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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. This morning we heard a lot from President Trump.

First in a TV interview on Fox News, then an Aralikin informal press conference that went on for quite a while.

And the president said a lot that needs some context and some fact checking and that is what we are here to do.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress. I'm Aisha Roscoe, I cover the White House.

I'm Ryan Lucas, I cover the Justice Department. And I'm Kelsey Snowly, also cover Congress.

It's Friday, but we are back, potting again. Aisha often will be here from the president at the White House.

It's a formal setting. It's in the East Room. It's fancy. There are chairs. There's a lectern.

This was not any of that. No, it was not that at all. President Trump tweeted that Fox and friends

was on the North Lawn of the White House and that he might go down.

And everyone knows that Fox and friends is one of his favorite shows.

And so he did go down and talk to Fox and friends for a long time.

And then as he was walking back to the White House, he took another round of questions from

a bunch of reporters from a bunch of outlets. So this was kind of a moving, roving, big crowd of

reporters yelling questions and questions. And President Trump, you know, he was game and he went,

he went with it. Right. So here's what we're going to do. We are going to listen to several clips.

And after each time we hear the president, the various expert in the room on that particular

issue is going to walk us through what else you need to know when you're talking about that topic.

Is that work for you guys? Yeah. Works for me. Great. All right. So we are going to start with

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