Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is in Florida for tonight's college football national championship game between Indiana and Miami. He's there amid tensions over his stance on Greenland and a text exchange revealed by Norway's prime minister. Trump said he no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace.
Chapter 2: What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Greenland?
But NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports the administration's actions in Venezuela undermine that.
Trump recently attacked Venezuela and deposed its leader in order to take control of its oil. So that kind of undermines that he's always thinking of peace. But at any rate, the White House continues to insist that Trump is the president of peace and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump also ended his text message to the Norwegian prime minister by saying that the U.S. should control Greenland.
The White House says Trump believes Greenland is strategically important. Over the weekend, thousands of Greenlanders marched to protest any U.S. effort to take over the island. President Trump continues to put new restrictions on legal immigration to the United States. Imperius Franco Ordonez reports his pause on processing visas from dozens of countries takes effect Wednesday.
The Trump administration is suspending immigrant visas for people from 75 countries, including Colombia, Iran, Russia, and Somalia. The move is part of the administration's efforts to block people who would potentially require public assistance while living in the U.S.
Trump has long complained that immigrants are a drain on public resources, even though many studies show immigrants become workers, consumers, and contributors to the U.S. economy.
David Beer, director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, estimated that the pause on processing visas will, quote, ban nearly half of all legal immigrants to the U.S., turning away about 315,000 legal immigrants over the next year. Franco, Ordonez, NPR News.
The Food and Drug Administration is temporarily allowing imports of a prescription drug sought by parents of children with autism. NPR's John Hamilton reports on the movement to ease a shortage of the drug, which is usually reserved for cancer patients.
The drug is a form of vitamin B called leucovorin. It's approved for patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. In September, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty McCary suggested Leucovorin might also help many children with autism. We are going to change the label to make it available. Hundreds of thousands of kids, in my opinion, will benefit.
The label hasn't changed yet, but the announcement helped create a run on FDA-approved Leucovorin tablets, which were already in short supply. Now the FDA says it's working with the drug company Pfizer to import tablets that are made in Spain and sold in Canada but are not approved in the U.S. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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