Hi, this is Amy from Dayton, Ohio. I'm here with Mac, Holmes, Marisol, Kurtz, and Roscoe.

Kittens I've been fostering the last few weeks, who, as you may have guessed, are named after some of my favorite NPR folks.

They go back to the Humane Society soon, but they've been great little listening buddies the past couple weeks.

This podcast was recorded at 207 PM on July 6th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Like these little bookers hopefully finding their new homes. Enjoy the show!

Aw, I heard a Roscoe in there and I was like, oh, that's a familiar name.

I know!

Hey there, it is the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Danielle Kurtzleben, I cover politics.

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, I cover the White House.

And I'm Franco Ordonia, I also cover the White House.

Well, we are back, of course, with fresh news about President Trump and what he did over the 4th of July weekend.

Perhaps feeling the heat from some slipping approval ratings, he spent the weekend doing some high profile speeches.

There was one here in town, it was very military heavy, it was complete with aircraft flyovers and all of that stuff.

But the night before there was a speech that got a bit more attention, it was at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, and he took a very dark foreboding tone.

Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, to fame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.

Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, to face our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime.

In our cities, many of these people have no idea why they are doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing.

They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive.

But no, the American people are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country,

and all of its values, history, and culture to be taken from them.

It seemed like this speech was an answer to all of this huge movement that we've seen of anti-racism, anti-police brutality marches, and protests around the country.

This was really President Trump's response to that. We've seen movement, we have seen statues as the White House likes to remind us of all sorts of historical figures being torn down,

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