Ryan Knutson

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Why would that be something that he might be delaying on?

Why would that be something that he might be delaying on?

Why would that be something that he might be delaying on?

Because if you're taxing goods coming into the country at the border, that's just more prices that Americans have to pay because those goods now are more expensive. Right.

Because if you're taxing goods coming into the country at the border, that's just more prices that Americans have to pay because those goods now are more expensive. Right.

Because if you're taxing goods coming into the country at the border, that's just more prices that Americans have to pay because those goods now are more expensive. Right.

Right. And just to say his belief is that foreign governments will pay the tariff in order to retain access to the U.S. market, thus boosting U.S. tax revenue, which isn't exactly how tariffs have typically played out in the past.

Right. And just to say his belief is that foreign governments will pay the tariff in order to retain access to the U.S. market, thus boosting U.S. tax revenue, which isn't exactly how tariffs have typically played out in the past.

Right. And just to say his belief is that foreign governments will pay the tariff in order to retain access to the U.S. market, thus boosting U.S. tax revenue, which isn't exactly how tariffs have typically played out in the past.

So when it comes to sort of following through on campaign promises, how effective are these executive orders? You know, they're not legislation. They're obviously not permanent. Another president of a different party in four years could come in and undo them. But how effective would you say that these are in terms of him accomplishing his goals?

So when it comes to sort of following through on campaign promises, how effective are these executive orders? You know, they're not legislation. They're obviously not permanent. Another president of a different party in four years could come in and undo them. But how effective would you say that these are in terms of him accomplishing his goals?

So when it comes to sort of following through on campaign promises, how effective are these executive orders? You know, they're not legislation. They're obviously not permanent. Another president of a different party in four years could come in and undo them. But how effective would you say that these are in terms of him accomplishing his goals?

So one executive order that I wanted to talk about is titled Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government. And we're going to talk about this order with our colleague Sadie Gurman, who covers the Justice Department, after this short break. All right, so I want to talk about the changes Trump is planning for the Justice Department.

So one executive order that I wanted to talk about is titled Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government. And we're going to talk about this order with our colleague Sadie Gurman, who covers the Justice Department, after this short break. All right, so I want to talk about the changes Trump is planning for the Justice Department.

So one executive order that I wanted to talk about is titled Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government. And we're going to talk about this order with our colleague Sadie Gurman, who covers the Justice Department, after this short break. All right, so I want to talk about the changes Trump is planning for the Justice Department.

We've got our colleague Sadie Gurman here who covers the DOJ to talk about it. Hi, Sadie.

We've got our colleague Sadie Gurman here who covers the DOJ to talk about it. Hi, Sadie.

We've got our colleague Sadie Gurman here who covers the DOJ to talk about it. Hi, Sadie.

So what is this executive order? Ending the weaponization of the federal government. It's aimed right at the Justice Department. What is this executive order designed to do?