How Have You Been Affected by Trump’s First 100 Days?

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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How have you been affected by Trump’s first 100 days in office? Whether you rushed to buy a car before the tariffs set in, changed your travel plans or cut out caffeine, we want to hear how the Trump administration has affected your daily life. Have your community, job or finances been impacted? Tell us how, as well as how you’re managing — and how you’re thinking about your approach to the next 3.5 years. Guests: Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist, The Washington Post; she writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column "The Color of Money" Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown Dr. Jocelyn Sze, psychologist and clinical professor at UC Berkeley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.1	Coming up on forum, as President Trump marks 100 days in office, we want to hear from you.
1:08.8	How have you been affected by his administration's actions,
1:11.8	your community, your finances, your state of mind? Where do you stand on the president's job
1:16.8	performance? The latest polls show Trump's approval rating hovering around 40%, lower than other
1:22.4	presidents at this time. And what are you finding helpful when thinking about the next several
1:27.3	months?
1:28.3	Our panel this hour, which includes a financial columnist and psychologist, offers an ear and their advice after this news.
1:48.7	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:54.4	As we look back on President Trump's first 100 days and the administration's actions we've covered on the show,
1:58.9	tariffs, mass firings of federal workers, the immigration and free speech crackdowns,
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