Executive orders of magnitude: Trump’s day one
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is back in office, this time with less pearl-clutching in Washington. We examine his inaugural address and his first executive orders as glimpses into what his second term holds—for America and the world (12:23). And why millennials and Gen Z are so besotted with expensive stuffed animals (18:37).
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| 0:33.1 | The Economist |
| 0:34.4 | Hello and welcome to... The Economist. |
| 0:43.3 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:45.8 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:50.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. There were a few eyebrow-raising moments on Donald Trump's inauguration day. |
| 1:00.3 | We take two looks at what was said and what was signed, |
| 1:03.9 | tapping first into the feeling in Washington, |
| 1:06.2 | and then an international view on what might shake the world order. |
| 1:11.6 | And, not going to lie, we thought you might like a little light relief after all that trumpery. |
| 1:16.6 | So we're going to look into plushies. |
| 1:18.6 | Young people in particular are kind of weirdly into stuffed animals these days, |
| 1:23.6 | and boy, are they willing to pay up to get some. |
| 1:33.6 | First up, though, to Washington. |
| 1:42.1 | And we're back. |
| 1:43.9 | I don't know, that I will faithfully execute. |
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