Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?
The News Agents - USA
Global
4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
It's all quiet - for now - on the campaign front.
Today we ask whether republicans are prepared to scupper a cross-party border deal if they think it could help Trump in November.
And we bring you the remarkable story of E. Jean Carroll - who’s owed 83 million dollars by the Donald.
And ask if Taylor Swift can swing a US election.
PSA: If you want to hear about Biden's crisis in the Middle East - head to the Monday episode of our regular daily The News Agents feed. Why is everyone talking about WWIII?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA Podcast is brought to you by HSBC, UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.6 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | We cannot let this happen to our country. |
| 0:16.2 | As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America. |
| 0:25.3 | It's not going to happen. |
| 0:26.9 | That is, well, you don't need any explanation. |
| 0:29.2 | It's Donald Trump. |
| 0:30.5 | Talking about Joe Biden's border policy and how he's not going to support anything he's doing. |
| 0:36.4 | That comes as no surprise, except for the fact that Joe Biden is essentially following Donald |
| 0:44.0 | Trump's policy on possibly closing the border altogether to stop anyone getting into the country. |
| 0:50.4 | It's everything the Republicans have ever wanted. |
| 0:52.8 | But Biden wants that deal tied in with |
| 0:55.6 | aid to Israel and aid to Ukraine. And for purely political reasons, it looks like Donald Trump wants |
| 1:03.0 | to kill it. Right now, there is a deal before Congress that gives both sides of the House |
| 1:09.8 | the chance to crack down on illegal immigration at the southern border. |
| 1:15.5 | It is something that many American voters are longing to see. |
| 1:20.7 | But there are parts of the Republican Party, the parts that are closest to Donald Trump, |
| 1:25.3 | who think any deal signed into law now |
| 1:28.8 | would be a victory for Joe Biden |
| 1:31.4 | and possibly make it harder for Trump to come back in November. |
| 1:36.6 | It is blunt, naked politics, |
| 1:40.1 | and it's very worst. |
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