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Jan 2025
11m 35s

Trump returns to the White House

Financial Times
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Donald Trump will become US president for the second time on Monday. Investors pile into a fund that spreads its assets equally across the S&P 500, as concerns about a tech bubble grow. A hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is underway. Plus, how El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele became a model for the global far right.  


Mentioned in this podcast:

Donald Trump plans blitz of executive orders for first days in White House 

Investors pour billions into S&P equal weight fund as tech fears rise 

Hamas hands over three Israeli hostages as ceasefire begins 

How El Salvador became a model for the global far right 

Trump-backed memecoin value tops $12bn as crypto industry hopes rise 

Credit: CSPAN


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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