Poll: Majority Thinks Trump Is Making Changes Too Quickly

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, a majority of respondents think the state of the union is not strong, and that President Trump is moving too quickly in trying to reshape the federal government.

This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:05.4	we'll dissect the thing he was most known for his writing.
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0:23.4	Book of the Day podcast.
0:25.1	Hi, this is Stephen from Salt Lake City, Utah, where I'm driving home with a newly adopted
0:30.2	18-month-old puppy to introduce her to my wife and surprise the kids.
0:34.5	Oh, boy.
0:35.4	This podcast was recorded at 107 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 3rd, 2025.
0:41.9	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but we'll still be learning to love this new addition to our family.
0:47.3	Okay, here's the show.
0:52.2	The dogs of NPR welcome them.
0:54.4	18 months is a great age, too, because you don't have to usually train them to do everything.
0:58.2	It's not like an eight week old, you know, or something like that, which would be a lot of work.
1:03.6	But I have to say, giving a puppy as a surprise is not usually the best tactic.
1:09.0	I was wondering about that.
1:09.8	They must have been begging for them for one for a long time.
1:13.0	That's usually what happens.
1:14.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:16.9	I'm Sarah McCammon.
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