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Trump’s Deal Making and Deal Breaking: the Republican Budget and the U.S.–Ukraine Minerals Deal

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This week, President Trump proposed two deals that would require allies to put his needs ahead of their own. Times’ Journalists Michael Barbaro, Catie Edmonson, Maggie Haberman, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs discuss how, in both cases, Trump got what he wanted. 0:09 - Intros 1:10 - Trump’s deal in Congress: campaign promise tax cuts vs federal spending 3:40 - Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare 5:08 - Trump & Speaker Johnson push republicans to pass budget resolution 6:37 - Trump pressures republican defectors 7:36 - Increasing the deficit to 2.5 trillion dollars 9:28 - Cutting government spending vs cutting taxes 11:01 - Trumps deal abroad: Ukraine’s critical earth minerals 13:15 - Deal with Ukraine 19:06 - U.S. allies bending to Trump 20:12 - U.K. Prime Minister at the White House

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