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Mar 2025
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Trump 2.0: ‘Just Getting Started’

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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President Trump delivered a celebratory speech to Congress, declaring that he had swiftly notched several wins for the American people. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia joins Kate Linebaugh and Molly Ball to discuss the roadmap Trump laid out and what it means for the next few years.


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Further Listening:

-The Trade War With China Is On 

-Trump's Tariffs Cause Chaos in Auto Industry 

-Inside DOGE's Campaign of Secrecy 


Further Reading:

-An Annotated Fact-Check and Analysis of Trump’s Speech to Congress 

-How Trump’s Polite Meeting With Zelensky Descended Into Acrimony 



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