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Trump Marks 100 Days, Steve Bannon On Trump's Presidency, The "Big Beautiful Bill"
30 Apr 2025
President Trump celebrated 100 days of his second term at a rally in Michigan and called his policy changes the "most profound" in generations. Steve Bannon weighed in on the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, and Congressional Republicans return from recess aiming to pass the President's so-called "big beautiful bill" before Memorial Day.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Reena Advani, Kelsey Snell, Ryland Barton, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Damian Herring. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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On day 100 of his second term, President Trump celebrated changes to America in his second term.
Those changes include a trade war, punishing perceived political enemies and invoking wartime authorities.
I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Steve Bannon, a sometime advisor to the president, talks of a busy summer.
I think the convergence, particularly of spending cuts and the simultaneously constitutional crisis that we're hurtling to is going to make this summer a summer like no other.
How is a populist podcaster defending the president's first hundred days? And what does he see in the next hundred?
And congressional Republicans returned from recess with a goal of passing the president's so-called big, beautiful bill in a month. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. President Trump took a victory lap in Michigan last night.
In 100 days, we have delivered the most profound change in Washington in nearly 100 years. I read a editorial today that this is the most consequential presidency in history.
How about that? It's a little early for that superlative, but Trump's critics and fans alike agree that these 100 days were consequential. Trump has pushed the limits of presidential power. He invoked wartime authorities to crack down on immigration. He punished his political enemies and launched a trade war that shook consumer confidence and also shook U.S. relationships with the world.
Joining me now to talk about this milestone is NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Hi, Tam. Good morning. Good morning. So that was a long but incomplete list of what President Trump has done since January. So suffice to say, a lot has happened. How did the president take stock of things at his rally last night?
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