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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Negotiations over President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" continue on Capitol Hill — but now, his former ally, Elon Musk, is criticizing both the legislation and the president himself. How will Republicans respond?

Then, we look at ongoing trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.

This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt, international correspondent Emily Feng, and senior political editor & correspondent Mara Liasson.

This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0	This week on Consider This, we look into the message underneath Trump's military parade, also the administration's revamped travel ban, and how the chaotic new aid operation in Gaza turned deadly.
0:13.4	We have reporters everywhere to bring you the stories you care about.
0:18.2	Listen now to Consider This Podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:25.3	Hi, this is Hans.
0:27.1	And Angela. And we're in Sequoia National Park, listening to a tremendously loud chorus of frogs.
0:36.2	This podcast is recorded out
0:38.4	12.35 p.m. on Friday, June 6th, 2025.
0:44.6	Things may have changed by the time you listen to this,
0:47.6	but nature will be continuing her song of the promise of the future.
0:55.9	Wow, that's amazing.
0:58.4	It's like one of the plagues.
0:59.5	It's so loud and constant.
1:02.7	Ribbit, ribbit.
1:03.3	Is it just like that all day?
1:05.5	I don't know.
1:07.3	Hey there. It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:10.1	I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting. I'm Barbara Sprint. I cover Congress. And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.
1:18.3	And today on the show, President Trump's spending package, the one he calls the big, beautiful bill. But Mara, I will say it is really hard to talk about this bill right now without also talking about Elon Musk
1:30.1	and this giant feud, breakup, whatever you want to call it.
1:35.4	It certainly did. You've got the big, beautiful bill, which is what Trump calls this,
1:39.3	and then you've got the big beautiful breakup between him and Elon Musk. And even before yesterday, when things got really personal,
1:47.8	Elon Musk was criticizing the bill.
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