Trump's War on Your Kids' Toys

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Trump kicks off a new war on Christmas—this time as part of a broader assault on the U.S. economy and consumers. Meanwhile, in the first White House shakeup of his second term, Trump announces that Signal-happy National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is out, and Marco Rubio is in (at least on a temporary basis). Jon and Dan discuss why Trump made the move, his admission that his tariffs will probably lead to higher prices—and toy shortages—and that he could, in fact, get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador if he felt like it. Then, Jon speaks with Governor Gretchen Whitmer about why she thinks it's important to work with Trump sometimes, even if it means embarrassing photo ops—and getting flak from other Democrats.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favra. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. On today's show, Trump reacts to more bad economic news by telling Americans to stop buying our kids so many toys. It's a real thing. He also admits that he's not following a Supreme Court order in part because he seems to believe that a photoshopped picture of
0:37.6	Kilmar-Obrego-Garcia's knuckles is real. We'll talk about what's going on in our elderly
0:42.8	president's big beautiful brain. We'll also talk about how Democrats are responding to Trump's
0:47.4	first hundred days, including my conversation with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
0:51.8	who told me she believes we're in the middle of a constitutional
0:54.4	crisis, just one day after she hugged the man responsible before an event where she thanked him
0:59.2	for saving a Michigan Air Force Base. Lots going on with Gretchen Whitmer. So tune in for that later.
1:06.3	But let's start with the breaking news. Dan, we got a shakeup. We got our first big white house shakeup.
1:10.9	What's happening?
1:12.1	Trump announced that National Security Advisor Mike Walts, who started the world's most famous group chat, is being nominated for UN ambassador and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also serve as interim national security advisor.
1:25.9	It's been reported that Walls' deputy, Alex Wong, will also step down from his job.
1:31.1	The news came as a surprise to just about everyone in Washington,
1:34.7	including Rubio's State Department spokesperson, Tammy Bruce,
1:38.5	who found out in the middle of her briefing.
1:40.5	Let's listen.
1:40.9	The president has just written on truth social that Mike Walts is going to
1:45.3	become the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Well, there you know. Fabulous. And in addition to
1:52.0	that, he says that in the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as national security
1:58.5	advisor while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department.
2:02.3	Do you know how long he's going to be serving in both roles?
2:05.9	It is clear that I just heard this from you.
2:10.3	You know, I'm no expert here, but is that what usually happens in the briefings?
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