How Corporate Leaders Are Coping With Trump’s Order Blitz

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Jan. 22. Business leaders are scrambling to prepare as President Trump’s executive orders bring changes to everything from immigration to energy policy. WSJ reporter Chip Cutter joins to discuss how CEOs are making sense of the changes for their companies and clients. Plus, Elon Musk casts doubt on Trump’s big project to build out artificial-intelligence infrastructure. And WSJ reporter Cameron McWhirter takes us on the ground in Altadena, where a historic community of Black homeowners looks to rebuild after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	President Trump threatens Russia with sanctions and tariffs if President Putin doesn't end the war in Ukraine.
0:40.0	Plus, how corporate leaders are coping with the policy changes brought by Trump's flurry of executive orders.
0:46.2	This is something that a lot of executives in industries like health care and hospitality, manufacturing, construction, you name it, are worried about what to do if Fed show up and potentially
0:55.3	look at records of employees and maybe conduct some sort of immigration rate.
0:59.2	And what it will take for a unique black community to rebuild after destruction from
1:03.3	the Los Angeles wildfires. It's Wednesday, January 22nd. I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street
1:09.3	Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:12.2	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:18.8	President Trump threatens sanctions and tariffs on Russia if President Vladimir Putin
1:23.4	doesn't reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Posting today on Truth Social, Trump said he would, quote, have no other choice,
1:31.0	but to impose sanctions and tariffs on Russian goods if the countries don't make a deal soon.
1:35.9	The statement is Trump's most forceful and public effort to end the war,
1:39.4	though the president also stressed that he doesn't want to hurt Russia.
1:42.7	The Kremlin didn't immediately respond to a
1:44.8	request for comment.
1:49.0	Hours after President Trump stood next to tech leaders unveiling Stargate, the $500 billion
1:54.0	artificial intelligence infrastructure project announced yesterday, Elon Musk questioned whether it
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