Trump Wants Americans To Have More Babies

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has said he wants to be the "fertilization president," urging American couples to have more babies as birth rates decline in the U.S. This stance has also been adopted by right-wing activists that call themselves "pronatalists." What is this movement and how is the Trump administration responding?

This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and power and influence reporter Lisa Hagen.

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0:21.1	Hi, this is Dylan from Knoxville, Tennessee, and I'm about to teach my first yoga class ever on my birthday.
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0:51.3	You sound like a pro, actually.
0:56.2	You know, I've never done yoga.
0:57.5	I do Pilates, but is that a yoga thing?
1:00.3	Sorry, I'm sounding like a total newbie.
1:02.1	Is it like a words of affirmation thing at the end of yoga?
1:05.0	Yeah, it's a vibe.
1:06.7	Oh, okay, I like that.
1:09.1	I could get it down for that.
1:10.2	I've never tried yoga. Hey there, you're listening to the NPR Politics Podcast. I like that. I could get it down for that. I've never tried yoga.
1:11.9	Hey there. You're listening to the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.
1:16.6	I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.
1:18.9	The Trump administration wants Americans to have more babies.
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