Americanswers! Which news stories are being overshadowed by Trump's tariffs?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The first US measles death in a decade, mass protests against Trump and El Salvador’s mega-jail…
In today’s Q&A Anthony, Justin and Mariana sign the podcasting equivalent of an executive order, putting a one-episode exemption on tariffs to focus on the other stories that may have fallen on the backburner since Trump shook up the world’s financial markets.
The team discuss the biggest protests of Trump’s second term so far, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial social media video featuring Venezuelan deportees, and the danger of vaccine misinformation following a measles outbreak that’s led to the deaths of two children.
And the US Senate and Congress seem to have gone quiet - what’s going on?
HOSTS: * Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, AmeriCasters. There are more of you now with us than ever before, and we'd like to try to keep it that way. |
| 0:06.6 | So, do subscribe and tell people if you're enjoying what you're hearing. Now, on with the episode. |
| 0:13.6 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:17.1 | There is one big story in town, isn't there, and it is tariffs, and we're not going to talk about them, at least not today. |
| 0:22.4 | We're going to talk about them later in the week, but we are putting an exemption on tariffs for today. |
| 0:28.1 | It's a free trade zone, and we're going to keep it that way, at least for the time being, so that we can do a crucial thing, which is answer questions from you about other things, because |
| 0:37.6 | there are plenty of other things that we ought to cover, but really have been pushed out of |
| 0:41.6 | the way by the whole tariffs thing in the last few days. |
| 0:43.9 | So we will get to tariffs soon, but not this time round. |
| 0:47.7 | Welcome to America Answers. |
| 0:51.4 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:52.1 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:57.0 | You're gambling with the lives of millions of people You're gambling with World War III |
| 0:59.2 | President Trump's message is very simple |
| 1:01.1 | We are done being taken advantage of |
| 1:03.2 | Mr. President, in the name of our God |
| 1:05.4 | Have mercy upon the people |
| 1:07.1 | And we're scared now |
| 1:08.5 | Are you supportive of these onesies? |
| 1:10.8 | I'm supportive of vaccines. |
| 1:12.4 | What is happening? |
| 1:13.5 | Like, this is not America. |
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