Clock ticks on Trump's deadline
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
3.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Health plans work every day to shield Americans from high and rising costs by negotiating lower prices from providers and drug makers and protecting consumers against unexpected medical bills. |
| 0:11.1 | Learn more at costconnection.org. |
| 0:19.1 | Today on the Playbook podcast, it's deadline day. |
| 0:22.7 | Donald Trump gives Iran until 8 p.m. tonight to make a deal. |
| 0:27.1 | But J.D. Vance will be here, the vice president's in Hungary for the election there. |
| 0:30.9 | And it's election day here in Georgia to replace Representative Marjorie Taylor Green. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. |
| 0:38.5 | And I'm Dasha Burns. |
| 0:39.5 | It is Tuesday, April 7th. |
| 0:43.3 | Dasha, you survived the Trump press conference yesterday. |
| 0:46.3 | How did you get on? |
| 0:47.6 | Just barely. |
| 0:48.9 | What I tell you guys... |
| 0:49.9 | It was long. |
| 0:50.7 | Okay, long, we're used to long with President Trump. |
| 0:53.7 | What I tell you, that place was a madhouse. |
| 0:56.2 | I mean, I have never seen, the briefing room gets crazy, but this was another level. I mean, |
| 1:01.7 | it was packed to the brims. People were climbing over chairs to get to their seats. Like, |
| 1:06.6 | the level of athleticism required just to like make your way through. I mean, it was next |
| 1:14.1 | level. I think people were ready to like tear off some limbs in order to get some questions. |
| 1:20.4 | It looked crazy. You could see everyone rammed in down the side. You get your own special seat |
| 1:24.5 | and you get called out by name by the president. So I guess you're on easy street in this situation, right? Well, listen, my seat is precariously near the aisle where |
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