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Trump’s Artificial Economy

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What A Day

News, Daily News

4.6 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The economy is in pretty much the same weird place it’s been for the past few months. Hiring is down, the cost of living is up, and no one really knows what's coming next. That uncertainty is partially thanks to AI, which is supposed to change work as we know it. It’s making everyone – from stock traders to white-collar workers – very, very nervous. On this episode, we talk to Stacey Vanek Smith. She’s a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and co-host of the Bloomberg podcast, Everybody's Business.

And in headlines, the Supreme Court signs off on California’s new congressional map, President Trump’s attempted assassin is sentenced to life in prison, and a group of Minnesota teachers and school districts sue to stop immigration enforcement activity on or near public schools.

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, February 5th.

0:05.1

I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that appreciates Vice President J.D. Vance for asking right-wing podcast host, Megan Kelly, the important questions.

0:13.1

Like, why wasn't CNN host Caitlin Collins having more fun in the Oval Office Tuesday when she questioned the president about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's victims.

0:22.3

I mean, like, there was a moment in the Oval Office. I wasn't even in there, but, you know, I was in the West Wing and somebody sent me where he was talking to Caitlin Collins, who's the CNN anchor. And I have like a decent relationship with Caitlin Collins, which is unusual given that she's from CNN.

0:35.7

But the president, she's asking a question.

0:38.6

The president says, why don't you ever smile?

0:40.3

Yeah.

0:40.7

And it's actually like so perceptive, even if you're asking a tough question, even if you take your job very seriously, like why does it always have to be so antagonistic? Well, I laugh because I saw online everybody was calling him sexist for saying that. And I literally said the same thing about Caitlin Collins a year ago on my show.

0:56.3

She never smiles.

0:58.0

Every once in a while, you have to smile.

0:59.9

Roger Ailes used to tell us that.

1:01.1

Every once in a while, you remember smiles, show the viewers they have a heart.

1:03.7

Just have some fun, right?

1:05.9

J.D. Vance, do you think the sexual assault of young women and girls is fun?

1:24.0

No. Do you think the sexual assault of young women and girls is fun? On today's show, can California cheat and gerrymander like Texas can? The Supreme Court makes its ruling.

1:29.8

And President Donald Trump's quest for immortality could leave us all with a mighty eyesore.

1:34.6

But let's start with the economy, which is in the same weird place it's been for the past few months.

1:39.2

Hiring is down, the cost of living is up, and no one really knows what's coming next.

1:45.5

And that uncertainty is partially thanks to AI, which everyone says will change work as we know it. But Trump doesn't seem concerned.

1:51.2

He mocked the idea in an interview with NBC nightly news anchor Tom Yamis, released on Wednesday.

1:56.7

Mr. President, there's widespread concern that AI is going to wipe out a lot of jobs, manufacturing jobs.

2:01.3

They said the Internet was going to do, everything was going to do, robots are going to kill jobs.

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