The strategy behind Trump’s executive orders

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

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Kimberly’s back from Cuba just in time to discuss the onslaught of President Donald Trump’s executive actions, from tariffs to his federal funding freeze. Lawsuits are being filed left and right against the administration’s moves, but will the Supreme Court still serve as a check on the executive branch? Plus, Kimberly unpacks lasting reflections on Cuba’s contradictions as a country with strong social services like universal education yet acute wage disparities.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Trump’s Driving Legal Principle This Time: ‘What Are You Gonna Do About It?’” by Rolling Stone

“Trump is using a nearly 50-year-old law to justify new tariffs. It may not be legal.” from Politico

“Will the Supreme Court rule that any laws still apply to Donald Trump?” from Vox

“Egypt to Cover Tuition Costs for 1,077 Students After Suspension of USAID Scholarship Programs” by Egyptian Streets

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0:00.0	Hi, David Brancaccio here. This week on Marketplace Morning Report, I was asked to share a personal
0:06.7	story. My wife and I worked on a plan to move back to California with two of our offspring living in the
0:13.1	Golden State. In November, we made that dream a reality when we purchased a cozy bungalow in the city of Altadena.
0:20.5	Just a few weeks later, our home, along with so many thousands of others, is in ruins, total loss.
0:27.2	This week, we return to survey what little the wildfire left and to start planning what might be next for us.
0:34.1	I'm learning a lot, and some of it may be useful to others rebuilding after disaster from
0:38.4	cleaning up the mess to navigating insurance, mortgages, taxes, to securing contractors and
0:44.5	more. Listen to Marketplace Morning Report wherever you get your podcasts.
0:56.6	Well, well, well.
0:59.3	Like where to begin, right?
1:02.7	Well, let's turn the microphones on and we'll figure out where we start.
1:05.9	That's your cue, Jake Cherry.
1:09.4	He's looking at me like, what?
1:12.1	Hey, everybody, I'm Kyle.
1:12.5	I'm Kyle Rizda.
1:16.8	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where on good days we make today make sense,
1:19.5	and on bad days, we just kind of sit here and go, what the?
1:20.7	Oh, sorry.
1:25.2	It's like, welcome back to America, Kimberly. That's right.
1:26.1	I am Kimberly Adams back from Cuba.
1:30.1	Thank you, everyone, for joining us.
1:31.9	It is Monday, February the 3rd.
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