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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump traveled to central Pennsylvania last night for a rally focused on the U.S. economy.
What are the highlights from President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania?
He often left that topic to insult his political enemies or use foul language to denigrate black immigrants. NPR's Domenica Montanar reports this was a White House effort to change the public's view of how Trump is handling the economy.
Trump has repeatedly downplayed the importance of cost of living as a factor in people's lives. He's called affordability a con job cooked up by Democrats. But people know what they're paying, and most people think that Trump is making things worse. Polling averages have found majorities disapproving of Trump's handling of the economy. a big turnaround from his first term. And presidents often get more credit and blame than they deserve on the economy. But people are saying that Trump's policies, particularly his tariffs, have made prices and the cost of doing business higher. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
Some farmers say they're encouraged by Trump's $12 billion aid package. It's meant to help the farmers cope with losses during his trade war with China. But it's not clear the one-time windfall will be enough to prevent many farm bankruptcies and foreclosures.
NPR's Kirk Siegler reports from South Dakota. These bridge payments, as the president is calling them, should be coming to farmers early next year. Many like Kevin Dynert are on thin margins due to inflation, tariffs, and Trump's trade war closing off Asian markets for soybeans. Most here in the Dakotas are grown for export.
You know, as farmers, we want trade, not aid. Bridge payments is going to kind of maybe help pay for inputs as we go into the next year.
Pretty much all of Deinert's soybeans are still sitting in storage. He's holding out for higher prices and is counting on the administration's promises that it's secured deals with China so that country begins importing commodities from the U.S. again. Kirk Ziegler, NPR News, Mitchell, South Dakota.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado did not make it to Oslo today in time to receive her Nobel Peace Prize personally, but the Norwegian Nobel Institute says she is safe and headed to Oslo. Officials disclosed the moment they managed to reach Machado, as Julia Carnero reports.
Hello? Hello? Jorgen? Hi. Hi, Jorgen. Is it Maria Corina?
Yeah. Maria Corina Machado was about to get on a plane when the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jorgen Vatne Fridnes, managed to reach her, finally confirming that she was safe and would make it to Oslo. On the phone call, Machado told him many people had to risk their lives for her to leave Venezuela. There was a standing ovation at the ceremony as Fridnes handed the prize to her daughter. He said they were honoring Machado and paying tribute to all who wait in the dark in Venezuela and suffer the violence of Nicolás Maduro's, quote, brutal regime. For NPR News, I'm Júlia Carneiro.
On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are flat. You're listening to NPR. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is reacting to a podcast interview with President Trump. Trump insults the London mayor and several other foreign leaders. From London, NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
President Trump said this to Politico about London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
He's a horrible mayor. He's an incompetent mayor, but he's a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he's done a terrible job.
And he went on to say that Khan, a popular center-left politician who is of Pakistani descent, owes his election victories to the rising number of immigrants here in London. Khan in turn told Politico that Americans are actually flocking to London, in part because of its liberal values that are the antithesis of Trump's.
How is Trump's handling of the economy perceived by the public?
He said the U.S. president, who has insulted him in the past many times, seems to be obsessed and he doesn't know why. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Miami voters have chosen Democrat Eileen Higgins to be their next mayor. She's the first Democrat to hold the job in about 30 years and the first woman ever.
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