Are cracks showing inside Trump’s MAGA movement?

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Fifty year mortgages, recent aid for Argentina, high food prices, a focus on foreign affairs, and Trump telling Fox News that the U.S. needs foreign workers because it doesn’t have enough “talented people”… Americast looks at why some Republicans within the MAGA movement are questioning Trump’s commitment to his campaign promise of “America first”.

Justin, Anthony and Marianna look at how and where Trump is under pressure from within the Republican party, and how serious these ‘cracks’ are within the MAGA movement. Plus, how might Trump satisfy critics who want him to shift his focus back to the economy and domestic policy?

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- Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter - Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent - Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	If you're the person always being asked, what's happening in the news?
0:10.9	You could do with a podcast wingman.
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0:19.5	We won't even mind if you try and take the credit yourself.
0:22.4	Listen to Newscast every day on BBC Sounds.
0:26.2	We need to talk about the Republicans.
0:28.2	We've spent a lot of time recently talking about the Democrats
0:30.2	and indeed the optimism in the Democratic Party
0:33.8	following their election wins a couple of weeks ago.
0:36.1	What on earth is happening, though, to the Republicans?
0:39.2	What are these cracks in the MAGA movement?
0:41.6	Why is Donald Trump suddenly under pressure over the economy, over high food prices,
0:47.0	over the idea of 50-year mortgages?
0:50.3	But also, why is he giving millions of dollars to Argentina?
0:54.6	Why is he taking action in Venezuela and now potentially in Nigeria as well?
0:59.9	Isn't all of this a bit un-magger?
1:02.7	What's happening?
1:03.7	What's going wrong?
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1:08.9	AmeriCast from BBC News
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