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Trump Targets DEI in Public and Private Sectors

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What A Day

Daily News, News

4.6 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump fired up his social media account Sunday to say the U.S. would immediately slap a 25 percent tariff on all goods from Colombia, among other penalties. It was a response to Colombian President Petro Gustavo’s move to block two U.S. military planes carrying migrants from landing in the country. Trump also continued his push to dismantle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — or DEI — programs, extending threats of punishment beyond the federal government to the private sector. Farah Stockman, a member of the New York Times editorial board, talks about the potential downsides of Trump’s anti-DEI orders.

And in headlines: President Trump said Jordan and Egypt should take Palestinian refugees from Gaza, Vice President Vance broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense, and Trump fires a bunch of inspectors general in an apparent violation of federal law.

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0:00.0

This show was recorded at 8.30 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, January 26th.

0:04.7

News moves quickly, so some of the stories may have changed by the time you hear this.

0:12.1

It's Monday, January 27th. I'm Jane Koston. This is Wadaday. The show that is preparing to remind every American that we'll see and we'll be looking at that very closely

0:22.2

are not actual indications of policy decisions.

0:26.1

And more and more people are saying that this all sucks.

0:44.1

On today's show, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard gear up for their highly anticipated Senate confirmation hearings.

0:48.3

And the Trump administration breaks the law with late night Inspector General firings.

0:50.8

But let's start with the economy and trade today.

0:54.8

In a throwback to his first term, President Donald Trump fired up his social media account on Sunday to make a major policy decision via post. Trump said on truth social that the

1:00.2

U.S. would immediately slap a 25% tariff on all goods from Colombia and could raise it to 50% in the

1:06.4

next week. He also announced financial sanctions on Colombia and a travel ban for government officials,

1:11.6

among other penalties. Why is Trump doing all of this? Because Colombian president Gustavo Petro

1:17.0

blocked two U.S. military planes carrying migrants from landing in the country. Petro confirmed the

1:21.9

move in a statement on Twitter. He said the United States can't treat Colombia migrants like criminals

1:26.1

and that there needs to be a protocol to treat them with dignity before Colombia will receive them. Later, Petro ordered his

1:32.1

trade minister to slap a 25% retaliatory tariff on American imports to Colombia, too. It's a risky

1:38.2

move on Petro's part because the U.S. is Colombia's largest trading partner. And it speaks to the high-stakes

1:43.4

countries like Colombia

1:44.5

face when dealing with Trump, as well as Trump's willingness to inflict economic pain as fast as it

1:49.2

takes him to send off a tweet. So I guess start stocking up on that Colombian coffee you like,

1:53.8

and roses? You know, because we the people end up paying those tariffs. Good thing the price

1:59.4

of groceries overall is going down.

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