2025-03-20
20 分钟This is the Opinions,
a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times Opinion.
You've heard the news.
Here's what to make of it.
I'm Patrick Healy, deputy editor of New York Times Opinion, and this is the First Hundred Days,
a weekly series examining President Trump's use of power and his drive to change America.
This week,
I wanted to talk to my colleague Tom Friedman
about how the world we knew is being unraveled by its most powerful player, America.
You have an American president slapping tariffs on our friends,
giving license to Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu to act with impunity,
and thumbing his nose at America's judges and courts.
Tom has been the foreign affairs columnist at the Times for decades,
and he has his finger on the big problems facing our country and the world.
So I wanted to get Tom's insights on how Trump is trying to reshape reality through sheer force of will.
Tom, thanks for joining me.
Always a pleasure, Pat.
Let's start with the economy, Tom.
Trump is asking Americans to go along with higher groceries and cost of living temporarily,
he says, in exchange for a future where America will be in a stronger economic position.