Trump's battles with data, DC, and world trade

特朗普与数据、华盛顿特区及世界贸易的较量

Post Reports

2025-08-09

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In the past week, President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries – and made moves to suppress signs of a weakening economy. Today on the politics roundtable, host Colby Itkowitz speaks with White House reporter Emily Davies and senior national political correspondent Naftali Bendavid about how Trump’s recent economic moves are playing politically. They also cover his recent threats to take federal control of D.C., and the latest on how the Justice Department is pursuing investigations into Trump’s perceived political enemies. Today’s show was produced by Arjun Singh. It was edited by Laura Benshoff and mixed by Sean Carter.  Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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  • So this week we saw President Trump wandering around on the roof of the White House.

  • What was he doing up there?

  • He told reporters that he was taking a walk and looking around.

  • I mean, as we know, he's planning this enormous ballroom there.

  • So he didn't say this, but maybe he was just sort of checking out the landscape.

  • I'm just trying to imagine how that conversation went.

  • Like, who did he turn to and was like, I could really use a walk.

  • Can we go to the roof?

  • I mean, if Trump is good at one thing, it's producing himself.

  • And it was effective.

  • Yeah, he finds a way to get himself in the conversation,

  • whether it's about Sidney Sweeney or Taylor Swift or himself wandering around the roof of the White House.

  • From the newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports Weekly Politics Roundtable.

  • I'm Colby Echowitz.

  • It's Friday, August 8th.

  • I'm joined this week by White House reporter Emily Davies.

  • Hey, Emily.

  • Hey, thanks for having me.

  • And we're also here with the Post's senior national political correspondent, Naftali Ben-David.

  • Hey, Naftali.