Trump's First 100 Days: Tariffs As Foreign Policy

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Donald Trump has repeatedly said that "tariff" is "one of the most beautiful words in the dictionary." In his administration's first 100 days, Trump has introduced sweeping tariffs with a goal to reduce America's trade deficit with foreign countries and to increase domestic manufacturing.

This episode: senior White House correspondents Tamara Keith and Asma Khalid and business correspondent Alina Selyukh.

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0:00.0	On this week's Wildcard podcast, Brett Goldstein says even though his show's Ted Lasso and shrinking get emotional, he does...
0:07.8	I haven't cried it yet.
0:09.2	I guess I thought you might be like a closet crier.
0:12.0	No.
0:12.8	I mean, I write all this stuff because then I don't have to live it.
0:16.0	Whoa.
0:16.7	She's like, I got him.
0:18.8	I'm Rachel Martin.
0:20.0	Brett Goldstein is on Wildcard, the show where cards control the conversation.
0:27.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:30.4	I'm Tamer Keith.
0:31.2	I cover the White House.
0:32.7	This week on the pod, we are doing something a little different.
0:36.1	Taking a look at some of the policies and
0:38.2	decisions President Trump has made in the first 100 days of his second term. Today, how the president's
0:45.0	economic policies are causing uncertainty around the world. It starts with tariffs, taxes on
0:51.2	goods imported to the United States. Those taxes are paid by importers who then
0:56.1	typically pass the cost onto consumers. Trump has extolled the virtue of tariffs.
1:03.1	The word tariff is a very misunderstood word. You've heard me say. I say it kiddingly, but
1:08.5	it's one of the most beautiful words in the dictionary,
1:14.0	really is. And said the benefits are massive. We're taking in tremendous amounts of money with the
1:20.3	tariffs. But the markets have disagreed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down since the
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