Swamp Notes: Why Democrats can’t get their act together
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
As US President Donald Trump dismantles agencies and challenges institutions across the federal government, Democrats still can’t decide how to oppose him. The FT’s global business columnist Rana Foroohar and Washington reporter Steff Chavez join this week’s Swamp Notes podcast to discuss why Democrats’ inability to pick a strategy can prove costly.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:03.0 | Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, 15% of its oil, |
| 0:07.7 | and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. |
| 0:11.0 | Our wind farms power 750,000 homes, |
| 0:14.0 | and we expect that to grow to over 7 million. |
| 0:16.5 | Last year, we invested 20% of our global growth spend in renewables |
| 0:20.1 | and lower carbon solutions. |
| 0:22.0 | We plan to increase that to 50% by 2030. |
| 0:25.4 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.4 | Equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:31.8 | Most budget battles on Capitol Hill that happen are partisan. |
| 0:35.7 | Democrats and Republicans usually fight each other to get a little bit more of what they want. |
| 0:41.2 | But the budget tussle last week took place within a party. |
| 0:45.9 | The Democrats. |
| 0:47.0 | It turned pretty ugly. |
| 0:49.4 | Some members of Congress are even calling on their Senate leader Chuck Schumer to step down. |
| 0:53.8 | I'm afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to pick new leadership as we move |
| 0:59.0 | forward. |
| 1:00.0 | And this infighting could cost Democrats big. |
| 1:04.0 | How can you take on President Donald Trump if you can't even get on the same page? |
| 1:09.0 | This is Swamp Notes on the same page. |
| 1:19.0 | This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all the things happening in U.S. politics. |
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