possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, peter and mary kalikow, cliff and laurel asness, the meadowlark foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - scott lincicome, jeff ferry, thank you for joining me here at hofstra university for this episode of "firing line." - great to be here. - thank you. - you all are on different sides of this question. i wanna start by taking a look at how president trump describes tariffs, which are at the center of his trade policy. take a look. - the word tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary, remember that. it's gonna make our country rich. they cost americans nothing. they made a great economy for us. instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. - jeff, why are tariffs going to make the american economy more successful? - look, margaret, the economy in the united states has been in difficulties for many decades. we need a new economic policy in this country. and part of that new economi

in part by: robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, peter and mary kalikow, cliff and laurel asness, the meadowlark foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - dr. richard carmona, welcome to "firing line." - thank you, margaret. happy to be with you. - in november of this last year, you co-authored an op ed with four other past surgeons general who served under the trump, obama, bush, and clinton administrations. and in this op ed, you implored the new trump administration to, quote, "prioritize global health security and vaccine confidence as critical national security concerns." what is your degree of confidence that the administration is heeding your advice? - well, i'm concerned because there's so much chaos going on now in the administration that we just kind of shift from one topic to another and there doesn't seem to be a cohesive, strategic plan as it relates to issues of global health. and because of these misinformation, disinformation, confusion, the public is not sure who they can trust anymore. - well, the

in part, by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, peter and mary kalikow, cliff and laurel asness, the meadowlark foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - philip howard and will marshall, welcome to hofstra university, and this episode of "firing line." - thank you. - listen, philip, in november, you called in the wall street journal for elon musk, not to hobble government, but to make it work again. since trump established the department of government efficiency, musk has moved to gut usaid, gained access to treasury payment systems, and has worked to eliminate the employment of tens of thousands of federal workers. you have spent your life thinking, and writing, and talking about how to make government work better. is this what you had in mind? - no. musk is focusing on cutting what government does that he thinks is stupid. he's not focusing on changing and improving how government works, which i think is the bigger opportunity. most of americans think government needs major overhaul. so musk is right, in my view

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