Trade Deals, Red Carpets And A Gold Crown: Takeaways From Trump’s Asia Trip

03/11/2025 18 min
Trade Deals, Red Carpets And A Gold Crown: Takeaways From Trump’s Asia Trip

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President Trump recently returned from a week-long trip to Asia. We discuss the president’s speech to military troops in Japan, what came out of Trump’s highly watched meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, and the fact that all of this happened during a month-long federal government shutdown. This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, and national security correspondent Greg Myre.This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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