Foreign Journalists On Covering The Trump Administration

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🗓️ 30 March 2025

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We've spent a lot of time in 2025 talking about the president. The executive orders. The court challenges. The cabinet appointments. Now, the Signal group chats.

It's a challenge to report on the administration, full stop. But what if you're not reporting on the administration for an audience directly affected by the U.S. federal government? What kinds of challenges does that present?

In a 1A first, we sit down in front of an audience at our home base at WAMU in Washington, DC, to talk to three international journalists about their experiences covering the Trump administration for their audiences back home.

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0:00.0	Am I a propagandist? A truth teller. An influencer? There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism. I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything, we dive head first into the conflicts we're all facing over truth and who gets to tell it. Listen now to Question Everything, part of the NPR Podcast Network.
0:22.4	Hi, it's Jen. Before we begin the show, we want to note that this podcast was recorded in front of a live studio audience at our home base, WAMU, in Washington, D.C.
0:32.3	And as a reminder, you too can be a part of our show. Find the 1A Vox Pop app wherever you get your apps. It's one easy
0:39.2	way to get your voice heard on the show and it's free. Thanks so much to our audience for joining us,
0:44.4	and thank you for listening. Enjoy the show. A lot has happened around the world since President Trump took office in January.
1:00.2	Just days after the start of his administration, a fragile ceasefire took hold between Israel and Hamas.
1:06.0	It allowed for aid to pass into Gaza and Palestinians to return home.
1:10.5	Several hostages taken by Hamas on October 7,
1:12.8	23 were also freed. But last week, Israel resumed military strikes in Gaza, ending that two-month-long
1:19.5	ceasefire. At least 700 people have been killed, and over 560 have been wounded since last week.
1:26.0	That's according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
1:28.6	The president also came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine. Two months in, a solution
1:34.1	remains evasive. Seasfire talks took place this week between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine,
1:40.0	and Saudi Arabia. The negotiations ended with a tentative agreement to pause all military activity
1:45.1	in the Black Sea, but with caveats from Russia. Donald Trump also started his term with plans
1:50.6	to close the border and deport anyone who had entered this country illegally. This month,
1:55.6	Trump invoked an old wartime power to swiftly deport 250 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador,
2:02.6	possibly defying a federal judge's court order in the process. Today, we hear from three
2:07.3	foreign journalists covering the Trump administration for their audiences back home.
2:11.8	This includes its policies towards the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America.
2:16.2	I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast, where we get
2:19.2	to the heart of the story. Stay with us. We'll be back with more in a moment.
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