Trump mulls trade compromise, SCOTUS rejects Trump, island citizenship & more

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

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President Donald Trump and Canada’s prime minister are slated to speak today about a potential compromise on tariffs. The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen. The US has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but that might not last long. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is focusing on unconventional treatments for measles. Plus, why a tiny island is selling citizenship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.6	President Donald Trump might be reconsidering his tactics a day after imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico that sent markets reeling.
0:46.9	Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik told Bloomberg today that there might be some product exemptions on the tariffs, including autos.
0:53.5	My thinking is it's going to be somewhere in the middle.
0:56.5	So not 100% of all products and not none.
1:00.4	Somewhere in the middle because I think Mexico and Canada are trying the best.
1:05.0	And let's see where we end up.
1:06.5	That's after Lutnik said yesterday that Canada and Mexico had been blowing up his phone
1:11.2	and said that he thought Trump might work something out with them.
1:14.2	Trump is set to speak with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, but Canadian sources
1:18.7	tell CNN more details of a trade compromise need to be worked out beforehand.
1:23.8	Key issues to address include improving border security and exempting tariffs on items that comply with the free trade USMCA treaty, like cars.
1:32.8	Mexico's President Claudia Scheinbaum said today that her country could find other trade partners if needed, adding she has her own call with Trump tomorrow morning.
1:41.2	Trump also made clear in his address last night when more tariffs would kick in.
1:45.3	April 2nd, reciprocal tariffs kick in. And whatever they tariff us, other countries, we will
1:53.8	tariff them. The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to keep billions of
2:00.7	dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.
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