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september 30th. democrats say they expect a, quote, partizan cr. >> let's just be clear. >> republicans control the house, republicans control the senate. republicans have the white house. if there ends up being a government shutdown, it will be because republicans want a government shutdown. >> also new this hour escalating global trade wars. a new report says china has hit canada with new tariffs to deter canada from cooperating with the u.s. on trade. trump, meanwhile, is floating additional tariffs on canada, including a 250% tax on canadian dairy products. here's part of a report from nbc's vaughn hillyard on the impact. >> there could be some disturbance, a little bit of a disturbance. >> president trump. >> addressing concerns. >> around the economy after a volatile week. >> on wall street amid shifting policies on tariffs and a lackluster jobs report. >> there will always be changes and adjustments. >> earlier this. >> week. >> the president imposing tariffs on canada and mexico,

only to reverse course on some goods after pushback at home. >> new today talks between ukraine and the u.s. are back on track, with president zelenskyy saying he will travel to saudi arabia to meet with the crown prince on monday, ahead of talks between ukrainian and american diplomats there on tuesday. a new lawsuit seeks to reverse the trump administration's purge of federal workers. 20 states are asking for a temporary restraining order to block doj's job cuts. and fresh reaction from congressman al green today, after he was censured for his act of civil disobedience during trump's address to congress. >> i believe. >> that we have to move forward with righteous incivility. this is what we engaged in when we sang we shall overcome and what i engaged in when i stood and indicated that the president didn't have a mandate to cut medicaid. my conscience dictated that i do what i did. i am

prepared to accept whatever the punishment is. >> another day of critical headlines here across the border and overseas, and we have reporters and analysts in place covering all these new developing story lines. so let's begin with nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's with the president in west palm beach, florida. yamiche, welcome to you. what more can you tell us about the breaking news, the continuing resolution that house republicans released just moments ago? >> well, good afternoon, alex. this is, of course, news that is breaking. house speaker mike johnson just put out and unveiled a bill to avert a government shutdown. in that bill, it's known as a clean cr, which really means that it doesn't have earmarks, which are the things that lawmakers can add in that are emergency designations and other funding, different projects funded inf their respective states. in this regard, though, even with the house speaker putting out this bill over the weekend, it's unclear whether or not he has the votes to pass it. as we know, he has a very, very thin majority in the house. and if

house democrats end up unifying against this, it's not clear whether or not republicans can avert a government shutdown, though. of course, the president has said that already that if this makes it to his desk, if this government shutdown bill, this bill to avert a government shutdown makes it to his desk that he will sign it. so that's already a sign that republicans are trying to unify around this bill. and that's, of course, the president signaling to his own party that he wants to see this bill on his desk. alice. >> okay. there's that. there'll be a lot to go through as it becomes more and more unveiled. but let's talk about what happened friday with the first jobs report of trump's second term. it was released. so how is the white house interpreting the numbers? >> well, the white house is interpreting these new job report numbers as a win for president trump. the president actually held a back and forth with reporters to really highlight some of the numbers. he says that he feels really good about the manufacturing numbers. he also said something that was really interesting, which is, he said, native born americans are doing well. the thing to note here, though, is even though the president and the white house are touting this jobs report as a success and a

win for his new administration in the second term, he's also warning and signaling to americans that there could be some pain coming forth. and that, of course, is related to those tariffs, though there was this sort of whirlwind back and forth, and it's unclear whether or not what tariffs are going to go into place. what even though the president has circled april 2nd, as when those reciprocal tariffs are going to go into effect, but the president is saying to americans that there could be some time where they see an increase in cost of living. you're also hearing that from some of his top economic aides. that's really important because as they're touting this jobs report, they are telling people that the biggest promise that the president made on the campaign trail, which was to lower the cost of living for americans, that that promise might take a little bit longer to take effect. of course, critics say that the president, in having all of these whirlwind economic trade war issues, that he's actually making it harder for americans to lower the cost of living. so definitely a place to look and a place to watch there, alex. >> we will do. so. thank you, yamiche, for that report. see you next hour. and in just a few minutes with congressman seth moulton about what all is in that spending bill and the

impact that it could have on all americans. but let's go now to an escalation in the trade war between president trump and canada. the president wants even more new tariffs on one of the us's biggest trade partners. nbc's garrett haake reports from toronto. >> on the icy streets of canada's. largest city. >> a new attitude. >> toward the u.s. >> you don't slap the back of your friend. i think it's disgraceful. we're very pro canadian. we don't want to be the 51st state. >> canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs. >> in the oval office. >> president trump floating new tariffs. >> on canadian lumber. >> and dairy products. on top. >> of the. >> 25% levy imposed this week on most imports from canada. >> and we may do it as early as today, or we'll wait till monday or tuesday. but that's what we're going to do. we're going to charge the same thing. it's not fair. >> the confusion and costs chipping away at canadians innate politeness. >> this is going to screw us.

>> and it's going to screw. >> you guys. >> pardon my words, but yeah, you guys are all your prices are going to go up and all our prices go up. >> canada has responded with escalating tariffs of its own on billions of dollars of american goods. provincial governments, too, are taking forceful steps to encourage consumers to buy canadian. ontario's government run liquor stores sell nearly $1 billion in american products every year, but right now, you won't find any on their shelves. the government ordered them to stop selling american wines and liquor earlier this week. what is your message to donald trump specifically? >> stop the chaos. >> ontario's premier doug ford, even threatened to cut off canadian electricity sold across the border, which powers some 1.5 million homes and businesses in new york, minnesota and michigan. >> that's the last thing i want to do. but president trump is trying to destroy our country. >> and late friday, canada launched a $5 billion fund to help businesses here navigate the tariffs and find new markets for their exports, suggesting canada doesn't see a truce coming in this trade war anytime soon. >> all right. garrett haake, thank you for that. let's bring

in peter baker, msnbc political analyst and chief white house correspondent for the new york times and someone without whom i can barely get through my weekend. so let's get into this, my friend. the wall street journal reports that this week's phone conversation on tariffs between president trump and canadian prime minister justin trudeau got heated. it included some profanity, and trump said that the call was somewhat friendly. look, sparing us the swear words. peter. what can you tell us about the call? and did they come to any agreement? >> no, i don't think there's an agreement at this time. >> this is part of the dance that trump likes to play. and one moment he can be gracious and polite, and the next moment he can be hostile. and i think it's this volatility that's causing so much concern on both sides of the border. if you're a business, you want to have predictability. you want to know what your costs are going to be next week, next month, next year. and you don't like this idea that the tariffs are on. the tariffs are off. they may be on again maybe on these products but not those products. and this sort of back and forth, up and

down policy out of the white house is really kind of stirred a lot of consternation, even among business leaders who normally would be friends of president trump, who are looking forward to his deregulation, deregulation agenda and tax cuts. >> so let's review this because the trump tariffs sparked international backlash and lots of confusion and concern uncertainty here at home. first you have the threats, then implementation of tariffs. then about face exemptions and pauses. i mean it's all created chaos to your point especially for business. they just don't know what to expect or do with it all. and then it takes the stock market over a couple of days. look trump talked about imposing tariffs during the campaign. he has long been a fan of tariffs since his days in real estate. in fact, why was this rollout so chaotic? was trump doing what he wants to do until maybe reaction from the outside of the administration forced him to pull back? i mean, how did this all go down? >> well, his aides would tell you this is all part of a grand

strategy, that, in fact, he's just a master dealmaker. and this is part of the game, part of the dance, part of putting pressure on interlocutors in order to get the best deal. but it doesn't look like that. i mean, what it looks like is a guy who, as you said, you know, reacts to the latest thing he's been told reacts to the markets and how things have been received, you know, actually doesn't intend to go as far as he says he intends to go. and so he he does it for a day or two just to get people's attention and then pulls back. and it's hard to know what the end game is at this point. it's also a striking thing to remind people that not only are canada and mexico and china our largest trading partners, but our trade with canada and mexico right now are governed by a trade deal that was negotiated by. you got it, president trump in his first term. so he's the one who set the rules that are currently the ones he's objecting to. now, if it's about fentanyl, which he also says from time to time that these tariffs are about, that's also kind of a head scratcher because canada provides less than, you know, coming over the border, less than 1% of the fentanyl in the united states.

the canada is not clearly our big problem when it comes to fentanyl. and by the way, fentanyl abuse and deaths, thank goodness, have started coming down rather strikingly in the last year. not to say it's not a big problem. it still is, but it's a it's an odd justification for the kind of economic dislocation that trump is causing here. with this on and off again tariff war. >> i'm looking ahead to next week. senior officials are going to meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy in saudi arabia. of course, that last face to face meeting in the oval office last friday didn't go so well. so what do you expect is up for discussion and why meet in jeddah? >> well, this is part of a realignment of the international order in which basically because of the trump administration's, you know, feelings of solidarity with saudi arabia, they're investing in saudi arabia as kind of a new geneva. in effect, they're the new middleman in major negotiations, which is a striking change and pretty remarkable in a way. but i think

you're going to see president zelensky come in looking to try to smooth things over. i don't think he really wants a break with the united states, even as it's important for him to stand up for ukrainian interests, which are not necessarily the same thing that donald trump has in mind. but he actually recognizes, of course, that the united states is still vital to his country's survival. and i think that even with europe saying, look, we're going to help and we're going to stand up and we're going to do more than we've even done in the past. zelensky doesn't want a complete break with the united states. what a position he's in right on the east. he's got a country in russia that has invaded and is killing his people to the west. his biggest partner, the united states, is cutting off aid, cutting off intelligence support, basically saying, as the president did, i it's totally understandable for russia to do whatever it's doing. >> do you have a sense of how ukraine managed this last week without that kind of assistance? >> well, look, the intelligence assistance is the is the key short term impact here because americans have helped a lot in terms of targeting, in terms of

helping ukrainian forces, you know, with their day to day battles. but in terms of the actual aid like military hardware, for the moment, they're going to be okay, because basically the biden administration on the way out the door, shoved as much equipment and aid as they could to ukraine before january 20th. so they've got a, you know, enough supplies, enough ammunition and so forth to last them for a few months. so you didn't see a direct, i think, impact on the battlefield on the aid cut. but i think the intelligence cut off has a has a bigger potential short term impact. >> peter baker, my friend. we'll see you next week. thank you so much. breaking news in london. a man carrying a palestinian flag has climbed big ben tower. that's extraordinary. we've got some live pictures here. crews are trying to talk him down. sky news reports he has been there for more than eight hours. we're going to continue monitoring this. we're going to bring you the very latest as it develops. but that is an extraordinary feat. and again, a man carrying a palestinian flag is sitting atop right now. big ben in

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and keep the lights on through at least september. house gop leadership saying it is, quote, quite literally as clean of a continuing resolution as you can draft for these purposes. joining me now is democratic congressman from massachusetts, seth moulton. he is a member of the house armed services and transportation and infrastructure committees. lots to get to here. but first of all, if this specific cr passes, what's going to be the impact on your constituents and on americans in general? do you see it as being really clean? >> well, look, i mean, you never know what republicans are going to try to throw in there. and the bottom line is that governing by continuing resolution, just continuing the budget from last year, is no way to respond to the challenges that americans face. we face a lot of challenges. prices are going up. veterans aren't getting enough care. our economy is teetering. i mean, there are a lot of things that we need to address as a country, not to mention all the national security concerns that we deal with in the armed services committee with the pentagon.

these things require budgetary changes. you wouldn't have the same exact budget in your household as you did last year. just copy and paste. that doesn't work too well. of course, the other option for the republicans is shutting the government down. we're perilously close to doing that to. >> all right. let's you mentioned veterans. i want to get to that because there's been so much backlash specifically to the cuts to veterans services, along with swaths of veterans who've been losing their jobs. politico reports even some republican lawmakers are making panicked calls to the white house opposing the cuts, and service members and those who treat them, they're speaking out at town halls. take a listen. >> i'm an army veteran, and i became a. trauma therapist. >> to work specifically. >> with current military veterans and their family members. these reckless actions are. literally going to cause. service members and veterans their lives. for providers, it's going to impact our ability to continue to offer any kind of services and our practices will

close. these senseless. >> cuts are hurting real people. >> it's shameful that we aren't supporting. >> the women and men who volunteer to. >> serve in the military, and it's shameful. >> that we are not providing the care they deserve. >> do you think shortchanging our veterans will be the issue where the administration finally faces strong opposition from its own party? >> i mean, it could be, but they've done so much just illegal stuff, alex. and yet the republican opposition has been almost silent. i mean, congress is not doing its job because republicans are in charge and they're all just scared of trump. they're just scared to stand up to trump and musk and do our constitutional responsibilities of keeping the executive in check and making sure they follow the law. it turns out that congress passes budget. congress has the power of the purse. so we're the ones who should be deciding whether or not budgets are increased or decreased. but the republicans, under republican leadership, we don't have any say at all. and what does this mean for

veterans? well, i go to the va myself. i made a commitment to continuing getting my health care at the va when i got elected to congress. so i see every day the waiting lists, you know, the long lines to get care how long it takes to get an appointment. all of that is going to get worse. and the reason why the va expanded under the biden administration, which is one of the reasons you'll hear the trump team cite for making cuts this expansion under biden. the reason why it expanded is because they dramatically improved and increased benefits by passing the pact act, by giving veterans like myself care for exposure to burn pits in iraq and afghanistan, for example, which has been shown to cause cancer. so when we're going to the va to get care that we need and deserve because of a dramatic expansion of benefits under president biden, much to his credit, that is going to get cut off by trump and musk just slashing all this workforce. so veterans are going to wait longer. i mean, there was a

scandal not too long ago about veterans dying on waiting lists. you can expect to see that start happening again. >> yeah. >> no one wants to see that. let me get to donald trump, who is all over the place on tariffs, enacting them against canada and mexico, then pulling back on them and then threatening additional tariffs on canadian dairy and lumber. what does this chaos and uncertainty do, not only to the economy, but also to our relationships with our neighbors? >> oh, it's unbelievably chaotic. it's bad for business. it's bad for our economy. i mean, you know, if you're going to be bad, at least be consistent so that we can have a debate about tariff policy, because you can have a debate and there are arguments for and against terrorists. the idea that you should be slapping them on our closest allies is not really that debatable. it's pretty pretty bad across the board. but this chaos that, that, that trump is causing is just terrible for the economy, terrible for relationships. and

you see it reflected in the stock market. us stocks are down. i mean, maybe alex, you just this is what we should expect from an unstable man. you know, unstable policies which lead to an unstable america, an unstable economy, unstable national security. this is this is dangerous for our economy, and it's dangerous for the relationships around the world that keep us safe as a nation. >> yeah, with allies and others. because as additional tariffs were placed on china, the chinese embassy in the us posted this. if war is what the us wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end. i mean, given your position on the committee for strategic competition with china, what and how great are the risks here? >> the chances of war are going up dramatically with china. and i've seen this report from many analysts who are looking at the chances that xi jinping basically sees a green light from putin for what putin is

getting from trump in europe and decides to invade taiwan, something that could literally set off world war three. so this is incredibly dangerous. it's not even on our radar screen for most americans right now, because we're focused on all the ways that trump is hurting us right back here at home. but a war with china would mean vietnam level casualties, american casualties in the space of a few weeks. there may not be a way to avoid getting involved in that war. the first thing they might do is take out our satellites. so forget using google maps to get home tonight. this is deadly serious. and even if the chances of a war over taiwan are, you know, say 20%, that's a really bad chance of something catastrophic happening to the world, to our troops, to our economy. so he's playing with fire here, and i and he and the allies that we count on around the globe to keep us safe, know that they can't trust donald trump. >> well, it may not be on the

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reaction? do you think about. ice coming to knock on your front door. >> for president trump's first 100 days? alex wagner travels to the story to talk with people most impacted by the policies. >> were you there on january? >> i was there on january 6th. >> did it. >> surprise you that. >> you were. >> fired, given how. >> resolutely nonpartisan you have been? >> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> another head spinning week in washington as president donald trump took blows from wall street over the tariff chaos,

struggled to combat rising egg prices, was ordered to pay usaid debts by monday, took criticism over his brand new bitcoin reserve, and was again blocked from using a sharpie to end birthright citizenship. joining me now, cornell belcher, msnbc political analyst, democratic strategist, pollster and founder of brilliant corners research. cornell, it's also good to see you. so lots to get to here because we also saw a few policy reversals. so did democrats gain any ground from trump's shaky week? >> well, i think that's a good question, alex. and i think it's too early to tell. what i think you can tell is that is that trump and republicans aren't gaining any ground. i mean, look, if you look at the numbers and the polling that's coming out right now, something remarkable is happening is once upon a time, the economy was was trump's strong suit, and now his approval on the economy is under is under water. his. when you look at the number of americans who are now saying that the cost of living is going in the wrong

direction, it's 64% consumer confidence, as you know, is i tnk bloomberg had a report about how economists were slashing growth expectations. and there's real talk of the probability of recession growing, growing, growing again, coming, coming about in this country. so from an economic standpoint, it's hard to see. on the key thing that he. well, i would argue that he the key thing was cultural wars. he was he pounded home. but certainly the thing that the talking heads talked most about was the economy and how he was going to fix the economy. and americans are souring on that idea. and that's not at all helpful to trump or house republicans. >> i have a couple numbers to go through here, too, because there's a new poll taken in the two days before trump's address to congress, and it shows 54% of americans disapprove of trump's handling of the cost of living, 51% disapprove of trump's handling of the international trade, and 70% disagree with his rhetoric that ukraine is more to blame for starting the war. so big picture altogether. how you

interpreting these numbers, cornell? >> well, listen, let's put on our campaign hat. right. and so for campaigns, you look, if you're talking about 8 or 9 things, alex, you're not talking about anything. right. voters. that doesn't doesn't work that way. the problem is, you know, for any other president, 1 or 2 of these things would be a major problem. and so what democrats really got to figure out is, you know, what do they need to hone in on and drive that one message? because, quite frankly, i mean, and as you know, and you've reported on it, that their strategy is to fill the box, right, to overwhelm us with with too many things. i think democrats have to figure out the 1 or 2 things that they're going to be consistent on and go after. and i think the idea that on the economy. look, i think you can make the idea that the that this has been one of the most disastrous economic starts of any president, right. with the stock market in freefall and

consumer confidence in freefall and the and the, you know, the wall street journal's opinion page coming out against donald trump calling what he's doing with terrorists dumb. i think if democrats hone in on this, on this economic message and undermine republicans and trump on the thing that they've held a very strongly towards is the economy, i think they'll go a long way in better positioning themselves for the midterms. >> let me just say the wall street journal opinion page. i'm going to take it a step further. they said it was the dumbest trade war in history. that's what they said. so let's talk about congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, who points out that trump avoided mentioning medicaid during the address and after promising to protect it, he endorsed a budget that will slash medicaid funding. and here's some of what aoc told her 9 million instagram followers. here it is. >> don't you find it interesting that he did. >> not mention.

>> medicaid once? this is a massive political vulnerability. we're going to. >> take all. >> of this out of medicaid, and. then we're going to move it over here, give this much to billionaires. they are afraid of this. i'm telling you, if they weren't afraid of it, they would continue to be hosting their town halls. if they weren't afraid of it, trump would have said something. >> what's your assessment of aoc's response there? >> i think what she's laying out is what you're going to see. a lot of advertising built around in the in the midterms, right? it is this is going to be something that that that tests really well and, and upsets the average the average american right that you're, that you're taking away from from the from americans who've paid it. vulnerable americans for tax cuts for the rich. the ad writes itself. right. and i got a feeling that, you know, going

into the midterm and actually going into the off year elections as well, you know, paying for massive tax breaks for an elon musk has become the face of the this for trump. but again, great. the most rich and powerful man in the world. you know that deal that the government is working for them and they're working the government and the government is not working for you. there's a there's a air and culture of corruption about this that i think every american will understand. and i got a feeling you'll see a lot of advertising in that space. but also that's connecting also to the economy and how you're looking out for working class americans. >> you heard aoc there mention town halls. and she has also urged democrats to host more town halls after mike johnson encouraged republican lawmakers to skip them altogether to avoid the republican protests that we've seen. would this be effective for democrats? would it send the kind of message to constituents of all stripes?

right. it doesn't matter what party like. we're going to come here and listen to you hear what you have to say. do you think democrats should be doing that? >> well, first let me say something that i, that i heard, i've heard republicans say a couple of times is this idea that that all this town hall anger and is being orchestrated and conducted by by democrats and organized by democrats? let me be. let me assure you something. democrats are not paying for organizing anything. this is this is grassroots. this is people hearing and feeling that pain. and look, you know, look, i'm from virginia. and look, those those those federal workers losing their livelihoods and those veterans who are part of the federal government losing their livelihoods. democrats don't have to organize those people to be upset. about what? about what? about what's happening. i do think it is smart for democrats to, in fact, hold town halls. it's always smart to listen to the constituents. and one of the things we always hear in focus groups is that no one listens to

us. it's always a good idea to listen to the constituency, but also i think it's a good counte. and where you see, democrats are willing to go to town halls. listen to the constituents while republicans are afraid to go to town halls to listen to their constituents. because quite frankly, when you look at what republicans are trying to do, it's not like what they're trying to do is, is popular. there is no popular overall sense that that we should cut taxes even more for corporations and wealthy people. there's no mandate for what they're trying to do with gutting the federal government. right. if you when you when you look at these things, opinion polls and when you look at them in the real world, none of what they're trying to do is particularly popular for the middle mainstream of america. >> yeah. okay. cornell belcher telling it like it is, as always, thank you much. a stunning and violent act in a place where this never happens. place where this never happens. we've got breaking news next. i'm thinking of updating my kitchen... —yeah? —yes! ...this year, we are finally updating our kitchen...

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think that they say that, you know it sounds good to say. but for years the globalists, the big globalists have been ripping off the united states. they've been taking money away from the united states. and all we're doing is getting some of it back. >> joining me now is former chair of the council of economic advisers under president joe biden, our friend jared bernstein. jared. so in a new msnbc.com article, you say that the tariffs are already taking a toll on the economy from the rising uncertainty felt by consumers and businesses. and you cite the february plunge in the consumer confidence index. so what is worse? is it the uncertainty? is it the tariffs and how long before trump's it's on it's off approach seriously hurts the economy. >> well it's always great to be with you and you're asking exactly the right questions. i think the answer how long is already upon us. so we saw the stock market down 3% this week. one week in the stock market isn't the biggest outcome in the

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manufacturing more expensive. that's why the car producers themselves asked for a reprieve. it's why alcoa constantly goes to the trump administration and says, can we have a reprieve from the aluminum tariffs that you've imposed to try to help this? you ask a very piercing question as to why they continue to pursue this. when everyone from the left wing to the conservative wall street journal is calling this dumb. and i think that's a fair question, but i think those assessments are correct. >> so when you talk about these specifics. so this is like what some small part or something being put together. it's done in the united states. it crosses over the border to get something adjusted to it. it crosses back. i was hearing about in maine, where lobstering that is the lifeblood of the maine economy. apparently the majority of lobsters caught in maine are sent for processing to canada. slap a tariff on it right there when they come back across the border to be sold or eaten in our restaurants here in the us.

let's put another tariff on that. what's that going to do to maine? >> it's going to do bad things to maine producers and consumers. and look, i mean, what you're describing is something i've long described under the rubric of you can't unscramble the globalization omelet. i suppose you could if you wanted to break a lot of things. but the question is why? what you just described is a microcosm of a highly integrated north american production system, whether it's autos, food, lumber, energy. this is a highly integrated system. and it's one that i would say to their credit, the trump administration, in their first term helped build with the usmca the united states-mexico-canada trade agreement, which they're now obviously ignoring. you could, as i've said, and you could break this highly integrated system. you can't disintegrate it, not in a month.

maybe you could in six months or a year. but why? that is the question that i have not heard anything close to an answer to. why would you want to integrate a system that's highly integrated, providing benefits to consumers and workers on both sides of the border? again, this is not just me talking. the very businesses went to the or called the white house this week and said, don't do this. so i think there are a lot more when you get to the why of this. there's more unanswered than answered questions. >> can i ask you real quickly? is president trump undoing the best parts of the biden economy? >> well, the in ways, in a way, i think the answer to that is yes. i mean, president trump inherited a very strong economy from team biden when it comes to overall growth, when it comes to job growth, when it comes to inflation, that was slowing down. and those actions are, at least in the past couple of weeks, have really begun to

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