Trump Signals Minnesota Strategy Shift | Balance of Power: Early Edition 1/26/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discusses this weekend’s events in Minneapolis. On today’s show, Constitutional lawyer Robert McWhirter, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and former NOAA Deputy Principal Deputy Undersecretary Monica Medina.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins
00:03:07 – Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News
00:06:14 – Wendy Benjaminson, Bloomberg News
00:10:01 – Robert McWhirter, Law Office of Robert McWhirter
00:18:50 – Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Rick Davis
00:29:27 – Myles Miller, Bloomberg News
00:33:24 – Monica Medina, Fmr. NOAA Principal Deputy Undersecretary
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