs
33:45 Consumption taxes put the burden on lower income people
35:15 Fallout from the ruling will be a mess for businesses
36:00 What will happen to trade deals that were cut based on illegal tariffs?
36:30 Trump has alienated every major ally the U.S. has
37:30 Trump is vulnerable to Republicans walking away from him
39:45 Trump reaction to tariffs was a gift to the Democrats
41:30 New poll shows Trump’s disapproval at 60%
43:00 Democrats brand still bad despite Trump’s terrible approval
52:00 Geeta Gandbhir joins the Chuck ToddCast
52:45 “The Perfect Neighbor” isn’t a gun story, it’s a societal story
53:30 How important is a potential Academy Award for you?
54:15 Awards give you a platform to talk about issues & bring change
55:00 Film produced independently, then Netflix gave it a huge platform
56:00 How close did you follow this story in real time?
56:30 Ajike Owens was a personal friend of Geeta
57:45 There’s so much gun violence, individual stories don’t break through
58:45 The production team received body cam footage from family lawyers
1:00:00 We usually see the aftermath of shootings, rarely the before footage
1:01:45 Needed to understand chronology of body cam footage
1:03:00 Film’s tension building compared to Blair Witch & Paranormal Activity
1:03:45 Racial justice/tension movies can make for a difficult watch
1:04:45 Movie doesn’t preach, just shows the event & let’s audience decide
1:06:30 Footage portrayed a working class, striving community
1:08:00 Everyone knows the Susan Lorincz, “get off my lawn” type character
1:08:45 No understanding of why Susan Lorincz was so broken as a person
1:11:30 Lorincz was the only woman in the neighborhood that complained to police
1:12:15 This didn’t feel like manslaughter, it felt pre-meditated
1:13:00 Prosecutors felt a manslaughter charge would be easier to convict
1:13:30 Hope DeSantis understands the damage stand your ground laws cause
1:14:45 If there was no body camera footage, Susan could have walked
1:16:00 Police bodycams should be on at all times to prevent distortion of truth
1:16:45 Bodycam footage is a double edged sword, can be used for surveillance
1:17:30 Original footage included protests, funerals & B-roll of the neighborhood
1:19:15 Neighbors had a very visceral reaction to the film, but did find it therapeutic
1:20:45 Having body camera footage could have prevented historical race riots
1:22:15 The ultimate hope is to eradicate “stand your ground” laws
1:23:15 There’s power in telling a true story with unscripted footage
1:25:30 Ajike Owens was a bright young woman with a promising future
1:26:45 How are her children doing?
1:28:15 Watching the grief of the children was devastating & powerful
1:29:30 Family wanted the world to see their grief
1:30:00 Hope the film can inform police training
1:30:45 In other states, Susan would have been charged for nuisance or harassment
1:32:00 Some police funding would be better spent on social workers, psychiatrists etc
1:33:15 It felt like police didn’t know how to handle Susan
1:34:45 Police saw Susan as a nuisance, not a threat. Her whiteness protected her
1:36:30 Susan seemed to be a loner & clearly always miserable
1:37:30 Police never checked into whether Susan was a gun owner
1:38:30 What type of projects are you working on next?
1:39:45 Another documentary will be announced in a couple weeks
1:41:00 Telling the story in a visual medium reaches people who don’t read
1:43:00 Comedy and humor is a great way to teach
1:43:30 How do you use AI, what are you comfortable with, what will you fight?
1:47:15 ToddCast Time Machine - February 27th, 1933
1:47:45 Reichstag fire gave Hitler emergency powers
1:48:30 Germany’s economy had been devastated
1:49:45 In three years, Germany cycled through three unstable governments
1:50:45 German elites thought they could use Hitler’s popularity & manage him
1:51:45 Whether Nazi’s helped, or just exploited the fire is still debated
1:53:00 Reichstag Fire decree suspended civil liberties
1:54:15 Enabling Act allowed Hitler to legislate without parliamentary approval
1:55:00 The German dictatorship was created via constitutional rules
1:56:15 Emergency powers aren’t always authoritarian, it’s who uses them
1:57:15 Ask Chuck
1:57:30 Why does populism lead to antisemitism?
2:01:00 Is this the administration that’s run the most like a business?
2:06:15 Starting to see Republicans breaking with Trump?
2:08:15 What if the Constitutional Convention had not been held in summer?
2:11:15 Thoughts on Gallup ending presidential tracking, NJ-11 election?
2:18:15 Need for regulation on prediction markets
2:20:15 What’s going on with Virginia’s redistricting effort?
2:25:15 Does international diplomacy have a greater impact on the president's legacy?
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In this breaking-news episode recorded immediately after the Supreme Court's landmark 6-3 ruling striking down Trump's sweeping tariffs under IEEPA, Chuck Todd breaks down what he calls one of the most consequential decisions of the Trump era — and argues the Court did elected Republicans an enormous favor. Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Gorsuch, Barrett, and the three liberal justices, ruled that the 1977 emergency powers law "does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," leaving only Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh in dissent — a split Chuck argues should have been 9-0 given that the Constitution plainly gives Congress the power of the purse. He contends that the 6-3 margin is critical because it prevents Trump from framing the decision as a partisan attack, and gives congressional Republicans cover to move on from a policy that has devastated America's farm economy, spooked markets with uncertainty, and could now require the Treasury to refund an estimated $175 billion to importers. With Trump calling the ruling "a disgrace" and his State of the Union address just days away, Chuck notes the president has a lot of explaining to do — particularly since he could have sought tariff authority from Congress in the spring of 2025 when he had the political capital, but instead chose to go it alone through executive action. Trump, Chuck concludes, is a huge loser here, and the uncertainty is far from over.
Timeline:
00:00 Chuck Todd’s intro - Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
00:45 SCOTUS did elected Republicans a favor
02:00 Trump doesn’t have the votes in congress to enact tariffs
03:00 There’s a ton of uncertainty coming from this ruling
04:45 Trump has a lot of explain to do at State of the Union
06:00 Alito & Thomas always side with Trump, Kavanaugh mostly
06:45 Congress has power of purse, ruling should have been 9-0
09:00 Supreme Court has given Republicans cover
10:15 Tariffs have been devastating to America’s farm economy
11:45 Markets face a ton of uncertainty
12:30 6-3 ruling means it won’t be viewed as a partisan decision
13:00 Trump is a huge loser here
14:30 Trump could have gotten tariff authority from congress in Spring ‘25
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Chuck Todd tackles three fast-moving stories shaping the political landscape. First, he digs into the escalating Iran crisis, where the Trump administration has deployed two aircraft carriers, hundreds of fighter jets, and a dozen warships to the Middle East — what Todd calls military adventurism without the consent of Congress. With nuclear talks in Geneva producing no breakthrough and Trump advisers saying there's a 90% chance of kinetic action in the coming weeks, Todd warns that history says hot intervention is coming and that the U.S. may have gone too far to back down, while cautioning that any regime change scenario means America would own the outcome — a lesson the country should have learned from its disastrous track record in Iran. From there, he turns to the Texas Senate race, which he calls an all-timer, breaking down the volatile primaries on both sides: Ken Paxton leading despite millions spent by the GOP establishment to take him down, the tight Crockett-Talarico Democratic primary, and the explosive Colbert-CBS controversy — in which CBS lawyers blocked Colbert from airing a Talarico interview over FCC "equal time" threats, only for the resulting firestorm to generate millions more views on YouTube than it ever would have gotten on broadcast, making Jasmine Crockett the quiet loser in the saga. Todd closes with a sharp critique of crypto's financial coercion of the Democratic Party — pointing to Chuck Schumer reportedly urging Senate Democrats to get on crypto's side after the industry spent heavily to defeat Sherrod Brown — and a Potomac sewage dump that underscores how even basic governance has become hostage to political blame games.
Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment
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Timeline:
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00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction
2:15 Are we about to go to war with Iran?
3:15 This is military adventurism without consent of congress
4:15 We’ve moved a massive amount of military assets to Middle East
5:30 It’s possible this is all posturing for negotiations
7:45 Does Trump have room to back down, or will it only escalate?
8:45 Will Trump want part of Iran’s oil business in order to back down?
9:15 History says hot military intervention is coming, best not miss
10:15 If we get involved in regime change then we own it
11:15 It feels like we’ve gone too far to back down
13:00 American interventions in Iran have gone terribly in the past
13:45 A democratic Iran would be amazing, but dictating outcomes is hard
14:15 The Texas senate race is becoming an all-timer
15:45 Polls have shown Crockett ahead of Talarico
16:15 Establishment GOP feels Paxton is unelectable
17:00 Millions have been spent by GOP to beat Paxton, he’s still leading
18:30 Paxton’s numbers have gotten worse in general, not benefiting Cornyn
19:15 Both Talarico & Crockett lead Paxton in recent polls
19:45 Democrats are getting help from GOP softening up their nominee
21:45 What’s the path for Coryn to get to 50% + 1?
23:15 Colbert interview with Talarico yanked by CBS due to FCC threats
23:45 The controversy generated millions more views than it would have
25:15 What the “equal time rule” actually states
26:15 Don’t know if either side, Colbert or CBS is giving the full story
27:15 Jasmine Crockett is the loser here
29:15 The unanswered questions from the Colbert controversy persist
31:45 This controversy has been a massive boon for Talarico
33:30 Chuck Schumer begging senate Dems to get to crypto’s side
34:15 This goes beyond lobbying, this is financial coercion
35:00 Crypto used their money to defeat & make example of Sherrod Brown
36:45 Big money is threatening dissent in politics
38:45 Schumer is saying when opponent has enough money, you must appease
39:30 Trump only wants to point fingers over sewage dump in Potomac
40:45 We can’t deal with disaster only based on politics
41:45 Can we stop the blame game and just fix the problem?
42:45 Lack of local coverage from WaPo has been a glaring issue
51:45 George Conway makes a persuasive argument for impeachment
54:15 History will be kinder if we use the constitution to throw out Trump
55:00 Ask Chuck
55:15 Why not give Trump accolades in exchange for good policy?
57:30 Fresh candidates on the pod restoring a sense of optimism
1:00:15 Did the Inflation Reduction Act include EPA’s ability to regulate air pollution?
1:04:15 Book recommendations for understanding fall of the Ottoman empire?
1:06:45 Which house races are you watching closely and why?
1:09:00 Not as optimistic about passing constitutional amendments
1:11:45 How did the one-term presidents lose if they weren’t politically astute?
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