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On the Media

Trump's Plan to Tank America

On the Media

WNYC Studios

News, Radio, Amendment, Transparency, History, Micah_loewinger, Technology, Advertising, Politics, Society & Culture, Magazine, Journalism, Tv, Wnyc, Newspaper, Brooke_gladstone, Studios, Npr, Newspapers, Media

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Plus, how ICE watches and recruits us.

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0:00.0

Someday, we will tell our children about this month, and they will not be able to fathom what we chose to do as a country to ourselves.

0:14.3

World leaders say that the U.S.-Europe relationship is forever changed.

0:19.5

From WN.YC. in New York, this is on the media.

0:22.5

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:23.6

And I'm Michael Lohinger.

0:24.9

Also on this week's show, we dive into the surveillance tech ICE is using,

0:29.8

like the mobile Fortify app which scans faces.

0:33.5

ICE believes a result from this app is a definitive proof of someone's immigration status

0:39.4

and can override a birth certificate.

0:42.3

Plus, ICE has launched a full-throttle recruitment drive.

0:45.9

It seemed exactly like the methods you would use if you were trying to sell Coca-Cola,

0:49.9

but trying to carry out the biggest mass deportation in American history.

0:53.6

It's all coming up after this.

1:00.0

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

1:03.2

I'm Michael Lowinger.

1:04.3

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

1:06.0

On Wednesday, Donald Trump seemed to reverse course on Greenland.

1:11.5

The president tonight in the heart of Europe abruptly backing off two bold threats

1:15.8

regarding his ongoing quest to control Greenland, tariffs, and military action,

1:20.4

posting he's reached a framework of a future deal with the Secretary General of NATO,

1:24.9

but when pressed, providing no further details.

1:28.2

This mere hours after Trump's address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in which he

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