Why so many Latino voters backed Trump

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains among Latino communities during the 2024 election. MSNBC contributor Julio Ricardo Varela explains why. And, Trump will face multiple foreign policy challenges in his second term. NPR's Emily Feng in Beijing, Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv, Charles Maynes in Tblisi, Georgia, and Eyder Peralta in Mexico City join us. Then, forget about the Red Delicious. We are living in a golden age of apples with more than 20 different varieties available at grocery stores. David Bedford, an apple researcher at the University of Minnesota, joins us.

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0:39.2	button and thanks. Now here's today's show. Housing and rent was so high and a lot of Latinos
0:44.7	were kind of like, we need change. So they're looking at Trump as a change. And even with mass
0:50.5	deportation strategies and immigration strategies, you know, a lot of people are like,
0:55.4	he's for the economy and he's for populism and I'm in on that.
0:59.3	Trump and the Latino boat.
1:09.9	It's Thursday, November 7th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
1:15.8	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:19.2	Today on the show, a glimpse at Trump's second term foreign policy, including in Israel.
1:26.7	Trump's former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, says that the two-state solution
1:32.0	to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that solution he says is dead.
1:36.1	Palestinians, when we speak with them, they're very fearful.
1:40.0	Also, a sweet reprieve from politics.
1:44.0	An Apple researcher at the University of Minnesota joins us to discuss how he and his colleagues in the plant science biz come up with new types of apples.
1:53.6	And, of course, we ask him which one is the best?
1:57.8	Ah, yeah, yeah.
1:58.8	Well, as you might imagine with any parent, it's hard to answer the question, who's your favorite child? But let me put it down to three.
2:06.8	Find out which three in about 20 minutes.
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