Trump Meets with Japanese Prime Minister, Announces Major Economic News

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Friday, President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and held a joint press conference from the White House—where Ishiba announced he will increase his country’s investment in the U.S. amounting to $1 trillion. The two world leaders also revealed plans for a joint venture which would send American oil to Japan. 3:40pm- Democrats continue to panic over the Trump Administration’s threat to dismantle and restructure the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). On Tuesday, the administration announced that many employees within the agency will be placed on leave—with many contractors being laid off. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that many of USAID’s activities are currently “conflicting” with State Department priorities. According to reports, USAID has been merged with the State Department. 3:45pm- As the Trump Administration begins to reconstruct USAID, Congressman Brian Mast posted a video to social media highlighting some of USAID’s most outrageous expenditures. Rep. Mast’s list includes: $15 million for contraceptives to the Taliban, $20k for drag shows in Venezuela, $450k to promote atheism in Nepal, $1 million to unionize gig workers in Brazil, $55k for a climate change presentation in Argentina, $350 million to build pier in Gaza, and $450k to help Indonesian coffee companies become more climate and gender friendly. 3:50pm- Make Straws Great Again: In a post to Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to sign an executive order reversing the Biden Administration’s initiative to ban plastic straws. Is there anything worse than a paper straw?

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr.
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0:05.4	Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists.
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0:11.7	Call me at 856-252-0107.
0:15.9	You remember when Fridays used to be quiet and slow in the Biden administration?
0:22.7	You remember when every day used to be quiet and slow in the Biden administration. You remember when every day used to be quiet and slow in the Biden administration? We don't have that anymore. Now that Trump is president.
0:28.4	Fridays are as jam-packed as any other day. Welcome to the show. Glad you're here,
0:33.2	855, 839, 12, 10, on X at Rich Zoli. So the president just wrapped up, taking questions with the Prime Minister of Japan.
0:41.4	But we paused it for you so we can listen in.
0:43.6	A lot said here about U.S. Steel, which is, of course, very important to Pennsylvania.
0:48.5	Undoing the pause on liquid natural gas, defense against China, a whole lot of stuff.
0:53.2	The president's also set to sign some executive orders.
0:55.8	So it's going to be a busy Friday pre-Suber Bowl weekend, obviously.
0:59.9	And I think we're going to win on Sunday because it's Vince Papali's birthday on Sunday.
1:04.2	So if you don't need to – and if there's not – and Sequin Barclay, too.
1:07.7	So I think we're going to be good. But anyway, what we're going to do to start the hour here is play some of the press conference with the president and the prime minister of Japan.
1:17.4	A lot of very important critical stuff here.
1:19.6	We are streaming live on YouTube.
1:21.1	So join the fun.
1:21.9	Join the chat.
1:23.3	And we will, let's dip in here and take a listen.
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