Americanswers! Which news stories are being overshadowed by Trump's tariffs?

美国回应!哪些新闻故事被特朗普的关税所掩盖?

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2025-04-08

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The first US measles death in a decade, mass protests against Trump and El Salvador’s mega-jail… In today’s Q&A Anthony, Justin and Mariana sign the podcasting equivalent of an executive order, putting a one-episode exemption on tariffs to focus on the other stories that may have fallen on the backburner since Trump shook up the world’s financial markets. The team discuss the biggest protests of Trump’s second term so far, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s controversial social media video featuring Venezuelan deportees, and the danger of vaccine misinformation following a measles outbreak that’s led to the deaths of two children. And the US Senate and Congress seem to have gone quiet - what’s going on? HOSTS: * Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: * Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB * Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 * Email Americast@bbc.co.uk * Or use #Americast This episode was made by Rufus Gray and Grace Reeve. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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  • Hello, AmeriCasters.

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  • Now, on with the episode.

  • There is one big story in town, isn't there, and it is tariffs, and we're not going to talk about them.

  • At least not today.

  • We're going to talk about them later in the week, but we are putting an exemption on tariffs for today.

  • It's a free trade zone, and we're going to keep it that way,

  • at least for the time being, so that we can do a crucial thing,

  • which is answer questions from you about other things, because there are plenty of other things that we ought to cover,

  • but really have been pushed out of the way by the whole tariffs thing in the last few days.

  • So we will get to tariffs soon, but not this time round.

  • Welcome to AmeriCasters.

  • AmeriCast.

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  • You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.

  • You're gambling with World War Three.

  • President Trump's message is very simple.

  • We are done being taken advantage of.

  • Mr. President, in the name of our God, have mercy upon the people.