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Washington Post
08-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Is Trump going back on his economic promises?
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in front of the West Wing of the White House on Thursday. (Alex Brandon/AP) Will voters tolerate economic pain from Trump's tariffs? Senior politics reporter Aaron Blake talks with The Post's senior political correspondent Naftali Bendavid and White House correspondent Michael Birnbaum about Trump's inconsistent messaging on the economy and foreign policy this week. Beyond tariffs, they discuss how foreign leaders are responding to Trump on Ukraine and immigration. Today's show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Sean Sullivan and mixed by Sam Bair. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
Washington Post
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Trump's AI-generated entrance into papal politics
Politics Trump's AI-generated entrance into papal politics May 6, 2025 | 8:02 PM GMT The Sidebar panel and Senior political correspondent Naftali Bendavid discusses President Donald Trump's unusual AI-generated wade into Papal politics. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: Follow us: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook:
Washington Post
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Is Trump trying to influence the conclave?
Is Trump trying to influence the conclave? On this episode, The Washington Post's Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by senior national political correspondent Naftali Bendavid to break down whether President Trump is setting up his second term to make him a chief executive associated with prosperity, or with austerity. Having run on a platform of economic populism, Trump now says the country will have to endure "pain" – but is that what voters wanted? Then, Trump is using the power of the presidency to influence, or even bully, American institutions, from law firms to colleges and universities to the news media. And is his social media post showing an AI-generated image of himself in papal clothing a joke that's landing in the Catholic community?
