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Up First from NPR

Election Takeaways, Trump Legal Cases, Trump And The Economy

Up First from NPR

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump won after building a broad coalition. Trump's election victory gets rid of at least two of his criminal prosecutions. And stocks climb on hopes that Trump's re-election will boost economic growth.

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0:00.0

A look at the electorate that chose Donald Trump reveal some intriguing facts.

0:06.7

Exit polls find the share of white voters grew while the share of non-white voters went down.

0:12.5

How does that shift our sense of who's voting and who's not?

0:15.2

I'm Michelle Martin with Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News.

0:21.7

Trump will be the first convicted felon to serve as president.

0:24.6

During the campaign, he spoke of firing one of the people pursuing a pending case, the special counsel.

0:29.3

It's so easy. I would fire him within two seconds.

0:32.3

Trump won't have to because Jack Smith cannot prosecute a sitting president.

0:36.0

How does Smith finish up?

0:37.2

Also, we have an assessment of the president

0:38.7

he likes promise to raise tariffs, taxes, on imports.

0:42.2

The near-term impact would be slower economic growth,

0:44.9

but it would also bring in revenue.

0:46.7

So who are the winners and losers?

0:48.5

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