Trump In Scotland, Gaza Aid, Pete Buttigieg on Democrats

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

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President Trump spent the weekend in Scotland where he announced a new tariff deal with the European Union. Following days of global outrage about images of starvation in Gaza, the Israeli military announced a daily pause in fighting and a revival of aid airdrops, and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighs in on the path ahead for the Democratic party.

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0:00.0	President Trump and a European leader announced a trade agreement.
0:05.5	The U.S. gets more access to European markets.
0:08.3	European products face lower tariffs than feared.
0:11.1	Which details are still unknown.
0:12.8	I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez.
0:14.4	And this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	Israel's military says it will pause attacks in Gaza each day and restart food
0:26.2	airdrops.
0:27.3	The changes common with warnings of starvation, so how much difference will they make?
0:31.7	Also, how should Democrats face the future?
0:34.4	Pete Buttigieg says the party should stop defending institutions that weren't working well.
0:38.9	We should be unsentimental about the things that don't work. We should be fearless in defending the
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1:46.8	President Trump announced the agreement with Ursula von der Leyen, who's a top EU leader.
1:50.8	Now, from what we know so far, American firms are promised more access to European markets,
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