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The episode discusses President Trump's suggestion to buy Spirit Airlines and the implications for capitalism and government-business relations.

President Trump has suggested the United States “buy” the struggling Spirit Airlines. We discuss other ways Trump has blurred the lines between government and business and whether Republicans have turned from their traditional stance on free-market capitalism. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, financial correspondent Maria Aspan, and White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and 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 . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Miles Parks, Maria Aspan, Danielle Kurtzleben

Topics covered

• Trump
• Spirit Airlines
• government and business
• free-market capitalism
• Republicans

Keywords

• Trump
• Spirit Airlines
• capitalism
• government
• business
• Republicans
• free-market

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Organizations: NPR, Spirit Airlines, NPR Politics Podcast

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