i'm ali velshi. president trump continues to publicly push the united states closer to russia at the expense of ukraine, including a total abandonment of the multiyear american led efforts to punish and isolate vladimir putin for instigating europe's most destructive and deadly conflict since world war two. the latest and most visceral episode took place yesterday during an oval office meeting between trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, who was in washington, ostensibly to sign up somewhat dubious deal giving america rights to some of ukraine's vast and valuable natural resources in exchange for unclear security guarantees. the deal didn't get signed. instead, what began as talk of security guarantees quickly devolved into one of the most devastating and disastrous moments in american diplomatic history, which started with donald trump saying that volodymyr zelensky was acting not in defense of his country, but out of malice toward the russian dictator. this went on for several minutes,

i'm ali velshi. coming up this morning, the one and only chris hayes is here to talk about the winners and losers in donald trump's economy. and in his new book, the siren's call. plus, president trump is picking another fight with canada over lumber just as his sweeping tariffs are set to take effect. and i'll talk to the canadian ambassador to the un in just a few moments. and the british prime minister, keir starmer, greets ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky with a literal hug as fallout continues from trump's siding with russia on friday. and as europe faces how to proceed in the region without the united states as a reliable ally. i'll talk to the former president of estonia about the new alliance that's taking shape in europe as we speak. but we begin this morning with donald trump's economy and republican's plans as they laid out, as they've been laid out in a newly passed budget to slash the health care program that serves 1 in 5 americans. they're doing that in order to pay for tax cuts

another hour of velshi starts right now. i begin this hour with donald trump's economy and republicans plans, as they laid out in as they're laid out in a newly passed budget to slash the health care program that serves 1 in 5 americans. they're doing that in order to pay for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich. that bill now heads to the senate, where republicans want to put up a smoke screen to obscure that enormous cost from the american people by using a budget gimmick which would reconstruct the way congress creates budget and balances debt. it helps me through that smoke screen. let's take a look at the numbers. these new tax cuts come in the form of extending the 2017 trump tax cuts, which expire at the end of this year for another ten years. that will cost an estimated $4.5 trillion with a t, which poses several important issues for republicans, including leaving almost no room in the budget for several of trump's other tax promises, including no taxes on tips or overtime, no social security benefit tax

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