Trump And The Constitution, Gaza Food Aid Plan, Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial Begins
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What did President Trump say about the Constitution?
I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Israel approved a plan to manage all food aid entering Gaza. The proposal is to shut down hundreds of community kitchens run by the United Nations. Israelis instead want to allow just a few food centers. They say they want to do this to deny access to Hamas. How would the plan feed people and how would it affect the war?
Also, Sean Diddy Combs is at risk of spending the rest of his life in prison. He's accused of abusing both women and men and using his power over them to keep them silent. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. Not for the first time, President Trump made remarks that left people wondering what he really meant.
This time, it was an interview on NBC's Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. The president celebrated the tariffs that he regularly changes. He said they could be permanent, although he's claiming the power to impose them by saying there's an emergency. He also said, I don't know, when asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution.
NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid was listening. Good morning. Good morning, Steve. Okay, so what exactly did the president say about the Constitution on NBC?
Well, the context for this was a series of questions about whether non-citizens in the U.S. deserve due process. The president believes, frankly, he has a mandate, he thinks, on immigration and said if you talk about due process for people who are not in the country legally, you'd have to deal with millions of trials. And he was pressed on this by the show's moderator, Kristen Welker.
What is Israel's new plan for food aid in Gaza?
Even given those numbers that you're talking about, don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?
I don't know. I have to respond by saying again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.
How will the Gaza food aid plan affect civilians?
The backdrop to this is the high profile case of a man who was sent from Maryland to El Salvador, despite a court order saying he should specifically not be deported there. The Supreme Court has called on the U.S. government to facilitate his return. But thus far, he remains in El Salvador. And one last related point, Steve, here is that last night, Trump said he's ordering the federal government to reopen and rebuild one of America's most notorious notorious prisons, Alcatraz. He told reporters he wants to do this because of radical judges who've been insisting on due process for people in the country illegally. That we should remind folks, this prison, Alcatraz, is now a tourist attraction. It actually hasn't operated as a prison in decades.
Yeah, it had to be closed because it was falling apart. Did the president make any news on the economy, Asma?
You know, there were a couple of things that caught my ear, particularly when the moderator asked the president if tariffs are here to stay for the long run.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say about the Constitution?
1:03–2:42
2
What is Israel's new plan for food aid in Gaza?
2:42–3:00
3
How will the Gaza food aid plan affect civilians?
3:00–4:21
4
What are the implications of Trump's tariffs on the economy?
4:21
5
How does Trump's immigration stance impact due process?
3:40–6:40
6
What reactions have aid groups had to Israel's food aid strategy?
6:40–14:10
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