Trump Faces Setbacks On Tariffs, Student Deportations, And Ukraine [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Trump had to retreat big this week, and Brian and Layan discuss all of it. The administration is backing off of tariffs, Trump is furious over Ukraine negotiations, and Musk took a huge step back from DOGE amid Tesla’s profits tanking.
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Socialist Program. |
| 0:04.0 | This is John Prysner, a producer of this show. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. |
| 0:10.0 | Subscribe at patreon.com slash the Socialist Program to hear the full episode, |
| 0:16.0 | get access to all our patrons-only content, including live Q&A seminars with Brian Becker, and help |
| 0:22.4 | keep this show on the air. |
| 0:27.1 | Donald Trump has been talking big, but this week he had to walk a lot of it back. His team is |
| 0:33.4 | already backing off on tariffs. He's clearly frustrated over the negotiations in Ukraine, |
| 0:38.8 | and Elon Musk facing a 71% drop in profits in Tesla is taking a big step back from Doge. |
| 0:46.6 | Is Trump changing course, or is he just hitting a rough patch? I'm Leanne Seema Fulahan here |
| 0:51.9 | with Brian Becker, and this is in the news, a segment of the Socialist Program, a patron's only show. |
| 0:58.9 | Brian, this has been a week of retreat for Donald Trump. It has been a week of chaos. Trump was pounding his chest, threatening the world, and within the last few days, he's had to walk a great deal of that back on tariffs, on firing |
| 1:12.6 | Jerome Powell, on Elon Musk, on his ability as a negotiator in the Ukraine war. |
| 1:18.3 | And, Brian, we actually have breaking news, very important news regarding Trump's nationwide efforts |
| 1:23.5 | to revoke student visas. |
| 1:25.0 | We have a lot to talk about today. |
| 1:27.1 | But first, Brian, I think we really have to start with this clip. We have a lot to talk about today. But first, Brian, I think |
| 1:28.3 | we really have to start with this clip. It's a uniquely Donald Trump clip, and I think it really |
| 1:33.4 | says a lot. An old-fashioned term that we use groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an |
| 1:39.0 | old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term, groceries. It sort of says a bag with different things |
| 1:43.6 | in it. Groceries went through the roof. And I campaign says a bag with different things in it. |
| 1:46.0 | Groceries went through the roof. |
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