MAGA Senator Jim Banks on Short-Term Tariff "Pain," Trump’s Fullback Elon, and How the Midwest Can Grow With MAHA

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

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4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tara is joined by freshman Senator Jim Banks (R-Indiana) to discuss Trump’s policy decisions in the first month of his second term, including whether he views Elon Musk as a conflict of interest for the Trump administration, his level of concern over potential tariffs hitting his home state, what to make of the MAHA movement, and his thoughts on whether the GOP’s upcoming tax cuts will continue to benefit corporations and billionaires over working people. For more of Tara's reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, 'The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. You can also follow Tara on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok @tarapalmeri Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Senator Jim Banks Producer: Eduardo Ocampo Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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