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🗓️ 30 April 2025
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Today, America's GDP figures show the economy is dramatically contracting, and recession continues to loom. It’s not an ideal backdrop for Trumps 100 day celebration. Jon has been in Detroit, where Trump has been addressing autoworkers terrified by Trump's tariffs.
So, with 100 days of Trump 2.0 under our belts, we answer your most pressing questions about how it's gone so far, and whether things are only going to get crazier.
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0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
0:11.6 | They have a poll, a crazy poll, probably a fake poll too, so I don't know, I don't care. |
0:15.8 | But first time ever, I think ever, that they're saying the country is headed in the right direction. |
0:23.5 | Has never happened before. I don't know why. |
0:27.9 | But we've accomplished more in three months than most administrations accomplished in four years or even eight years. |
0:35.0 | And we're just getting started. Believe me, we're just getting started. |
0:38.0 | So one person is very happy with the direction of the presidency right now, and that person is Donald Trump. |
0:45.1 | The polls, however, are telling a slightly different story. We're going to bring you those numbers in a moment. |
0:51.2 | And on the subject of numbers, the latest economic growth figures have just |
0:55.3 | come out for the US. They are bad, really bad. And that might explain why there were a lot of |
1:02.5 | empty seats at Trump's rally last night. A cracks appearing in the MAGA Alliance. Welcome to the newsagents. |
1:14.6 | The Newsagents. It's John in Detroit. It's Emily in Newsagents HQ. And a little bit later, |
1:21.1 | we're going to be answering some of your questions about those first hundred days of Trump. |
1:26.2 | We've got lots in and they're brilliant. But we're going to |
1:29.3 | start by talking a little bit about the polls because in the last few weeks, a picture has been |
1:36.1 | appearing and it's not a picture that Trump particularly wants to see. You've seen some of the |
1:42.0 | numbers that suggest Americans believe that the economy is now going |
1:45.9 | in the wrong direction under Trump. But there are three new polls out to mark his 100th day |
1:52.1 | in power. And they are all about the job he is doing overall. NBC News finds that 55% of Americans |
2:00.7 | disapprove of the president's handling of his job. |
2:04.8 | In a CNN poll that is 59% disapprove and an ABC Washington Post poll finds just 39% of Americans |
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