Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump told business leaders in Detroit that his administration is creating an economic boom. Quinn Kleinfelter of member station WDET reports that Trump says his tariffs are helping automakers.
Trump said during his address to the Detroit Economic Club that he's making good on pledges to protect U.S.
Chapter 2: What economic policies did President Trump discuss in Detroit?
autoworkers by placing tariffs on foreign-made vehicles and auto parts. He says his policies have helped lower gasoline prices and create a roaring stock market. And Trump also claims he's been a special friend to the auto industry by easing emission standards and erasing tax credits for electric vehicles.
I terminated the insane electric vehicle mandate and ended the war on internal combustion engines. Once and for all, those engines were gone.
But tariffs have also forced Detroit automakers to make a sea change from focusing on electric vehicle fleets, costing them billions of dollars. For NPR News, I'm Quinn Kleinfelter in Detroit.
While speaking in Detroit, Trump repeated a message he delivered on social media to protesters in Iran, saying that help is on the way. And here's Jackie Northam.
Trump doesn't say what he means by help. He just told the protesters to keep going, take over their institutions, and to save the names of, quote, killers and abusers, and that they will pay a big price. Trump added that he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the killing stops.
Before Trump's comments, we had been hearing that there was an effort using intermediaries to find a diplomatic solution to this increasingly heated rhetoric and threats between the U.S. and Iran over these protests, but it seems that that's now broken down.
Casualties have not been verified, but the U.S.-based human rights activist news agency says the number of deaths from the protests now top 2,500 and nearly 17,000 have been detained. Iranian officials accuse the United States and Israel. fueling violence in the country.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has announced plans to hold former President Bill Clinton and potentially former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress. The committee subpoenaed the Clintons for testimony related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in PR Sam Greenglass reports.
House Oversight Chair Kentucky Republican Congressman James Comer announced his plans after President Bill Clinton did not show up for a deposition.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Trump's tariffs on the auto industry?
I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.