Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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President Trump is reshaping the powers of the presidency in ways that could last long after he leaves office.

Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen examine how Trump is setting new precedents around personal profit, political retribution, government intervention in business and executive authority.

Their warning to Republicans: Any power they accept now could be used by a future Democratic president.

Timestamps:
0:00 Why Trump’s precedents matter
0:44 Presidential profit and tax scrutiny
2:47 Pardons as political insurance
3:33 The retribution precedent
5:37 A message from Accenture
6:01 Trump’s “pay-me capitalism”
7:25 Could Washington take a stake in OpenAI?
9:00 The Obama test
9:19 Expanding executive power
11:12 What the next president could inherit

This episode is presented by Accenture.