Trump's Day 1 to-do list
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to do a variety of things on “Day 1” should he win the presidency: mass deportations, tariffs on all U.S. imports, cutting federal funding for schools that discuss race and much more.
Today, host Martine Powers speaks with White House reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb about what Trump’s second term could mean for America.
Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff, with help from Ariel Plotnick and Bishop Sand. It was mixed by Rennie Svirnoskiy. And edited by Monica Campbell, with help from Reena Flores. Thanks to Gina Harkins.
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| 0:00.0 | Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. |
| 0:11.2 | Except for day one. |
| 0:12.2 | Except for... |
| 0:13.2 | He's going crazy. |
| 0:14.7 | Except for day one. |
| 0:15.7 | Meaning? |
| 0:16.7 | I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill, drill. |
| 0:20.4 | That's not... That's not, that's not retribution. |
| 0:22.6 | I got it. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm going to be, you know, he keeps, we love this guy. |
| 0:28.6 | He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you? |
| 0:30.6 | I said, no, no, no, other than day one. |
| 0:32.6 | We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling, drilling. |
| 0:35.6 | After that I'm not a dictator, okay? |
| 0:37.7 | That sounds to me like you're going back to the policy. |
| 0:41.3 | That was President-elect Donald Trump at a town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity almost a year ago. |
| 0:48.5 | Now, Trump has won re-election, and that day one is approaching. |
| 0:54.4 | So I asked my colleague Yasmin Abu Talib, who covers politics here at the post, just what we |
| 0:59.7 | might expect on January 20, 2025, Trump's very first day back in office. |
| 1:05.0 | I think the most striking thing about Trump's win this time is he is going to go into office much more prepared |
| 1:13.1 | and much more organized than he did when he entered in 2017 for his first term. |
| 1:18.7 | And so I think what a lot of people learned during his run this time was to take what he said |
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