Who does Scott Galloway think will be the next Republican presidential nominee?

Scott Galloway called Trump the Chernobyl of politics, saying almost no one from his first administration survives being near him, with former ambassador Nikki Haley as the exception. If forced to bet, he picked Tucker Carlson as the Republican nominee. Heather Cox Richardson called that reasonable but expected attempts to keep a Trump, possibly Don Jr., on the ticket, and said Haley angered her own voters by endorsing Trump.

• Richardson wondered about Liz Cheney, who has been out of view for months, and compared that to James Buchanan, who was ambassador to the United Kingdom during the heated early 1850s and won in 1856.
• Richardson said the Republicans' best candidates seem to have left to run as independents.

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“Everyone gets political leukemia if they're around him long enough.” Scott Galloway · at 49:16 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Pivot (2026-10-18). Read the whole episode summary →

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