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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: One hundred days of President Trump. The second hour of ONE WORLD starts right now.
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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): It's been 100 days of hell for American families, for our economy and for our democracy.
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GOLODRYGA: What the past 100 days may tell us about what's to come.
Also ahead, just 27 percent of Americans are happy with the Democratic Party. A lot of it because of what they're not doing. I'll have
conversations with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
And later.
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MELANIA TRUMP, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: God bless you and God bless United States of America.
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GOLODRYGA: Donald Trump's not the only one who spent the past 100 days in office. How Melania is shaking things up this time around.
Hello, everyone. Live from London, I'm Bianna Golodryga. Zain is off today. You are watching ONE WORLD.
As you've heard, it's been 100 exact days since Donald Trump took the oath of office. He has fulfilled many of his promises to target opponents, crack
down on immigration and punish what he feels are unfair trade policies.
But according to the latest CNN polling, Americans aren't so happy with the outcome. A new CNN poll shows 69 percent of Americans fear that the U.S. is
heading into a recession in the next year.
As for the rest of his term, Americans are fearful. About 4 in 10 Americans say they feel afraid about the remainder of Trump's second term. That's up
six points since February and 12 points since December.
Earlier, the U.S. Treasury Secretary told reporters that Americans shouldn't worry. It's all part of the president's plan.
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SCOTT BESSENT, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: Economic security is national security. National security is economic security.
President Trump creates what I would call strategic uncertainty in the negotiations. So he is more concerned about getting the best possible trade
deals before the American people. You know, we had four years of bad deals for decades of unfair trading. And we are going to the -- unwind those and
make them fair.
Our Harry Enten has been crunching the numbers in this new CNN poll and joins us to lay out what it shows about Donald Trump and his constituents.
As we reminded our viewers yesterday, Harry, his first 100-day approval rating is lower than any president in seven decades. And now we're seeing
more context as to why Americans are very concerned. And the majority are unhappy.
HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: I would say so. By the way, Bianna, I'm feeling a little tired going into this hit, so you can grade me
afterwards whether or not I bring the energy. OK? Keep that in mind.
GOLODRYGA: OK.
ENTEN: Thank you. All right. Let's sort of talk a little bit diving into the numbers here. And I think it's so important to note, you know, Donald
Trump was historically unpopular in term one. Now, he's historically unpopular in term two.
But the way he got there is just totally different. I think there's an interesting way we can kind of look at that.
Take a look here. What is the top term Googled with Trump through 100 days? And back in term one, it was Twitter, right? Every single day, people were
wondering, oh, my God, what is Trump tweeting? What did he tweet the night before? Is he going to tweet out a new policy? It was really personality
driven, right?
Compare that to term number two, where it's another T word, but it's tariffs. Tariff is the number one term associated with Donald Trump in term
number two. So it's personality in term one, but it's an actual policy in term number two. And I'll tell you that tariffs are killing Donald Trump
the same way Twitter was killing him in term number one.
What are we talking about here? Take a look here. Disapprove of Trump on X. So we talk about Twitter use back in 2017, 67 percent, 67 percent,
disapproved of the job that Donald Trump was doing by his Twitter use.
Compare that to tariffs in term number two. Look at this, 65 percent in our latest CNN poll, disapprove of Donald Trump on tariffs. Again, very
different things going on here, but they both get to why folks dislike Donald Trump.
And here we put it all together, right? OK. So you got tariffs, you got the Twitter use, disapprove right around two-thirds of Americans. And this goes
to right at the heart of the issue. The concerns that most Americans have, well, they feel Donald Trump doesn't share the same concerns, Bianna.
What are we talking about? Trump is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. Back in April of 2017, it was 58 percent. Look at that number
now, 60 percent. And I think this is the deadliest number to Trump's popularity, which is, are you in touch with the American people? Do you
feel their pain? What we see is three-fifths of Americans now, very similar to the three-fifths of Americans back in 2017 answer in the negative on
that. They do not believe Donald Trump feels their pain. In term number one, it was Twitter. In term number two, it is the tariffs that are driving
this.
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And when you see the Secretary of the Treasury going out this morning, it just really gets to the heart of the problem for Donald Trump.
Bianna, all right, it's great time. Did I bring the energy on this particular hit or not?
GOLODRYGA: Harry, so much energy. And can I just tell you it's strange to be doing this interview from the evening in London, given that we're always
on air earlier in the day in New York.
So forgive me, if I don't have the energy, not to mention Zain is not with me. So I should be the one who's stressing out here, Harry. Not you.
ENTNE: I will say that we're missing one for the party. And that, of course, means we have to, each of us have to bring a little extra energy.
And I will say this. I will say this. I could never tell that you had any less energy, despite being in the evening.
It seems to me you either got in a nice afternoon nap on the other side of the Atlantic, or maybe you had a little bit of coffee, which is, I think
where I'm going to go right now to our kitchen to have a little bit, because I'll tell you, I can feel the energy draining out of me right now.
GOLODRYGA: Well, save a cup for me. I'll be back in the States later this week, Harry.
Sounds good. I look forward to being reunited. It will feel so good.
GOLODRYGA: Oh, it will. Good to see you, my friend, as always.
ENTEN: Nice to see you. Nice to see you.
GOLODRYGA: Well, front and center to these 100 days is Congressman Pete Sessions, who is the co-chair of the DOGE caucus, and is on the House
Oversight Committee. And he joins us live from Capitol Hill.
Congressman, thank you so much for joining us. Let me just ask you point blank. Respond to those numbers, the latest survey and polling data from
CNN showing that the majority of Americans disapprove of how the president is handling a number of issues, first and foremost, the economy.
REP. PETE SESSIONS (R-TX): Well, first of all, let me say this, I think the American people do not clearly understand where the president's headed. And
that's where the president needs to be very clear, and succinct about saying that the reason why we're doing this is more than just bringing back
jobs to the United States of America, it's actually making sure that he manages across all realms of our -- of our economy, whether it's energy,
whether it is crime, or whether it is, once again, as tariffs, that he is attempting to balance the United States to where it becomes this golden age
that he has spoken about.
Now, it's taken a little bit longer. We have obviously competition from China and around the globe on tariffs. And so the president needs to, and I
think he understands this, get more quickly to the point of where the United States is going to be.
It is uncertainty that is causing this. It is in between the highs and the lows where we're going to end up. And that's where members of Congress have
to know we have a role to play because our votes will determine how big government spending is. It is government spending that creates inflation
also in this equation.
GOLODRYGA: Do you understand where the president is going with these policies?
SESSIONS: Well, I think I do. Where he is going to head is that he is already indicated and the secretary has indicated, they want to get to a
lack of tariffs or lower tariffs, but he will correspondingly apply to any country the same tariffs that they have on us.
And then China is that big problem. And he is going to hold the Chinese until they consent to not only intellectual property, rule of law, but how
they treat people in the marketplace. He's going to keep that on a tariff on China.
And so it means that many of the products that we've gotten used to receiving, yes, at a discount, at a lower price from China. And those are
going to rise, but we cannot allow China. And he will not allow China to continue what they've been doing.
GOLODRYGA: Is that a gamble you're willing to take as Republicans go into the midterms in less than two years' time right now that at the expense of
evening things out, leaving the playing field as you describe it with China that Americans should withstand, paying more at the grocery store concerned
about empty shelves, at department stores concerned about their own jobs and their livelihoods?
Is that something you're willing to run on?
SESSIONS: Well, I want to be plain about this, that the China content, I do believe, is fair. Where it deals with Mexico, where it deals with Canada,
our friends in the E.U. There is an understanding that we've got to quickly resolve that.
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I represent Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies wants to be in marketplaces around the world, not only where they have the best product,
but also the best price.
But if someone withholds because of their own tariffs on us, then the president should correspondingly do the same to that country. But it's
quickly got to be something that solved. And I think it has taken a little bit longer.
GOLODRYGA: So much of this is based around trust, as you know. And just looking at the polling data, on inflation approval is down nine percentage
points to 35 percent, on tariffs themselves, down four percent, also at 35 percent.
Six in 10 Americans say that Trump's policies have increased the cost of living in their community. And when we heard from the Treasury Secretary
speak earlier today, what really caught my attention was him saying that he doesn't anticipate supply chain shocks.
We have all reported on, and you're well aware of what the CEOs of some of the largest retailers warrant President Trump of just a few weeks ago in
the Oval Office, from Walmart, from Home Depot, from Target, saying that if this isn't resolved soon, we could see higher prices, empty store shelves,
and disruptions to supply chains within a matter of weeks.
So who should we believe here?
SESSIONS: Well, we should believe that that is occurring. And the longer that this is hanging out the way it is, it is a problem. It's a problem to
airlines. It's a problem to hotels. It's a problem to small business that is waiting for these tariffs to standardize themselves. But no, I'm not
saying that I don't get it. I do get it. And timing is something that is always important.
As you've heard me say a number of times, I would not have gone the direction the president has gone. I do not believe in higher tariffs. I do
not believe in things that will cause inflation and prices to rise.
But with that said, the United States has a problem with China. We have a problem with China that we have to own up to and understand.
And I think that's where the president needs to land. He needs to do, I think, a better job of explaining to the American people what this will
mean. And if we do not fight this with an understanding, it has little to do with fans and maybe cheaper products that the American people would
want.
But it has a lot to do with the intellectual property, the way we do business, the things that China signed up for 20 years ago when they got
most favored nation status. And those are the things that are on board that have to be decided in 2025.
GOLODRYGA: We should note that the tariffs that President Trump imposed on China, during his last term, were actually held by President Biden as well
and strengthened to some degree, but they were more tailored and not what we're seeing right now across the board.
And as you also note, every other trading partner, most of the trading partners we have around the world, also feeling the ramifications of these
tariffs.
Before you go, I do want to ask you about your role as co-chair of the DOGE caucus. The last time we had you on, you said that there had been some
missteps with this project as well. Elon Musk has stated that his time advising the president is coming to an end soon. He's going to return to
the private sector and running his companies.
In your first three months here, as this co-chair of the DOGE Caucus, can you give us any specific examples of what it's done to improve the lives
and save money of your constituents?
SESSIONS: Yes, I can. First of all, this administration is the first time we've had visibility into not only the spending habits of a government that
stayed at home, but the spending habits of trillions of dollars that were added to the debt. And we need to be able to peg that, to understand where
did all this money come from and go?
As you know, the Fed took out, in essence, a loan for several trillion dollars. Is that money being held by them? Are people paying that back? Did
that go into loans? Or is that something that was spent?
We believe that there are assets and resources that we've got to account for. And that's what DOGE is attempting to do.
Now, on the side of members of Congress having insight, I am not happy with our insight, with our knowledge, where we were able to then amplify the
spending, who had it, where did it go, and the ability to translate that to the American people.
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And we have been very open with the White House to say, we need more visibility. We need to work together and we appreciate what you're doing.
GOLODRYGA: So no tangible then results to show your constituents yet?
SESSIONS: No. I don't -- I don't -- I don't think that that's it. I think it's, can we offer full visibility to understand what is the difference
between discretionary and mandatory spending?
You see, we do not -- for mandatory spending, we don't budget for that. And I think the huge part of this process was done under mandatory spending as
opposed to discretionary, which we would then be responsible for and know what to cut.
GOLODRYGA: Congressman Pete Sessions, from my home state of Texas, thank you so much for the time.
SESSIONS: You bet.
GOLODRYGA: I appreciate you joining us.
So coming up this hour, a reaction on President Trump's first 100 days from the other side of the aisle. We'll talk to a member of the Democratic Party
about the administration's actions so far.
Also ahead, as President Trump marks the milestone. We'll check in with voters in Arizona.
And later, we're just over a week away from the highly secretive Conclave to elect a new pope. We'll have a look at the top candidates to lead the
Catholic Church. That's all ahead.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, as President Trump marks 100 days back in office today, residents in a battleground state that helped him win reelection are
grading how he's doing.
Trump won Arizona by five and a half percent over Kamala Harris last year. For his All Over the Map series, CNN's John King headed back to the state
to find out what voters are thinking now.
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JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The afternoon rush in full swing. Pallets of produce whizzing by. Tomatoes, cucumbers,
peppers, squash and more. Farm to table has a pit stop. This one, in the Arizona desert. Feeding America is complicated, more so right now.
Everything here is from Mexico, and Donald Trump is back in the White House threatening tariffs.
MATT MANDEL, ARIZONA VOTER: It's a brave new world.
KING (voice-over): Matt Mandel helps run SunFed, this warehouse just a few miles from the border.
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KING: One hundred days into the Trump presidency, your business has been impacted how?
MANDEL: The biggest problem that we have up till now is uncertainty. We have talk about tariffs, and then the tariffs are off.
We have tariffs that came into play for three days, they were canceled. But the constant threat of what if makes it very hard for us to plan.
KING (voice-over): The border crossing at Nogales is almost always humming. Commerce both ways caught up in 100 days of Trump trade turmoil.
MADEL: Food does not make sense at all. All you're going to do is raise those costs to consumers. People have become accustomed to having all their
fruits and vegetables on a year round basis, and that is entirely due to imports. Putting tariffs on imports is only going to limit supply, raise
prices, or both.
KING (voice-over): Small businesses at the border are grumbling too. They complain of a double whammy. Tariff threats and tough immigration talk.
Yes, illegal crossings in Nogales and across Arizona are down. That's a big Trump campaign promise.
But business owners say legal crossings are down too, dropping sales as much as 40 percent these past 100 days.
Tucson is an hour north, reliably blue, but Trump did run a bit stronger here last year, as he won Arizona and all the battlegrounds.
KING: What's all this going to do?
TAMARA VARGA, ARIZON VOTER: Well, this is going to train our individuals how to cook.
KING (voice-over): Tamara Varga is a Trump supporter, happy with some promises kept, but nervous a big one could be broken.
VARGA: I'm worried about Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security. He did say that he wasn't going to cut them, that he was just going to find the
waste, and I really hope that he sticks to that.
KING: Why is that so important to you?
VARGA: It's important because we need to take care of our people with disabilities and our elderly and those that depend on it. And they can't
survive as it is right now, and they -- we cannot cut.
KING (voice-over): Varga is a Tucson hero. Her food truck and candy store employ 50 people with special needs. She's renovating this restaurant to
employ even more. A devout Christian, lifelong Republican, but some big changes. Varga says she no longer believes Trump's claim the 2020 election
was rigged.
She's now open to supporting Democrats for local offices and says Trump tariffs are one reason prices are not dropping fast enough.
VARGA: The items that we put in our gift baskets have gone up.
KING: So when he says, there's going to be some disruption, maybe even some pain, but we're going to get there. For now, you think, OK, I'll give you
some time?
VARGA: I'll give him some time and I'm hopeful. But, you know, I think that if he doesn't come through, he's going to have a lot of people turning on
him.
KING (voice-over): Melissa Cordero is an Air Force veteran who voted for Trump once, back in 2016, and regrets it every day.
MELISSA CORDERO, ARIZONA VOTER: He's like a craze right now. I'm constantly going, can he do that?
I'm angry because the communities that I care the most about are being attacked, the LGBTQ community, the trans community. And what's really got
me angry is immigration and what's happening to deported veterans.
KING (voice-over): Cordero just visited some deported veterans in Mexico. Just learned she lost a conservation grant that was part of a DEI program.
He's organizing protests against Trump cuts at the Veterans Administration.
CORDERO: There's no one answering the phones. Mental health, too. Making cuts in that area, that's like what all of us veterans need the most.
RAY FLORES, ARIZONA VOTER: She made everything. She made the best cheeseburger.
KING (voice-over): Ray Flores named the Monica after a family legend, 100 years ago, Tia Monica inspired the first of what are now more than a dozen
family restaurants.
FLORES: We're sending this to the Food Network, Vince. You don't make it right, you're screwed.
KING (voice-over): His biggest 100-day take, Trump turmoil, is rattling consumer confidence.
FLORES: We are definitely seeing less spending at the pump. In our -- in our world, that would be the cash register, right? So we're seeing numbers
dropping seven, eight percent around the system right now.
KING: People are afraid to go out to dinner.
FLORES: We're built on hospitality and celebration and spending time together, and maybe there's some fear of spending that extra money out.
KING (voice-over): Flores is an independent disgusted with both national parties, all for cutting wasteful spending, all for deporting the
undocumented who have committed crimes, but not impressed so far.
FLORES: I'm a little bewildered about how they've gone about things, only because it seems a bit haphazard.
KING: Scale of 1 to 10?
FLORES: I'm at a five.
KING: What's your test for the second 100 days?
FLORES: I don't want to see it get worse. I don't want to have that aggressive, somewhat mean-spirited decision-making take root on everything
we do.
KING (voice-over): A great kitchen thrives on controlled chaos. But in Trump, Flores sees too much impulse and emotion, too little planning and
creativity, 100 days of too much heat.
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GOLODRYGA: And John King joins me now.
Wow. John, if I'm the White House and I'm watching that segment in your interviews, there's not even one silver lining that I can hold on to. The
best they could find is people giving the president a bit more time and rating him a 5 out of 10.
Were you surprised by what you heard and how candid some of these, even Trump voters are at this point?
KING: The candor of the Trump voters, yes, a little bit of a surprise there to see some Trump voters beginning to drift away from the president or at
least put a clock on him, right, Bianna? Saying that I'm still with him, I'm hopeful, but he better be careful here. Why? Because they're beginning
to see the impact in their community and in their lives.
You can look at all the polling data you want. We've had some great CNN polling. There was some other polling in recent days showing this president
is at a historically low point for the 100-day mark. He has lost his greatest strength. It was when he was elected, people said they trusted him
more in the economy. They thought he could get prices down. They thought he could keep the economy going.
Listen to the voices of those voters, whether it's the progressive voter, the independent voter or the Trump voter, all of them, saying their lives
are not better economically. All of them saying they see more turmoil in their lives and believe that Trump's policies are actually making things at
least a little bit worse.
For some, the man who runs the distribution center, a lot worse. For Tamara Varga, she's just a hero. She takes care of special needs people. She gives
them employment. Very devout Christian.
She says, Mr. President, what you're doing is hurting me in my real life. So a bit of a surprise and it's a warning shot for the president. He is at
the 100-day mark.
You were just having a conversation, Bianna, with Congressman Sessions. Republicans have to make some incredibly consequential decisions in the
next 100 days about trying to make their spending math worth. They want to cut taxes and cut spending. Where are you going to do that? That's the
Medicaid program Tamara Varga was talking about in that piece, right? Where do you find the math for that?
So the first 100 days have been horrible for President Trump. The numbers just backed that up. People -- his greatest strength has become a weakness
and that is the economy.
And the second 100 days, guess what, some incredibly consequential decisions on that same set of issues. So he is truly at a crossroads.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And you don't hear any of these people expressing optimism or the belief that a golden era is being ushered in just around the corner
if they're just patient enough. And obviously, that is what the president had campaigned on.
Let me talk to you about another surprise that we've seen and that is the election result in Canada. And the huge swing in polling that were six
months ago, if you would have said the Liberal Party would win again most people would laugh you off the stage.
And here we are, Mark Carney, taking over winning the prime minister's race yesterday. And I want to play sound from his victory speech last night.
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MARK CARNEY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER: Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration is over.
The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that well
not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for a country for decades, is over.
These are tragedies, but it's also our new reality. We are over. We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the
lessons.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But you're going to take us forward.
CARNEY: Yes. We have to look out for ourselves.
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GOLODRYGA: Again, John, that is Canada. Who would have ever thought that we would hear such harsh words from a newly elected prime minister, elected
largely in part from what the President of the United States has said and done towards his country?
You spent so much time speaking with voters there in Canada. This is clearly how they were feeling as well.
KING: The betrayal, the word that Prime Minister Carney used there, Bianna, I think, is critical in the sense that this has been a partnership, a
friendship, a neighborly relationship that for decades has benefited both countries.
I made a trip to British Columbia about six weeks ago. I was in Ontario just a week before last, and that's how Canadian voters of all stripes
feel. Conservative voters, liberal voters, third-party voters. Canada has more success. Its third-parties have more success than here in the United
States. You have new Democrats. You have green party voters. You have the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec.
The third-parties do a little bit better. In this election, a lot of Canadians decided they couldn't risk voting for a third-party because they
wanted whoever won, it ended up being the Liberals, to have a mandate to stand up to Trump.
I used the word crossroads saying President Trump was at a crossroads here in the United States because of his declining economic numbers. This is a
crossroads moment for the Americas, if you will, in the sense that, again, this has been a partnership for decades.
And what is the Canadian Prime Minister saying, he's echoing his own people, the voters, whether they voted for him or not. People across Canada
saying, it is time to find new markets around the world. It is time to not be reliant on the United States economically or for security purposes.
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It is time to broaden our horizons, be more independent, less dependent and to move on, not hit the pause button. They're not saying hit the pause
button and wait out Donald Trump. They are saying we can't take that risk. We need to look.
So, if you're in the United States, number one, that's a huge global shift, and it's a huge shift in our neighborhood here in North America and in the
Americas.
However, it's also a giant shift for the American economy. At a time the American economy is in trouble because of the tariffs, what are we going to
do about Canadian timber? What are we going to do about Canadian aluminum? What are we going to do about Canadian energy?
So, again, a self-inflicted wound by the President of the United States that could have enormous consequences.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. A finance and economy expert, Mark Carney, again saying these are all tragedies, but they are our new reality as well.
John King, it is so great to have you on the show. We are such huge fans of your "All Over the Map" series. They're so insightful. They're brilliantly
done. Thank you for all of your work.
KING: Appreciate that. Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: Still to come for us, how Donald Trump's priorities are reshaping children's health in America. We'll check in with Dr. Sanjay
Gupta.
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GOLODRYGA: Welcome back to ONE WORLD. I'm Bianna Golodryga.
Democratic lawmakers are marking Donald Trump's contentious benchmark with speeches, rallies, and sit-ins. Minority leader Chuck Schumer calls the
milestone, quote, a hundred days of hell. And he's promising the Democratic Party will fight back.
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SCHUMER: The start of Donald Trump's second term has been the worst start of any president in modern times. He now has the lowest approvals any
president has seen through his first 100 days since they started polling 80 years ago.
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GOLODRYGA: But many democratic voters are furious over what they see as a lack of action from their party, and they're tired of the talk.
Just 27 percent of voters approve the job democratic leaders are doing, compared to 37 percent for Republicans.
Time now for The Exchange. We want to focus more closely on the democratic reaction.
Joining me now is democratic Congressman, Sean Casten, who represents Illinois's 6th congressional district.
I mean, Congressman, don't those numbers speak for themselves? Twenty-seven percent of Americans happy with Democrats and how they're handling the
first few months of the Trump administration and doing their job representing constituents.
Doesn't that explain a lot about what happened in the elections last November?
REP. SEAN CASTEN (D-IL): Well, I'm not sure I put too much stock in those numbers. I think we have a -- we have a population who has gone from apathy
to fear, from fear to anger, and is trying to figure out how to direct that anger.
The anger is entirely driven by Donald Trump. And I think what's important for all of us is to make sure that we are clearly communicating to the
American people the stakes of this moment we're in, the enormous threats that are being created by the violations of our Constitution, the
diminished standing in the world, and the need for us all to engage on this.
And, you know, I think the members who have done that effectively have risen in the public's estimation, the members who have not done that have
not. But that's what the moment calls for.
GOLODRYGA: So that you question the polling data that shows that the majority of Americans are unhappy and concerned with how the president is
handling the first few months of his administration?
CASTEN: No, no. I don't question the data at all. I'm more just saying that this anger and fear makes people angry at a lot of things. And I think
those of us in positions of leadership need to make sure that folks understand what's going on and start channeling that.
I mean, we -- 100 days ago, we had an economy that was the envy of the world. We now have an economy Goldman Sachs today said that we're going to
have the highest inflation rate and the lowest rate of growth of any country in the OECD.
I went down, I spent a good part of our recess period touring Republican districts, meeting with farmers in downstate Illinois, who are solid, rock
solid Republican voters, who are really angry about the fact that these tariffs are going to kill U.S. soybean exports. And they're trying to
figure out what's a plant right now.
I met with banks who said that they're now putting a risk premium on the U.S. economy because of regulatory uncertainty. Those are all massive pains
that are all created by the White House.
And I understand why people are angry about that. I understand why people are fearful about that.
And trust me, those of us in the minority wish we were in a position to be doing more, but what we're you and is using our outside voice, trying to
communicate to people and trying to push our Republican colleagues where we can to say, it's time to stand up, fellows.
GOLODRYGA: Who's the leader of the Democratic Party right now, if you were to have to pick one name?
CASTEN: Look, in the House, I've got tremendous respect for the job that Hakeem Jeffries is doing. The -- we are -- we don't have the presidency. We
don't have the Senate. We don't have majority control.
And, you know, my view is that moments like this that are so stressful, leaders emerge in times like this. There are people in positions of
leadership who I think are doing a good job of trying to steer through. But we're going to -- you know, we're going to find out.
I -- the one thing I can guarantee is that I'm fairly certain that neither Hakeem Jeffries nor Chuck Schumer will be running to be the democratic
nominee for president in two years' time. So let's see who emerges in this moment.
GOLODRYGA: It's becoming quite clear and we could even hear that in some of the trepidation from Congressman Sessions and my conversation with him
earlier today about just how much longer Republicans can wait for the president's policies to fully be enacted in this golden era that he had
promised to be delivered.
Are you having conversations with your Republican colleagues right now about some of the concerns that you've expressed here on air? And do you
expect for there to be actual concrete legislation made and taken in a bipartisan manner if this continues?
CASTEN: So what I think every Democrat realizes and a number of the Republicans privately realize is that it is an extremely naive to assume
that Donald Trump is going to get better. He is a convicted felon who has surrounded himself with people who are not the A-team, shall we say, right?
Like no one would hire Pete Hegseth to be Department of Defense. No one would hire him to be a babysitter for goodness sake.
You know, RFK Jr. does not understand health. There is a -- this administration is not going to get better.
Among the Republicans we've been talking to privately, I think there's a real concern on their end, the good ones, that, you know, I said to one of
my colleagues, what would it take for you to stand up? And his immediate response was, how'd that work out for Kinzinger?
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And there is the sense in their party that they have nobody in their party who has stood up to Trump and succeeded. And so therefore, they're sitting
back.
And it just -- you know, it feels like Yeats' famous poem, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
There's a -- the best Republicans are deeply cowardice -- cowardly right now.
GOLODRYGA: Sean Casten, I know you're tight on time. I will have to leave it there. Thank you so much. We appreciate it.
CASTEN: Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: And we'll be right back.
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GOLODRYGA: In his first 100 days of the Second Trump administration, the president and his officials are reshaping children's health.
CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, explains how President Trump plans to fight chronic health conditions that affect kids.
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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: When it comes to the United States, children's health is a significant concern. And I think for a
pretty good reason.
As you look at this bar graph, keep in mind that 40 percent of children have at least one, if not two, chronic health conditions in the United
States.
It's pretty concerning. Only about 60 percent, just over half of children in the United States are perfectly healthy, meaning, they don't have some
underlying chronic disease. And that's despite spending, you know, $4 trillion a year on healthcare. So that's the background concern.
A lot of those chronic health conditions probably driven in part by the food that we eat and that has been a focus of this new administration. But
most of the focus, frankly, has been on things like autism where Secretary Kennedy says, look, we're going to figure out autism by September in terms
of what's driving it, despite the fact that there's been more than 30 years of research that's been done on this around the world.
Another thing that they're focused on is fluoride, reducing, if not eliminating fluoride in water in many places because of concerns about
links to IQ later in life and developmental delays.
And then also we heard a lot about these petroleum-based dyes in eliminating these dyes over time, phasing them out because of concerns
about neurobehavioral disorders.
It is tough to really know how much of an impact all of that will have. But at the same time, we realize that we are not a very healthy country overall
when it comes to chronic health in children.
And I will tell you that vaccines have gotten a lot of attention. And it's confusing and concerning to really sort of trying to parse together what
the administration is saying about this.
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On one hand, Secretary Kennedy has talked about the fact that no one will get their vaccines taken away and he even recommended vaccines for folks in
the middle of a measles outbreak in West Texas.
But at the same time, take a look at what is happening. The FDA safety head resigned over lack of transparency issues, he says.
Concerning. We have independent vaccine advisors sidelined. So decisions, for example, about the flu vaccine for next year did not incorporate
anybody from outside the government. No independent advice.
And then lots of vaccine related grants have been canceled. Not just for vaccines, by the way, but for all sorts of different things.
So as audacious as the goals may be in terms of addressing children's health issues in the United States, there have been a lot of cuts as well.
In fact, if you look overall at the number of cuts, you've had 10,000 people who were voluntarily left the department, 10,000 more people who
subsequently were let go. The goal to save $2 billion a year and to consolidate many of the divisions under NIH, under HHS, into many fewer
divisions, specifically under something that is now known as AHA, the Administration for a Healthy America.
There are a lot of goals for this administration in terms of addressing children's health and for good reason. The United States is not a very
healthy country, but at the same time, these cuts and the lack of attention sort of on things that are specifically driving the chronic disease
epidemic, that's what I think has got a lot of people's attention.
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GOLODRYGA: So informative. Our thanks to Sanjay Gupta for that.
Still to come, the work from home first lady. We take a look at what Melania Trump has been doing and where she's been doing it from over the
last 100 days.
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GOLODRYGA: First Lady Melania Trump has not spent any significant amount of time at the White House since her husband took office on January 20th.
She's made only a handful of public appearances for things like state dinners in Washington and for the Pope's funeral in Italy over the weekend.
She spent the bulk of her time in New York where her son Barron is at college and at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
CNN's Betsy Klein joins me now live at the White House with more.
There had been a lot of speculation, Betsy, about what the First Lady's role would be this time around during this administration. And she seemed
to be continuing the approach she took during the first term. What more are we learning 100 days in?
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BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE PRODUCER: Yes, Bianna. I think much like her first term, Melania Trump is making very clear she is doing things
her way. A source close to her described her as more free, perhaps, than she was in her first term.
But the president has really demonstrated with his team that he has learned how to use the levers of the federal government to enact his agenda. The
First Lady similarly had signaled that she could take on a more active role. She telegraphed that with the memoir that she published over the fall
in multiple interviews on Fox News during the presidential transition.
But the reality is, she's actually been largely absent since January 20th. She has spent most of her time away from the White House. As you mentioned,
in Palm Beach at Mar-a-Lago, in New York where Barron Trump is attending New York University. She's made a small handful of public appearances.
She joined the president for that trip to North Carolina and California to meet with Americans who are reeling from a pair of natural disasters. She
welcomed the nation's governors for a formal dinner. She attended the president's speech to a joint session of Congress. She hosted the White
House Easter Egg Roll and she traveled to Rome just this past weekend for the funeral of Pope Francis.
Now, notably, we did see the first lady on Capitol Hill where she advocated for the Take It Down Act, which is a bill to protect Americans who are
victims of deepfake and revenge pornography. Take a look.
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MELANIA TRUMP, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: It is imperative that we safeguard children from being spirited and hurtful online behavior.
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KLEIN: Now, the first lady notched an early victory yesterday when the House passed that bill on a bipartisan basis. The First Lady said in a
statement, quote, advancing this legislation has been a key focus since I returned to my role as First Lady this past January. I am honored to have
contributed to guiding it through Congress.
Now, we do expect her to be present at the White House when the president signs it into law according to a White House official.
And the notoriously private first lady has also demonstrated she has some interest in satiating the public's curiosity about her. We do expect that
Amazon documentary about her return to the White House out later this year, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Betsy Klein, thank you so much.
An Italian cardinal convicted of crimes by the Vatican says that he will not take part in the process to choose the next leader for the 1.4 billion
Catholics around the world.
Giovanni Angelo Becciu, excuse me, was ordered by Pope Francis to resign the rights and privileges of a cardinal back in 2020 after he became
embroiled in a financial scandal.
Only a select amount of cardinals can vote in the highly secretive conclave, which is set to begin May 7th. CNN's Christopher Lamb has
details.
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CHRISTOPHER LAMB, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One by one, cardinals arrived at the Vatican this morning, with the politicking over
the future direction of the Catholic Church already underway and a conclave set to start on the 7th of May.
The choice facing the cardinals, to continue full steam ahead with Francis' reforms and vision or slow things down.
At the Pope's funeral, a strong message. The guiding thread of his mission was also the conviction that the Church is a home for all, the 91-year-old
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said.
A home with its doors always open. Some reading the reaction of the crowd as a sign to the cardinals to pursue continuity with the late pontiff, who
was popular among the people but faced fierce resistance in certain clerical quarters.
The politics of the conclave are subtle. Anyone overtly campaigning disqualifies themselves.
In the early exchanges, some cardinals are emphasizing that the next pope must focus on, quote, unity. Others, while seeing the need for unity,
identify a danger in underplaying the Church's rich diversity.
Cardinal Michael Czerny of Canada worked closely with Pope Francis.
CARDINAL MICHAEL CZERNY, PREFECT OF THE DICASTERY FOR PROMOTING INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: If you make this your obsession, and if you try to
promote unity as your primary objective, you end up with uniformity. And this is exactly what we don't need. We spend decades now trying to learn to
get beyond uniformity to a true catholicity, a true pluralism.
LAMB (voice-over): Right now, there is no obvious front-runner candidate. The field is wide open. But two are seemingly leading the pack. Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, Holy See Secretary of State, the Vatican's top diplomat.
CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN, HOLY SEE SECRETARY OF STATE: El Padre del cielo de los espiritu santo.
LAMB (voice-over): A mild-mannered, thoughtful prelate. An Italian who knows the system. Yet, his lack of experience of working at the Church's
grassroots could weigh against him.
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Then there is Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, leader of the Evangelization Department of the Vatican. His candidacy a reflection of the dynamism of
the Church in Asia. The charismatic former Archbishop of Manila is known for his advocacy for migrants and the poor.
CARDINALD LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE, EVANGELIZATION DEPARTMENT OF THE VATICAN LEADER: In them, I saw my grandfather, who was born in China.
LAMB (voice-over): Who feels personally moved by their suffering. He sometimes dubbed an Asian Francis.
With a cardinal body, the majority appointed by Francis, from every corner of the globe, this is a conclave that could easily throw up a surprise.
Christopher Lamb, CNN, Rome.
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GOLODRYGA: The Vatican is following tradition by issuing a special edition stamp. On Monday, they released the new empty chair stamp that's issued
during the period between Popes. The stamp will be available until the conclave chooses the next pontiff.
And that does it for this hour of ONE WORLD. Thanks so much for watching. I'm Bianna Golodryga. Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back with "AMANPOUR"
after the break.
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DANA BASH, CNN HOST: CNN asked you, our audience, to send us your most pressing questions about President Trump's whirlwind first 100 days back in
office. We got questions submitted online from all over the world on a lot of topics.
My panel and I are going to try to tackle a few of them now. OK, here's the first question. This is from Gia in Cleveland as an Ohio boy. I'll give
this to you, Phil.
She asks, where is all the money from the federal jobs and program cuts? What is that money going towards now that all these jobs programs are gone?
PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CHIEF DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENT: I'm honored as a fellow Buckeye that Gia and I have been pursuing apparently the same question for
the better part of 100 days. Look, it's difficult to quantify, and I won't go down the budget rabbit hole for Dana's sake of time.
BASH: Thank you.
MATTINGLY: What I will say is the truth is the U.S. government spent more money in the first three and a half months of Donald Trump's first year in
office than they did in 2024 when Joe Biden was in office. That is because much of the federal spending is mandatory. It's payments for the debt,
servicing of the debt. It's Medicare. It's Medicaid. It's Social Security.
We know that according to Democrats, about $430 billion have been frozen, canceled, or impounded up to this point. But in terms of what money is
actually out there, where that's actually going right now, Elon Musk says savings of $150 billion. The reality is, this kind of winds its way
through, it will take a while for it to compound. And we don't have a good sense of where it is, how much it is, and certainly how it's being used.
BASH: OK, so while we're on this topic, really quickly, Elon Musk. I mean, it's also kind of a big story in the first 100 days. And I just want to
take like 30 seconds to note how much of the perception of Elon, never mind what he's done, but the perception of Elon Musk has changed because of it.
And the status of his companies.
DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: This is why corporate leaders, historically in politics, don't like to get involved, or they give to both
sides, and they're working both sides, and they try not to be aligned with either side. Because when you get into the arena as a partisan, given
today's political climate, this is almost inevitable. And this is precisely why corporations and corporate leaders tend to hold politics at arm's
distance.
BASH: OK, let's get back to the questions. Mary from Macomb, Michigan, where the president is going today. "Have there been any discussions in
Congress to pass a law to limit the power of executive order? What is the point of legislative body if the President can act unilaterally on such
important matters as tariffs and military eligibility?
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LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: So in terms of some sweeping bill to rein in executive orders or his ability to act unilaterally? No,
there is not. In terms of tariffs, there are some Republicans, a small group of Republicans in the Senate and in the House, that have proposed a
bill that would make it so the president has to give them, I think, roughly 48 hours of notice if he wants to institute new tariffs. I'm skeptical
that's going to go anywhere, but that's something that is out there.
BASH: OK, David, I'm going to have you take this one. This is from Chris asking about frustration by Democrats with their leaders. "All Democrats
can say in 100 days is they have worked to stop and failed 47 from doing anything. Why won't they work on doing things for their constituents? Why
aren't we talking about what the Democrats in government haven't done?
CHALIAN: I think Chris, and I don't know if Chris is a Democrat or not asking that question, but I think he's giving voice to a lot of Democratic
concern. We see it in our poll out today. 38% of Democrats and Democratic- leaning independents actually approve of the job their leaders in Congress are doing. Compare that to the nearly three-quarters of Republicans who
support their side. Democrats are furious with their own leadership right now.
A reckoning is coming within the Democratic Party, and I think there are a lot of Democrats talking about, and we just heard from J.B. Pritzker this
week, about what Democrats are doing in Washington. Now, the reality is they also have no power.
BASH: Right.
CHALIAN: So I'm sure they are working for their constituents. I don't want to say they're not doing their jobs, but they don't have the power or the
numbers to actually alter a lot of outcomes.
BASH: OK, Jamie, this one's for you. This is from Rae in Austin. "Is there a moment in the first 100 days that's left you completely speechless? What
moment was this?"
JAMIE GANGEL, CNN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT: Oh, we're not allowed to be completely speechless.
BASH: Have you ever been speechless?
GANGEL: OK, a lot. Elon Musk left me speechless a lot. Didn't see war with Canada coming. Didn't see the Oval Office with Zelenskyy coming. But I
think the award goes to Jeffrey Goldberg at "The Atlantic" for Signalgate. I do not know a reporter who, when they saw that headline, did not stop and
go, OMG. I think we're all a little jealous of Jeffrey, that my initials are JG too. I could have been on the Signal chat. It was just an
extraordinary story.
BASH: I'm just going to just have mine, the Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting. I watched that, and I'm sure a lot of people did, in its entirety, like, I
don't know, ten times. And I still, it was just mouth agape. There was so much -- so much there.
All right, thank you. And also, for more of your questions, go to CNN.com to join CNN anchors and correspondents, answering live your submitted
questions about the administration. I'm going to be there, and I'll get right online right after the show is over.
Now, let's talk about Arizona, which flipped from blue to red in 2024. It wasn't even close. John King visited the Grand Canyon State to see whether
Trump voters are still happy with their choice.
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TAMARA VARGA, ARIZONA VOTER: I'll give him some time, and I'm hopeful. But, you know, I think that if he doesn't come through, he's going to have a lot
of people turning on him.
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BASH: President Trump's election win wasn't overwhelming, but it was decisive. He won all seven swing states, including six he lost in 2020.
Topping the list for Trump was Arizona. He narrowly lost in 2020, but in 2024, he won big by more than five points. CNN's John King is all over the
map and visited Arizona to hear what voters think now, 100 days in.
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JOHN KING, CNN HOST (voice-over): The afternoon rush in full swing. Pallets of produce whizzing by. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, and more.
Farm to table has a pit stop, this one in the Arizona desert. Feeding America is complicated, more so right now. Everything here is for Mexico,
and Donald Trump is back in the White House threatening tariffs.
MATT MANDEL, ARIZONA VOTER: It's a brave new world.
KING: Matt Mandel helps run SunFed, this warehouse just a few miles from the border.
(On camera): 100 days into the Trump presidency, your business has been impacted how?
MANDEL: The biggest problem that we have up until now is uncertainty. We have talk about tariffs, and then the tariffs are off. We have tariffs that
came into play for three days. They were canceled. But the constant threat of what if makes it very hard for us to plan.
KING (voice-over): The border crossing at Nogales is almost always humming. Commerce both ways caught up in 100 days of Trump trade turmoil.
MANDEL: Food does not make sense at all. All you're going to do is raise those costs to consumers. People have become accustomed to having all their
fruits and vegetables on a year-round basis, and that is entirely due to imports. Putting tariffs on imports is only going to limit supply, raise
prices, or both.
KING: Small businesses at the border are grumbling too. They complain of a double whammy, tariff threats and tough immigration talk. Yes, illegal
crossings in Nogales and across Arizona are down. That's a big Trump campaign promise. But business owners say legal crossings are down too,
dropping sales as much as 40% these past 100 days.
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Tucson is an hour north, reliably blue, but Trump did run a bit stronger here last year, as he won Arizona and all the battlegrounds.
(On camera): What's all this going to do?
VARGA: Well, this is going to train our individuals how to cook.
KING: Tamara Varga is a Trump supporter, happy with some promises kept, but nervous. A big one could be broken.
VARGA: I'm worried about Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security. He did say that he wasn't going to cut them. That he was just going to find the
waste, and I really hope that he sticks to that.
KING: Why is that so important to you?
VARGA: It's important because we need to take care of our people with disabilities and our elderly and those that depend on it. And they can't
survive as it is right now, and we cannot cut.
KING: Varga is a Tucson hero. Her food truck and candy store employ 50 people with special needs. She's renovating this restaurant to employ even
more. A devout Christian, lifelong Republican, but some big changes. Varga says she no longer believes Trump's claim the 2020 election was rigged.
She's now open to supporting Democrats for local offices and says Trump tariffs are one reason prices are not dropping fast enough.
VARGA: The items that we put in our gift baskets have gone up.
KING (on camera): So when he says there's going to be some disruption, maybe even some pain, but we're going to get there, for now you think, OK,
I'll give you some time?
VARGA: I'll give him some time, and I'm hopeful, but I think that if he doesn't come through, he's going to have a lot of people turning on him.
KING: Melissa Cordero is an Air Force veteran who voted for Trump once, back in 2016, and regrets it every day.
MELISSA CORDERO, ARIZONA VOTER: He's, like, crazed right now. I'm constantly going, can he do that? I'm angry because the communities that I
care the most about are being attacked. The LGBTQ community, the trans community, and what's really got me angry is immigration and what's
happening to deported veterans.
KING: Cordero just visited some deported veterans in Mexico. Just learned she lost a conservation grant that was part of a DEI program. He's
organizing protests against Trump cuts at the Veterans Administration.
CORDERO: There's no one answering the phones. Mental health, too. Making cuts in that area, that's, like, what all of us veterans need the most.
RAY FLORES, ARIZONA VOTER: She made everything. She made the best cheeseburger.
KING: Ray Flores named The Monica after a family legend. 100 years ago, Tia Monica inspired the first of what are now more than a dozen family
restaurants.
FLORES: We're sending this to Food Network, Vince. You don't make it right, you're screwed.
KING: His biggest 100-day take, Trump turmoil, is rattling consumer confidence.
FLORES: We are definitely seeing less spending at the pump. In our world, that would be the cash register, right? So we're seeing numbers dropping
7%, 8% around the system right now.
People are afraid to go out to dinner. We're built on hospitality and celebration and spending time together, and maybe there's some fear of
spending that extra money out.
KING: Flores is an independent disgusted with both national parties, all for cutting wasteful spending, all for deporting the undocumented who have
committed crimes, but not impressed so far.
FLORES: I'm a little bewildered about how they've gone about things, only because it seems a bit haphazard.
KING: Scale of 1 to 10?
FLORES: I'm at a 5.
KING: What's your test for the second 100 days? I don't want to see it get worse. I don't want to have that aggressive, somewhat mean-spirited
decision-making take root on everything we do.
KING (voice-over): A great kitchen thrives on controlled chaos, but in Trump, Flores sees too much impulse and emotion, too little planning and
creativity. 100 days of too much heat.
John King, CNN, Tucson, Arizona.
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BASH: From Tucson, Arizona, right back here. Poof, John is back. Do we have him here? Let's see. There he is. He's working on getting something really
important and interesting for all of you as President Trump heads up to Michigan to talk to voters up there on this 100th day. I'll be over there
at the wall with John after a quick break.
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BASH: President Donald Trump is celebrating 100 days today outside the beltway. He's going to head to another swing state that voted for him and
that is the state of Michigan. CNN's John King is here now at the wall.
So what you found in Arizona was fascinating, particularly from people who want to like Donald Trump, voted for Donald Trump, and there is so much
anxiety.
KING: Even people who didn't vote for Donald Trump who thought maybe under their breath that he would do a better job on the economy. So you're
looking at the map. He's going to Michigan right now. I'll get closer in a minute, but just watch this for one second. He flipped those swing states,
right? Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
There they are, blue for Joe Biden in 2020. There they are, all red for Donald Trump in 2024. Why did that happen? Because the cost of living was
punishing people and they wanted to give Trump a chance. Where is he going here? He's going to one of the places I've been going. I've been doing this
for 40 years now and I've gone to Macomb County over and over and over again.
Now Donald Trump has actually won Michigan twice in 2016 and 2020. He's won Macomb County all three times. This is where the auto industry is. This is
where Michael Dukakis took the ride in the tank. These are blue-collar auto workers, blue-collar defense workers for General Dynamics. This is a place
where Trump has a base. You see, that was his best performance in the three elections at 56% there. But guess what's happening? Turmoil in the auto
industry, right? So can he convince those workers? I know it's been a tough few months.
I know there's all this talk of tariffs. Stellantis, one of the automakers out there, has actually had some layoffs, small-scale layoffs. But can he
convince them, hang in there with me, or do they think, you know, we placed a big bet on you, sir, and we don't see the results?
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So Michigan -- and Michigan in 2026, is going to be like a Disney World for both Democratic primaries and for competitive Senate and governor's races.
It's a huge state politically.
BASH: But the key here is that he's going to Michigan. It's a huge state politically. But what we are hearing and seeing from voters in Michigan,
and you in particular when you went to Michigan, is the same thing that you've heard in your travels all across the country.
KING: So very early in his term, we went to Nebraska. Some farmers want tariffs, other farmers don't. We went to Colorado, a purple congressional
district there, already people worried about the economy. Just back from Arizona, a lot of worries about the economy, even Trump voters. And here's
why, Dana. This is from our polling right here.
Trump's policies have increased your cost of living. They're not just mad prices aren't going down, they think his policies are making it worse.
That's just one. Then you look at more globally on the economy, economic conditions in the country. Are they getting better or worse? Trump's
policies have worsened conditions.
Six in ten Americans, that means some Republicans too, not just Democrats and independents, think cost of living, economy writ large, his policies
are making it worse and he promised to make it better.
BASH: Well, he has 1,300 days to turn it around. Thank you, John. Appreciate it.
Thank you for joining INSIDE POLITICS today. CNN NEWS CENTRAL starts after the break.
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