WEBVTT - Trump's First 24 Hours In Office Were Busy 

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<v Speaker 1>Hi there, I'm Claire Murphy from Mumama's twice daily news podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>The Quickie, Well, Ladies and Gentlemen. He's back. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is now officially back in the White House. The building

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<v Speaker 1>staff the other day having to frantically shift the bidens

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<v Speaker 1>out and the Trump's back in over a very small

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<v Speaker 1>five hour window while the inauguration ceremony was underway, and

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime, Donald Trump has wasted exactly zero time

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<v Speaker 1>enacting his presidential powers, signing in multiple executive orders in

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<v Speaker 1>front of an adoring crowd at a post inauguration rally.

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<v Speaker 1>Our US correspondent Emilia lest joins us with what to

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<v Speaker 1>expect from the first days of the Trump administration two

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<v Speaker 1>point zero. Donald Trump supporter, financial backer and soon to

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<v Speaker 1>be member of US Cabinet Elon Musk, has caused concern

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<v Speaker 1>after giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute during

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<v Speaker 1>the rally after Trump's inauguration. Musk responded on his social

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<v Speaker 1>media platform x saying frankly, they need better dirty tricks

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<v Speaker 1>and that the everyone is Hitler attack is so tiring.

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<v Speaker 1>Mumma Me is US correspondent and the editor of Foreign

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<v Speaker 1>Policy magazine Emelia Lester says the gesture looked deliberate, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't done just once.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, by the way he gave that salute, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it was, twice, he gave it once to the front

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<v Speaker 2>of the room and then again turned around to address

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<v Speaker 2>the back with it. It looked pretty much like a

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<v Speaker 2>Nazi salute to me. He may well say that he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't mean it, that he was being ironic. I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>people kind of not wanting to call it what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think we can confidently at least call it

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<v Speaker 2>a reference to a Nazi salute. It was interesting that

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<v Speaker 2>The New York trans reported just around the time of

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<v Speaker 2>the inauguration that originally his office as the head of

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<v Speaker 2>the Department of Government Efficiency was to be in an

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<v Speaker 2>administrative building next to the White House. But now The

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<v Speaker 2>Times has reported that he will actually have an office

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<v Speaker 2>in the White House. And it's worth mentioning the White

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<v Speaker 2>House is tiny, so this is a really big deal

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<v Speaker 2>and it shows where he falls in Trump's hierarchy. It

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<v Speaker 2>was fascinating in general to see the various tech oligarchs

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<v Speaker 2>and how they've been treated and who's up and who's down. So,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, at the luncheon that took place at the

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<v Speaker 2>Capitol after the swearing in. Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon,

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<v Speaker 2>and Elon Musk was seated at the front of the room.

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<v Speaker 2>Poor Mark Zuckerberg and his wife were seated at the

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<v Speaker 2>very back of the room. There were also lots of

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<v Speaker 2>other rich people in attendance, such as inexplicably the richest

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<v Speaker 2>man in France, Bernard Naut, who, by some estimates is

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<v Speaker 2>the richest man in the world, depending on whether Tesla

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<v Speaker 2>stock is up or down. The CEO of TikTok was

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<v Speaker 2>of course present, and in general it was really striking

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<v Speaker 2>to me to see all these rich men sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>front of the elected officials at the actual swearing inn

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<v Speaker 2>That's a site that you're just not used to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>in a democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>We've also since found out that Mask is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be running this Department of Government Efficiency solo now, because

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<v Speaker 1>he was supposed to be kind of co running it

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<v Speaker 1>with Vivak Ramaswami, who is no longer going to do so.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he's announced that he's going to run for governor Ohio,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's unclear whether he's even going to start work

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<v Speaker 2>at that department or not. But either way, Trump has

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<v Speaker 2>already started slashing public services. For instance, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>very first executive actions that he has signed is that

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<v Speaker 2>he has announced a hiring freeze on all federal services positions.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's clearly serious about slashing federal spending, whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not both heads of the Department of Government Efficiency are

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<v Speaker 2>in office.

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<v Speaker 1>In an historic first day back in office, President Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump has enacted a sweeping series of executive orders that

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<v Speaker 1>dramatically reshaped federal policy across multiple domains. Trump declared a

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<v Speaker 1>national emergency at the southern border, mobilizing Pentagon resources and

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<v Speaker 1>military personnel for border enforcement. He terminated an app system

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<v Speaker 1>that allows migrants to schedule asylum appointments, and initiated a

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<v Speaker 1>controversial move to redefined birthrights citizenship. The administration also designated

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<v Speaker 1>major drug cartels as terrorist organizations, potentially opening the door

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<v Speaker 1>for military intervention on Mexican soil.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's going to be a lot of legal challenges. So,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, one of the executive orders that Trump has

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<v Speaker 2>signed essentially bars people seeking asylum. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>when Trump talks about people from mental institutions coming to

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<v Speaker 2>the US, I'm pretty sure it's because he thinks that

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<v Speaker 2>asylum seekers means people coming from mental asylums. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>setting that observation aside. I think that that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>face a lot of legal challenges. The US has certain

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<v Speaker 2>treaty obligations internationally. The people who are guaranteed to get

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of work out of this a lawyers. It's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to say right now which of these orders are

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<v Speaker 2>going to actually pass muster legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Overnight, Trump granted clemency to approximately fifteen hundred individuals convicted

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<v Speaker 1>in connection with the January sixth Capital riot. The mass

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<v Speaker 1>pardon effectively concludes all pending January six cases and includes

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<v Speaker 1>those convicted of serious crimes, including assaulting police officers and

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<v Speaker 1>seditious conspiracy. Two of those already released are the former

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<v Speaker 1>leader of the Proud Boys, On Regtario and the founder

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<v Speaker 1>of the Oathkeeper, Steuart Rhodes, who were serving twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>and eighteen year sentences. Trump with through the United States

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<v Speaker 1>from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time, describing

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<v Speaker 1>it as one sided. He declared a National Energy Emergency

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<v Speaker 1>aimed at streamlining environmental permitting processes. Despite America's current position

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<v Speaker 1>as the world's leading oil producer.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of very powerful interests who are still

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<v Speaker 2>invested in fossil fuels, and I think that you only

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<v Speaker 2>have to look at his nomination for the Department of Interior,

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<v Speaker 2>Doug Bergham, who is himself a fossil fuel executive, to

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<v Speaker 2>see that Trump is stacking himself and surrounding himself with

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<v Speaker 2>people who do have these vested interests in continuing to

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<v Speaker 2>use and exploit fossil fuels. One somewhat troubling development, as

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<v Speaker 2>far as I can see, is that he's not only

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<v Speaker 2>going to continue and expand on oil and gas drilling,

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<v Speaker 2>including in Alaska, where there's a lot of wilderness that

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<v Speaker 2>has yet been untouched by that, he also wants to

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<v Speaker 2>roll back green energy initiatives. Interestingly, despite his close relationship

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<v Speaker 2>with Musk, one of his first announced or intended actions

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<v Speaker 2>on day one as president is to roll back various

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<v Speaker 2>initiatives that President Biden put in place to encourage the

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<v Speaker 2>purchase of electric vehicles. So I don't know how that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to work with his relationship with Musk, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>just one example of the various ways in which he's

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<v Speaker 2>not only doubling down on and expanding use of fossil fuels.

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<v Speaker 2>He's also trying to make it more difficult to, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>manufacture energy efficient washing machines or vehicles, or to use

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<v Speaker 2>wind energy or other alternative energy sources in place of

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<v Speaker 2>fossil fuels.

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<v Speaker 1>The new Trump administration also rescinded seventy eight executive actions

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<v Speaker 1>from the Biden presidency. These reversals included the removal of

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<v Speaker 1>protections against sex discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,

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<v Speaker 1>and the reversal of transgender military service policies. After making

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<v Speaker 1>this comment during his inauguration speech, it will henceforth be

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<v Speaker 1>the official policy of the United States government that there

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<v Speaker 1>are only two genders, male and female.

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<v Speaker 2>He also has announced that he's going to roll back

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<v Speaker 2>an initiative that allowed people to self identify on passport forms,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance. So at the center of what he's doing

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<v Speaker 2>here is he wants to dismantle what he calls the

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<v Speaker 2>DEI complex, which is diversity and equality initiative. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he says basically that you can't prioritize, for instance, racial

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<v Speaker 2>equity or affirmative action in either policy making or in

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<v Speaker 2>private business. And that's really core to the sales pitch

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<v Speaker 2>that he made which is that liberal ideology had gone

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<v Speaker 2>too far in emphasizing race, and that we need to

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<v Speaker 2>roll back those that greater awareness of race in government.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump also extended TikTok's operating deadline, temporarily averting a shutdown

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<v Speaker 1>for its one hundred and seventy million American users. However,

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<v Speaker 1>questions remain about the platform's long term future in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, particularly regarding potential ownership changes.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that we're in for a very tumultuous four years,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever your politics. The number of rich and powerful people

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<v Speaker 2>who have now coal est in one administration. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think we've ever seen this kind of concentration of wealth

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<v Speaker 2>and power ever before in American democracy, and i'ne curious

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<v Speaker 2>to see how these various giant egos navigate each other

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<v Speaker 2>and how it all plays out.

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