How Trump’s using the government shutdown to remake America
The Story9 Okt 2025

How Trump’s using the government shutdown to remake America

The US government has been shut down for more than a week, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political blame game. Shutdowns are nothing new in US politics, but this time President Trump has made an unusual threat: to permanently cut hundreds of thousands of jobs and shutter entire government agencies. Is this just a new bargaining tactic to put pressure on Democrats or part of a bigger project to remake the American government?


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Guest: Lara Spirit, Washington Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Micaela Arneson and Olivia Case.

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Music: (Don't Fear) The Reaper / Blue Oyster Cult / Columbia.

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