Trump's Next Hundred Days
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2017
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is trying to regain the offensive on his major policy initiatives. Can he get Congress to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, pursue his tax-reform plan, and reach an agreement about the wall along the Mexican border? Ryan Lizza joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how much control Trump retains over his agenda, and what role the media is coming to play in public perceptions of his Presidency.
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| 0:55.0 | It's Thursday, April 27th. I'm Dorothy Wicenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
| 1:00.9 | Last week, a reporter asked Donald Trump at a White House press conference, which was more |
| 1:06.2 | important to him this week on Capitol Hill, a vote on his current health care plan or a vote to keep |
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