Steve Inskeep

It's an unusual strategy for a president who campaigned and got elected on a promise to bring down the cost of groceries.

It's an unusual strategy for a president who campaigned and got elected on a promise to bring down the cost of groceries.

It's an unusual strategy for a president who campaigned and got elected on a promise to bring down the cost of groceries.

Yeah, there's a track record here. And I should say Trump ordered these tariffs under a national security statute, which is different than the 1977 emergency law he's relied on for many other tariffs this year, and which is the subject of that ongoing legal battle we talked about last week.

Yeah, there's a track record here. And I should say Trump ordered these tariffs under a national security statute, which is different than the 1977 emergency law he's relied on for many other tariffs this year, and which is the subject of that ongoing legal battle we talked about last week.

Yeah, there's a track record here. And I should say Trump ordered these tariffs under a national security statute, which is different than the 1977 emergency law he's relied on for many other tariffs this year, and which is the subject of that ongoing legal battle we talked about last week.

Catherine Ross is an economist at UC Davis who studied the effects of tariffs in Trump's first administration. She estimated those earlier tariffs resulted in the loss of some 75,000 downstream manufacturing jobs.

Catherine Ross is an economist at UC Davis who studied the effects of tariffs in Trump's first administration. She estimated those earlier tariffs resulted in the loss of some 75,000 downstream manufacturing jobs.

Catherine Ross is an economist at UC Davis who studied the effects of tariffs in Trump's first administration. She estimated those earlier tariffs resulted in the loss of some 75,000 downstream manufacturing jobs.

A survey of factory managers that came out this week showed managers complaining of being whipsawed by the cost of tariffs and the unpredictable way they've been rolled out. They said factory orders, output, and employment have all taken a beating as a result.

A survey of factory managers that came out this week showed managers complaining of being whipsawed by the cost of tariffs and the unpredictable way they've been rolled out. They said factory orders, output, and employment have all taken a beating as a result.

A survey of factory managers that came out this week showed managers complaining of being whipsawed by the cost of tariffs and the unpredictable way they've been rolled out. They said factory orders, output, and employment have all taken a beating as a result.

You're welcome.

You're welcome.

You're welcome.

I think part of the losses that the administration is seeing in the courts may be impacting how they think they need to approach issues including congressional funding or reorganizing government. They need to go to Congress to do these things

I think part of the losses that the administration is seeing in the courts may be impacting how they think they need to approach issues including congressional funding or reorganizing government. They need to go to Congress to do these things

I think part of the losses that the administration is seeing in the courts may be impacting how they think they need to approach issues including congressional funding or reorganizing government. They need to go to Congress to do these things

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Also, South Koreans vote for a new president today. The last person they elected tried to impose martial law. Lawmakers promptly impeached him. So how are voters thinking about the aftermath? NPR is where the news is, and our colleague Anthony Kuhn is in Seoul. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.