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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dan Mitchinson, US correspondent with US Now. Hello Dan, Hello Heather.
No one believes that this is a promotion for Mike Waltz,
do they.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah? No, no, when you were just saying kick him
up to the post of US Ambassador to the United
Nations right now, because the President has said he's worked
hard to put our nation's interest first. I just think
the President didn't want to fire this guy publicly and
have his critics come down on him. And you know,
in all honesty, I mean, this is the first major
shakeup we've seen from the administration during this round, and
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it comes after his first one hundred days in office,
and shakeups like this they're not unusual in a new administration.
But you know, this one has been coming I think
for some time, based on what we know, and after
he got caught up in that whole signature chat thing
back in March. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
But what is it that's like what happened in the
last twenty four hours or the last week to prompt this.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
I don't know. That's one thing that we're trying to
wait to see, because if you go back and you
look at the media cycle, just a couple of days ago,
the President was saying he wasn't going anywhere, you know
that he had a lot of and then all of
a sudden he gets this quote promotion, and then he
brings in Marco Rubio now to fill this job along
with the current job that he has right now. And
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they're calling this. At first it was going to be
a temporary Now they're saying it's open ended. So we
don't know what has open ended, the Marco Rubio taking
over from Waltz's job right now, and he'd be the
first I'm sorry, yes, the first person I think since
Kissinger to hold both Secretary of State and National Security
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divisor at the same time. So, I mean, you know,
if if I were Elon Musk, I'd say, hey, this
is a great way to consolidate two positions.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
In a one. How is the Post Office helping Trump
with the deportations? What is this data it's collecting.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well, they're collecting personal information, uh from from customers, which
is something that is you know, drawing a lot of
concern right now trying to track down these undocumented immigrants.
The Washington Post came out this What they're saying is
they're working with the Homeland Security Department which is using
the IP and shipping data and addresses and other data
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to track down these migrants, and there's been a number
of sources who have come forward down They say that
they're doing this in part because the Trump administration is
considering privatizing the USPS, so they're trying to get on
the president's good side. Interesting, well, it is because, I mean,
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they do have an inspection service that does investigate crimes
involving the mail service, like trafficking and mail fraud, but
they don't generally do anything like enforcement outside of it.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
The way that this is being framed, it sounds like
the volunteered to do this rather than being asked to
do it. Is that what's up?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Well, you know how that's saying words matter, they do,
and that's what it sounds like right now. I think
they're trying to dance around those words very carefully at
the moment right now because a lot of this information
that they're getting supposedly to they're doing what they call
mail covers, which can take pictures of the outside of
envelopes and other packages without technically going inside. But you're
still invading that person's privacy by selling that information.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Now, listen, Apparently staying in is the new social normal.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
How do we know this, Well, there's a study that
came out, and actually this surprises me because all we
talked about was getting out during the whole pandemic, didn't
we for about four years? And now they're finding the
three quarters of Americans would rather stay home with friends
than go out, and only maybe twenty twenty five percent
say they'll go out for social activities. And we're looking
at sort of what's behind this this homebody revolution? And
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I guess cost is playing a big role. You know,
fifty percent of people are saying, you know, it's just
too expensive to go out, but everybody else is saying,
you know what, I can hear conversations better, I can
avoid crowded places. I like to control my environment. I
don't like to get dressed up. And the comfort factor
ranks the highest. I think sixty five percent of people
said they just feel better socializing if they're in their
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own surroundings at home.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Okay, now, did they say staying home with friends was
staying home.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
By themselves, Well, it's it's basically staying in their own
If they can invite somebody into their own place, they're fine,
with that. But the comfort factor right now is the
you know, of just being there by themselves saying, you
know what, I'll be there with my spouse or whomever
right now.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think this is seasonal because you guys are coming
out of a cold bit, right You're coming out of
your winter. So is it maybe a reflection of that.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I don't know if it is. To tell you the truth,
I quite honestly think, you know, circling back to the
pandemic thing, I think we just got a lot more
comfortable be on our own and I think you know,
we you know, streaming services. I mean more people have
started doing puzzles and and home crafts and stuff like that,
and I think we just sort of looked around at
what we were working for so hard and say, well,
why don't we just stay here and enjoy it?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Dan, Thank you appreciate it. That's Dan Mitchison.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
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