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QUICK HIT: Egg-flation Enters The Conversation

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Jenna Lee

News, Education

4.9663 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A quick look at the first press briefing of the new administration, led by the youngest press secretary in U.S. history, Karoline Leavitt.

Plus ~ how the price of eggs made it into the Q & A and why it matters. Is the topic as critical as it's cracked up to be? (Sorry - couldn't resist)

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Rundown:

0:00 Introduction to the New Administration's Press Briefing

02:03 Historical Context of White House Press Briefings

03:20 The Impact of Rising Egg Prices

06:45 Economic Factors Influencing Food Prices

 

 



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Very few things get our audience as fired up as the following topic that the White House press

0:05.3

secretary even had to address during her very first press briefing. So buckle up.

0:10.7

It's about to go down. I'm Jenna, and this is smarter news.

0:23.3

Let's start with the press briefing. The very first one of this brand new administration, we have the youngest press secretary

0:27.0

in U.S. history, Caroline Levitt, 27 years old, who promptly started at 1 p.m. Eastern time on

0:32.9

Tuesday and got right to the president's priorities with a short introduction, providing some examples of individuals facing deportation.

0:40.4

On day one, President Trump declared a national emergency at our southern border to end the four-year-long

0:47.1

invasion of illegal aliens under the previous administration.

0:51.2

America will no longer tolerate illegal immigration, and this president expects

0:56.3

that every nation on this planet will cooperate with the repatriation of their citizens.

1:03.1

She also broke news on a big story that many of you have asked about. After research and study,

1:08.4

the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were

1:11.5

authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.

1:18.2

Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational, and private individuals that

1:23.3

enjoy flying Jones.

1:25.2

In time, it got worse due to curiosity. This was not the enemy.

1:31.2

Shockingly, there was no follow-up on that topic at all. No questions about the drones or mysterious

1:35.5

ships off the East Coast or aliens or anything else. So we're going to have to keep you posted

1:40.4

on that. There was a lot of questions on executive action, on a pause on federal

1:44.7

aid to some places, artificial intelligence, who would attend the briefing. In fact, it turns out

1:50.2

we're going to see some new faces in the press briefing room. According to recent polling from

1:54.4

Gallup, Americans' trust in mass media has fallen to a record low. Millions of Americans, especially young people, have turned from traditional television outlets

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