Grading Trump's First 100 Days, Presidential Retaliation, Detained Student Speaks

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

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In a new poll, voters graded President Trump's first 100 days in office. An NPR analysis finds more than 100 people and groups the President targeted for retribution in his second term, and NPR traveled to Vermont to speak with a Columbia University student detained by the Trump administration.

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0:00.0	A survey asked voters to grade President Trump's first 100 days in office. Some gave him an A,
0:08.6	while the most common grade was F. What is working for the president? And how do some voters think he's
0:13.8	falling short? I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:25.6	The president campaigned on a promise of retribution and also blurred what he meant by that.
0:31.7	100 days in, NPR has a list of people and institutions the president has targeted using government power.
0:36.2	Also, the U.S. has deported or detained college students who advocated for Palestinians.
0:38.2	NPR visited one in detention.
0:44.3	I want the American people to see this, to see this level of injustice.
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