EPISODE · Nov 12, 2024 · 21 MIN
Why Trump's win on economic anxieties was 50 years in the making
One week ago today Americans made their choice to send Donald Trump back to the White House ... and we're tracking the 69 days until the president-elect is sworn back into office. Hope your election hangover has eased a bit over the last week! On today's Countdown 2024: We'll look at why Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's defeat were generations in the making because of deep-seeded economic patterns in this country ... and ask whether Trump can do anything to change those patterns. And we're picking through the first round of cabinet appointments ... for clues to how Trump will govern during his second go of it.
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One week ago today Americans made their choice to send Donald Trump back to the White House ... and we're tracking the 69 days until the president-elect is sworn back into office. Hope your election hangover has eased a bit over the last week! On today's Countdown 2024: We'll look at why Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's defeat were generations in the making because of deep-seeded economic patterns in this country ... and ask whether Trump can do anything to change those patterns. And we're picking through the first round of cabinet appointments ... for clues to how Trump will govern during his second go of it.
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Why Trump's win on economic anxieties was 50 years in the making
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