Trump’s affordability tour; Miami mayoral election; a piano-playing octopus; and more
The 7
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:38.7 | Thank you so much, and here's today's show. |
| 0:43.7 | President Donald Trump set out on an affordability tour. |
| 0:48.3 | Our reporters made a map of the different sides of TikTok. |
| 0:52.8 | And best of all, a man in Sweden taught an octopus to play the piano. |
| 0:59.0 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, December 10th. |
| 1:06.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 1:11.2 | Number one. |
| 1:13.1 | President Trump launched a speaking tour yesterday that was supposed to focus on affordability. |
| 1:19.6 | But as often happens, he quickly swerved off course. |
| 1:24.1 | During a 90-minute speech in Pennsylvania, Trump disparaged the country of Somalia, the concept of climate change, and the news media. |
| 1:33.8 | He also spoke in vulgar language about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar. |
| 1:39.7 | And he mocked Democrats for using the word affordability. |
| 1:43.9 | They have a new word. You know, they always have a hoax. |
| 1:46.7 | The new word is affordability. |
| 1:49.5 | So they look at the camera and they say, |
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