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Trump Marks 100 Days, Steve Bannon On Trump's Presidency, The "Big Beautiful Bill"
Wed, 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
Chapter 1: What changes did President Trump celebrate on day 100?
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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Chapter 2: What are the key issues highlighted by Steve Bannon?
So, Steve, what faction does Steve Bannon represent?
Well, he says he represents the working class, the average person. We should be clear, Bannon is a Harvard MBA, made lots of money on Wall Street and Hollywood. And in the first Trump administration, he had the Elon Musk role, the upscale advisor. This time around, he's had his differences with Musk. He talks about oligarchs. He attacks Wall Street and the economic system.
And he spends a lot of time on his podcast and webcast insisting the working class is being screwed. He talks about income inequality, which is a widely accepted idea. People on the left can nod their heads when he talks about that.
The debate, of course, is about his solutions, which involve attacking the bureaucracy and expelling immigrants without legal status and even some people with legal status.
And what's he saying as Trump finishes 100 days?
Tamara just said that polls indicate Americans think Trump has gone too far, Bannon wants more. More intense attacks on universities, for example. He wants to go after public universities, not just the elite private ones. Trump has canceled some student visas.
Bannon was on his program Monday talking about sending home hundreds of thousands of Chinese students, all of them immediately if it were up to him.
If Bannon is conservative, what's he say about Trump's treatment of the Constitution?
Oh, we had a very long discussion about this. The Supreme Court, of course, unanimously said that people who are being thrown out of the country deserve some kind of due process. This includes Trump appointees. A Trump-appointed judge said due process hadn't even been followed in one case for a two-year-old U.S. citizen recently.
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Chapter 3: How did Trump describe his presidency in Michigan?
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And that's Up First for Wednesday, April 30th. I'm Layla Faldin.
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And today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Reena Advani, Kelsey Snell, Vincent Nee, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Ziad Butch, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Damian Herring, and our technical director is Carly Strange. Who is also supportive, wouldn't you agree? I agree. We can't do this without her. Happy you join us.
Happy you join us tomorrow. I'm now my uncle.
Is that how your uncle would say it?
I feel like the other day somebody was like, are you going to Vermont for skiing? And I texted wrong and I said, I'm not going for a skiing. And she was like, who are you? Okay, anyways. Hope you join us again tomorrow.
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