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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump approval polls

Season 2025 Episode 41 | 8m 24s

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the first polling about how the American public views President Trump's second term so far, Elon Musk's cuts hurting Republican states and Trump saying he doesn't view Vice President Vance as his successor.

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