Tevi Troy, President of American Health Policy Institute and former Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, joins Jason Hartman to discuss his newest book Shall We Wake the President?: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office.

The two take a look into the history of American presidents handling of disasters, as well as trying to look at our current president, Donald Trump, to see if there are any signs as to how he might handle a disaster. Jason also probes the former Deputy Secretary about how the Republicans might actually be able to craft a replacement for Obamacare that the Democrats might actually support, and that would actually improve our system.

Key Takeaways:

[1:07] The best and worst presidents at handling disasters

[4:43] How Tevi thinks Donald Trump will handle disasters

[7:20] The newness of Trump’s cabinet to politics could create a problem if there’s an early disaster during his presidency

[10:29] How pop culture impacts presidents

[13:05] Tevi outlines a path that he believes Republicans should take to get a new healthcare bill passed

[16:10] How Trump’s participation in pop culture might play a role in his presidency

Website:

www.TeviTroy.org

@TeviTroy

Shall We Wake The President?