Swamp Notes: Biden and Trump’s immigration duel
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The issue of immigration might be Donald Trump’s biggest political boon ahead of the US election in November, but President Joe Biden went to the US-Mexico border this week to try to change the narrative. The FT’s Houston correspondent, Myles McCormick, and US political news editor, Derek Brower, join this week’s Swamp Notes to examine whose case voters find more convincing. Credit: Fox10, PBS NewsHour
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:12.2 | Donald Trump has visited the US-Mexico border a lot, both as president and as a presidential |
| 0:18.4 | candidate. |
| 0:19.4 | He was back there this week, and this time he had some company. |
| 0:25.0 | Folks, it's time for us to move on this. |
| 0:27.0 | We can't wait any longer. |
| 0:30.0 | This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the F |
| 0:32.6 | T. News briefing where we talk about all of the things happening in the |
| 0:36.1 | 2024 U.S. presidential election. I'm Mark Filipino and this week we're asking |
| 0:40.9 | why are Biden and Trump so focused on immigration here with me to discuss |
| 0:46.3 | is Miles McCormick he's the F.T.'s Houston correspondent. |
| 0:49.3 | Hi Miles. |
| 0:50.3 | Hey Mark. |
| 0:51.3 | We've also got Derek Brower the F.T's U.S. political news editor. |
| 0:54.0 | Hi Derek. |
| 0:55.0 | Hi, Mark. |
| 0:56.0 | All right, so let's start with the news. |
| 0:58.0 | The two presidential front runners, Donald Trump and incumbent Joe Biden, both visited the U. US-Mexico border on Thursday. |
| 1:04.8 | They were in different parts, but they were still both on the border. |
| 1:07.7 | Miles, you were down there too. |
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