Trump 2.0: Less Foreign Aid, More Tariffs

特朗普2.0:更少的外国援助,更多的关税

The Journal.

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2025-02-07

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WSJ’s Joel Schectman joins Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to explore the dismantling of USAID and what it means for America’s future as a global leader. Plus, Trump's tariffs, a Gaza proposal and remaking the CIA.   Further Listening:  - Inside USAID as Elon Musk and DOGE Ripped It Apart  - Trump’s Tariff Whiplash  Further Reading: - How Trump Gutted America’s $40 Billion Aid Agency in Two Weeks  - CIA Offers Buyout to Entire Workforce as Part of Trump Makeover  - Democrats Have a New Leader but Haven’t Come to Grips With Failure  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Hey, Molly.

  • Hey, Ryan.

  • So it's the third week of Donald Trump's presidency, and again, it has been another week of what feels like non stop news.

  • We had tariffs, we had the dismantling of a $40 billion government agency, USAID, and we had Trump saying that the US should take over Gaza.

  • Never a dull moment.

  • So what is it like being a reporter right now in Washington?

  • Well, it's very busy.

  • A lot of people liken it to trying to drink from a fire hose.

  • There's so much happening that it's difficult for any one person to keep track of it all.

  • How long do you think the Trump administration can keep up this pace?

  • There's a lot of speculation about that, and we don't know.

  • On the one hand, they clearly want to make an early splash that they can then either dial back or modulate in some ways.

  • On the other hand, they do want to take this approach to vast swaths of the government.

  • So it could continue in this way for quite some time.

  • And as someone who covered the first Trump administration, that was pretty intense, pretty much throughout.

  • All right, so there is, once again, a lot to talk about from the Journal.

  • This is Trump 2.0.

  • I'm Ryan Knudsen.

  • And I'm Molly Ball.

  • It's Friday, February 7th.