The Week: We (Try To) Answer Your Questions on Trump’s Tariffs

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, we attempt to answer your questions about Donald Trump and the worldwide impact of his tariffs.

James and Alex are joined by Caitríona Perry, BBC News’s Chief Presenter, and Dharshini David, Deputy Economics Editor to relive the week that was. Plus - how could tariffs effect UK consumers and when will people (in the US and UK) start to feel it in their pocket?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.9	Now, I am going to kick off this Q&A with a question, which is sort of the idea, really, isn't it?
0:12.1	I mean, that makes a degree of sense.
0:13.8	It's reassure.
0:14.7	Yes, thank you, Darshini.
0:15.9	And the question is, what does yippie mean?
0:18.8	And I'm asking that because President Trump said this on Wednesday.
0:23.5	Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line.
0:28.4	They were getting yippy, you know?
0:30.6	They were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid,
0:33.5	unlike these champions.
0:35.3	Because we have a big job to do.
0:36.9	No other president would have done what I did.
0:38.9	No other president.
0:39.5	I know the presidents.
0:40.5	They wouldn't have done it.
0:41.9	Right.
0:42.4	Who knows?
0:43.8	To have the yips.
0:45.4	What is it?
0:46.8	Well, I always thought yippie was actually like a short, sharp, excited, like thing when something went well.
0:51.4	Like, yippee.
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