Donald Trump's Domestic Policy Agenda
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🗓️ 31 December 2024
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| 0:27.6 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics. I'm Frank Ordonez. I cover the |
| 0:33.2 | White House. And I'm Tamara Keith. I also cover the White House. And today we're going to take a look at what |
| 0:37.9 | President-elect Donald Trump's domestic policy agenda is likely to look like as he prepares to take office for the second time. |
| 0:45.5 | I think we should start by taking a step back and noting that this is a bit extraordinary because |
| 0:49.9 | Donald Trump is entering office with a lot of experience. He's done this before. And it seems like day one, the second time around, feels a lot more rested and ready than day one the first time around. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah. I mean, I think you're absolutely right. I think that is the clear point is they have done this before. They know what the barriers are. They know what the roadblocks are. And they know that they have to move fast before campaign midterm season kicks in. And I think you're seeing that already with all these cabinet picks, with all these promises of certain executive orders, kind of laying the groundwork so that they're moving on day one. I mean, if you just look |
| 1:28.6 | back to, you know, eight years ago when the last time they tried this, they brought in Chris |
| 1:34.4 | Christie, the former New Jersey governor. He was kind of leading the transition. He had all these |
| 1:38.9 | plans. They were all scrapped. Such a debacle. They put in, as cabinet leaders, a lot of traditional GOP people, |
| 1:48.3 | military generals, who just were not in sync with Trump. In some cases, a lot of the Trump team |
| 1:54.6 | felt they were acting more like guardrails and not pursuing Trump's agenda. That is not going to |
| 2:00.5 | happen this time. |
| 2:01.6 | You're seeing that with the picks. |
| 2:03.6 | And I think they're feeling more confident that they will be able to hit the ground running. |
| 2:08.1 | Yeah. |
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