Jim VandeHei

Trump, more often than not, likes people who are like Trump.

This might be the most ideologically diverse cabinet of modern times.

You can be great. But you have to want it, fight for it, work for it, relentlessly.

Changing the status quo is so hard that both parties stopped trying years ago.

Changing the status quo is so hard that both parties stopped trying years ago.

On some topics, Trump wants to seem reasonable. On others — like anything related to his suspicion of a hostile "deep state" — he demands his own personal, controllable wrecking ball.

Democrats sought to give voice to groups long marginalized in politics. But little by little, the backlash unfurled.

The country has moved right on immigration and energy, and Democrats need a new approach — fast.

Trump is stronger than ever, backed by a party wholly remade in his image and opposed by demoralized and defeated Democrats.

He now sits at the pinnacle of power in business, government influence and global information (and misinformation) flow.