Trump’s defiant speech to Congress
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
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Senior political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the speech with senior White House correspondent Naftali Bendavid and Democracy reporter Colby Itkowitz. They fact-check Trump’s DOGE claims and explain the political consequences Trump could face for his tariffs.
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| 0:00.0 | So guys, Donald Trump in his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, |
| 0:06.1 | name-checked a small country that some people listening might or might not have heard of. |
| 0:11.1 | In the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. |
| 0:17.1 | So, guys, I'm going to put you on the spot. |
| 0:20.0 | Where is Lesotho? I mean, I believe that to put you on the spot. Where is Lisuto? |
| 0:22.9 | I mean, I believe that it's an African country, but beyond that, I couldn't tell you where in Africa it is. |
| 0:28.6 | Colby? |
| 0:29.5 | Yeah, same. |
| 0:30.1 | I thought for sure Nafthali was going to know, though, and I was going to be so embarrassed. |
| 0:33.8 | But I feel a lot better that Nafthali doesn't know either. |
| 0:36.7 | It is completely surrounded by the country of South Africa. |
| 0:39.7 | Erin, did you know where it was before last night's speech? |
| 0:42.3 | I actually did because I like maps. |
| 0:45.1 | Aaron. |
| 0:50.9 | From Newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:53.5 | This is Post Reports. I'm Aaron Blake, senior politics reporter androom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 0:55.5 | I'm Aaron Blake, senior politics reporter and host of the Post Report's Weekly Politics Roundtable. |
| 1:01.0 | It's Wednesday, March 5th. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm joined this week by Neftali Ben David, who's a senior national political correspondent for The Post. |
| 1:08.2 | Hey, Neftali. |
| 1:09.2 | Hey, good to be here. |
| 1:10.3 | And we've also got with us today, Democracy Reporter Colby Ickowitz. Hey, Colby. Hey, Neftali. Hey, good to be here. And we've also got with us today, |
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