Domenico Montanaro

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

The idea is what you've seen. Make things unclear. Make people exhausted. Make it harder for the media to focus on one thing. And make it harder for the opposition to organize a message. around what to focus on. But the backlash to this spending freeze memo shows that there are limits to that kind of strategy.

The idea is what you've seen. Make things unclear. Make people exhausted. Make it harder for the media to focus on one thing. And make it harder for the opposition to organize a message. around what to focus on. But the backlash to this spending freeze memo shows that there are limits to that kind of strategy.

Just because something is done fast doesn't necessarily mean it's the best way to run the government. And this is now the first major misstep by the Trump administration. But don't think this is going to mean any kind of dialing back.

Just because something is done fast doesn't necessarily mean it's the best way to run the government. And this is now the first major misstep by the Trump administration. But don't think this is going to mean any kind of dialing back.

Trump has said he wants to pardon January 6th defendants, impose tariffs on other countries, and conduct mass deportations of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. But the NPR poll of almost 1,400 adults doesn't find a lot of support for those initiatives. More than 6 in 10 disapprove of Trump potentially pardoning people who are convicted of of attacking the U.S.

Trump has said he wants to pardon January 6th defendants, impose tariffs on other countries, and conduct mass deportations of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. But the NPR poll of almost 1,400 adults doesn't find a lot of support for those initiatives. More than 6 in 10 disapprove of Trump potentially pardoning people who are convicted of of attacking the U.S.

Capitol on January 6, 2021. When it comes to tariffs, 48% think that they'd hurt the U.S. economy, while only 31% say that they think they'd help. And on deportations, people are evenly split. The survey has about a three percentage point margin of error. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.

Capitol on January 6, 2021. When it comes to tariffs, 48% think that they'd hurt the U.S. economy, while only 31% say that they think they'd help. And on deportations, people are evenly split. The survey has about a three percentage point margin of error. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.