Trump Brings Populist Pitch to Michigan | Balance of Power: Early Edition 1/13/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discusses President Donald Trump's trip to Detroit. On today's show, Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Bluestack Strategies Founder Maura Gillespie, Roche Pharmaceuticals CEO Teresa Graham and Yale Budget Lab Co-Founder Martha Gimbel.



Chapters:

00:00:00 - Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins

00:02:26 - Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News

00:06:22 - Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Illinois

00:18:45 - Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center & Maura Gillespie, Bluestack Strategies Founder

00:25:05 - Teresa Graham, Roche Pharma CEO

00:30:35 - Jessica Nix, Bloomberg News

00:34:15 - Kristine Aquino, Bloomberg News

00:39:11 - Martha Gimbel, Yale Budget Lab

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