Trump's tirade against Somali immigrants

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

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President Trump made inflammatory comments about Somali immigrants living in the U.S on Tuesday, calling them "garbage." His comments come amid reports that the administration is planning to launch an ICE operation in Minnesota to target primarily undocumented Somali migrants. The Minnesota Reformer's Madison McVan joins us. Then, a planned meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is off after talks in Russia earlier this week ended with no breakthrough. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley tells us more. And, Michael and Susan Dell announced on Wednesday that they'll give $250 to 25 million children, in investment accounts. Wailin Wong, host of Planet Money's the Indicator, explains.

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0:31.7	To take a whole group of people, a whole country of people, and denigrate, just based on where they come from.
0:36.5	And somehow we found ourselves to a place where that doesn't surprise any of us.
0:46.8	The mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, there defending Somali Americans after a xenophobic tirade from President Trump. It's Wednesday, December 3rd, and this is here and now anytime from NVR in WVOR.
1:01.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:06.1	Today on the show, peace talks between the U.S. and Russia ended without a breakthrough.
1:12.1	What's next in the efforts to end the war in Ukraine?
1:15.4	This is what the Ukrainians say.
1:16.8	We are fighting for Europe.
1:18.2	We are the front line.
1:19.4	If Putin gets through us, you're next.
1:21.3	And so that's why the Ukrainians want to work with the Europeans.
1:24.6	And the Ukrainians keep saying you cannot make a peace deal with Putin.
1:27.7	He does not want to stop.
1:29.9	Also, billionaires Michael and Susan Dell said they'll put $250 into investment accounts
1:37.3	for about 25 million American kids.
1:40.6	These accounts can be used when the child turns 18 becomes like an IRA.
1:46.6	They can use it for education, for starting a business, for buying a home, for starting a family, for continued savings.
1:54.2	But first.
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