Thread by @politico

This week marked the end of the Trump Era and it has our reporters and editors reminiscing. They share their memories of the last 4 years. From shocking moments they witnessed, to conversations they overheard, here's what will stick with them forever. 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“I think of that night when it started. I was in NYC at the Javits Center," @natsfert says. "Everyone always talks about being in the room with the winner, but being in the room with the loser is almost more poignant. It's more interesting.” 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“Meeting MAGA world up close for the first time and seeing the zeal for him and his ability to capture the crowd," remembers @morningmoneyben "I'll never forget that rally in Iowa in November of 2015.”🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“I'm not going to miss the tweets, plain and simple," says @meridithmcgraw.

"I can't even calculate how many times I've had to step out of a dinner or veer off the side of the road to respond to a tweet or make a call or write something up." 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“What will I miss about Donald Trump? The whole thing, the whole circus," says @wuerker.

"Now, don't think that I'm a bad person for admitting this, but I imagine there are a lot of political satirists of all stripes who would admit that."🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“In Feb 2017, I was sitting at a bar waiting on a friend and I get a call from a number that I don't recognize. This person blurts out they have a document," says @pauldemko. "We bike across D.C.”🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“I went to a party in Baltimore and I realized after 5 minutes that everyone was talking about Betsy DeVos," remembers @tweyant. "I think it portended how ... so much of our thinking for people that may not have been into politics before.”🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“Watching Trump take control of the Davos crowd, remembers @PoliticoRyan. "Privately, they would tell me that Trump was a buffoon, but when it came to it ... they parted like the Red Sea when he finally arrived.” 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“The moment I keep coming back to is when white supremacists marched on Charlottesville," says @EugeneDaniels2. "I remember being shocked but not surprised. You know, honestly, I think it sums up how we got to where we are right now in this country.” 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

“It became clear that Scott Pruitt, the EPA administrator ..., had sought to purchase a used mattress from the Trump Hotel," says @AnthonyAdragna. "And I thought, this is not what I expected this job would look like.” 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

"I was chasing congressman Mike Simpson from Idaho," says @dariusss. "And whenever I caught him he would talk. He didn’t like the president’s tweeting. He said he found it disturbing, his word."🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo

"I remember May 9, 2017, the day that James Comey got fired," says @PoliticoScott. "I remember overhearing, very softly, 'a source just told me that Jim Comey got fired.' ... And I remember thinking at that moment, it's like 'oh my god.'" 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo