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NPR News: 05-04-2025 5PM EDT

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0:00.0

This is Irid Glass, the host of This American Life.

0:02.9

So much is changing so rapidly right now with President Trump in office.

0:07.3

It feels good to pause for a moment sometimes and look around at what's what.

0:10.7

Just try and do that.

0:11.4

We've been finding these incredible stories about right now that are funny and have feeling,

0:16.1

and you get to see people everywhere making sense of this new America that we find ourselves in.

0:21.4

This American Life, wherever you get your podcast.

0:24.8

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

0:28.9

President Trump says he doesn't know if it's his job to uphold the Constitution.

0:33.4

In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on Meet the Press that aired today,

0:37.9

Trump said he doesn't know if every person in the U.S. is entitled to due process, which is protected under the Constitution.

0:44.9

In the broad-ranging interview, Trump said he's not worried about a recession.

0:49.0

This amid his trade wars with several countries.

0:51.9

And Pira Azma Khalid has more.

0:53.2

Trump put in place these sweeping tariffs on

0:55.9

many countries throughout the globe. And then he pulled back on them, but he still has left a 10%

1:01.4

tariff on many imports from around the globe with the goal of negotiating trade deals. Last week,

1:08.5

different economic advisors came out and alluded to the fact that they were

1:12.2

very close to a deal, but we still haven't seen a deal, and I will say that trade deals take

1:17.4

a really long time to figure out in terms of the nitty, greedy details. NPR's Osmah Khalid reporting.

1:23.3

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visits the White House Tuesday for a meeting with President Trump to discuss trade and other issues.

1:32.2

Israel is vowing retribution after a missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen landed near Israel's main airport today.

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