Monday, February 10, 2025
The 7
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🗓️ 10 February 2025
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Monday briefing: Trump’s tariffs; federal worker resignation deadline; Elon Musk; Super Bowl blowout; Kendrick Lamar; and more
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| 0:00.0 | President Donald Trump will announce more tariffs today. That's where we're starting the seven |
| 0:06.7 | from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Monday, February 10th. Let's get you caught up with |
| 0:12.6 | today's seven stories. Trump said he will impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. |
| 0:23.6 | A reminder, a tariff is essentially a tax on goods coming into the U.S. |
| 0:28.9 | It's paid by importers, but they tend to pass on the costs to consumers. |
| 0:34.2 | Tariffs have been a key part of Trump's economic strategy, sparking trade wars with the U.S.'s |
| 0:39.8 | Biggest trading partners. That includes Canada, which is a top supplier of steel and aluminum to the U.S. |
| 0:47.6 | Trump has said he thinks Canada should be the 51st state. |
| 0:52.3 | Last week, Trump delayed more sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico until next month, but he has |
| 0:59.1 | increased tariffs on goods from China, and this morning, China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods |
| 1:05.1 | took effect, but China buys a lot less from the U.S. than vice versa. |
| 1:10.8 | Meanwhile, Trump and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk continued their efforts. China buys a lot less from the U.S. than vice versa. |
| 1:16.1 | Meanwhile, Trump and his billionaire advisor, Elon Musk, continued their efforts to drastically cut and reshape the federal government this weekend. |
| 1:19.6 | In an interview with Fox News that aired before the Super Bowl yesterday, Trump said he trusts |
| 1:24.8 | Musk. |
| 1:25.9 | Trust Elon? Oh, he's not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it. He's so |
| 1:31.1 | into it. But I told him do that. Then I'm going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, |
| 1:38.1 | to go check the Department of Education. He's going to find the same thing. Then I'm going to go to the |
| 1:43.1 | military. Let's check the military. We're going to find billions same thing. Then I'm going to go to the military. Let's check the military. |
| 1:44.7 | We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. |
| 1:49.9 | Musk's team has now swept through at least 15 agencies. And it was announced on Friday that the Trump |
| 1:57.1 | administration is also cutting billions of dollars in funding for biomedical research. |
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