This is Brian Laird's Daily Politics podcast from WMYC Studios.

It's Monday, February 10th.

I'm Amina Serna, a producer on the Brian Lair show, filling in for Brian today.

In the span of one week, the Trump administration,

under the influence of billionaire Elon Musk, has targeted several federal agencies and millions

of federal employees in moves that might not hold water legally. Since Friday, President Trump has

said he would impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports starting

today. That tariff includes tariffs towards Mexico and China, the United States' largest

trading partners. And the agency that protects Americans from financial abuse is in Elon Musk's

Doge crosshairs. He and newly confirmed director of both the Office of Management

and Budget and the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Russell Vote, are moving

to shut down the agency. Unions and other groups are filing lawsuits to try to stop some of what

Doge and President Trump are doing, and Democrats are trying to use what little

leverage they have to block them. But Republican members of Congress don't seem to have much

of an appetite to push back on any of President Trump's moves. Joining us now to talk about the latest,

as President Trump enters week four of his second administration is Susan Page, USA Today, Washington Bureau Chief, and author of several books, including The Rule Breaker, The Life and Times of Barbara Walters.

Welcome back to WMIC, Susan.

It's great to be with you, and I cannot believe it's just week four of the Trump administration.

That was the most surprising thing you said in that introduction.

I was going off of your count from your article last week, so that's how I got to that.

Let's start with the new tariffs.

Speaking at Air Force One on his way to the Super Bowl yesterday,

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