Tamara Keith

This does take me back to a very different time after the 9-11 attacks.

President Bush, a Republican, the president at the time, less than a week after that attack, went to a mosque in Washington, D.C.

to send a signal that going after Muslim Americans wasn't the answer.

And I think we could also draw back to the conversation about social media and the fact that we are all sort of existing in tight bubbles and are seeing very specific information.

And there isn't the same sort of collective conscience in the United States that there was 10 years ago, 25 years ago.

And we're going to leave it there for today.

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover the White House.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

In a post on social media, Trump thanked the center's outgoing president, Richard Grenell.

a loyalist with no real performing arts experience who is also Trump's envoy for special missions.

Trump is planning to close the center for what he calls a complete reconstruction after July 4th.

He has said the project will take two years and cost more than $250 million.

Matt Flocka, who had previously been in charge of facilities, is being elevated by Trump to be chief operating officer and executive director.

Under Trump and Grinnell's leadership, the center has hemorrhaged both patrons and performers.

Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.

Trump campaigned on bringing down gas prices, but since launching the war with Iran, they are way up.

Jared Bernstein was on President Biden's Council of Economic Advisors.

If this conflict drags on, the cost of fuel could drive up other prices, too, says Stephen Moore, a conservative economist.

Affordability was shaping up to be a top issue in this year's midterms, even before the gas price spike.