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To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in Washington, but critics say he's filling it with Wall Street bankers they blame for the financial crisis of 2008. Do his working-class supporters really care?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.8 | Wall Street is welcome to back to Washington. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello again, I'm on Allney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:16.5 | After financial disaster in 2008, President Obama steered clear of fat cat bankers, candidate Donald Trump, |
| 0:23.2 | roasted Hillary Clinton's ties to Wall Street. |
| 0:25.9 | But as president, he's recruited a who's who of alumni from hedge funds, J.P. Morgan Chase, |
| 0:31.0 | and especially Goldman Sachs, as economic advisors. |
| 0:34.6 | He says he'll relieve the financial industry of burdensome regulations. |
| 0:38.5 | But critics are asking, what about all those promises to working people? Politicians and |
| 0:43.1 | pundits may be demanding answers, but we'll hear that Trump supporters don't care about his |
| 0:47.5 | advisors if he can make America great again. Later on today's talking point, the President |
| 0:53.0 | Braim's illegal leaks for new reports about |
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| 1:34.0 | Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To The Point. Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp in Washington, |
| 1:38.8 | but critics say he's filling it with Wall Street bankers that they blame for the financial crisis of 2008. Do his working-class |
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