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Federalist Radio Hour

Is America Back?

Federalist Radio Hour

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Derrick Morgan, executive vice president of The Heritage Foundation, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze the key policies that marked President Donald Trump's first 100 days, discuss how Americans received those, and preview the future priorities of the second Trump administration. 

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0:00.0

And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:22.0

I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist

0:25.2

and your experience Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.

0:29.4

As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.

0:34.2

Follow us on X at FBRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well. Our guest today is Derek Morgan, Executive Vice President, the Heritage Foundation. As we take a look back at President Trump's first 100 days in office.

0:56.6

What an active time it has been to say the very least.

1:00.8

Derek, thank you so much for joining us on this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

1:04.9

My pleasure to be with you, Matt.

1:06.4

You have an interesting piece up.

1:08.7

You look over 100 wins. You can find that at the Heritage

1:14.8

Foundation website. It says America's back. Heritage celebrates President Trump's first 100 days

1:21.5

in office. This is a pretty interesting list, and it goes into all kinds of different areas. In fact, Dr. Kevin Roberts,

1:31.9

president of the Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America, said this, want to get your take on it.

1:38.8

In just 100 days, President Trump has done more for the everyday American than Joe Biden managed in four years.

1:47.0

He has taken a sledgehammer to the bloated and out-of-touch bureaucracy, restored the rule of law,

1:53.8

and put Americans, not Washington elites first.

1:58.8

And I think there's a good deal of truth to that. But I'll tell you what,

2:03.3

the Washington elites and those who don't value the rule of law have absolutely lost their

2:11.3

minds over President Trump doing that. Your assessment so far of these first 100 days.

2:17.0

They absolutely have. I think the thing is the direction, right? We're changing direction in a

2:22.3

fundamental way. And I think the president's hoping to pick up speed in that direction. But if you

2:28.1

look at the border, you look at certainly Doge and the spending, and you look at what they're

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