is it donald trump or is it elon musk? is donald trump just elon musk's puppet? elon musk has been down at mar-a-lago the entire time, obviously put $300 million into donald trump's campaign, stands to benefit tremendously from donald trump's tax cuts and from all of the various government contracts that musk has as well. i think we need to have a real evaluation, and i think it is incumbent upon house republicans, senate republicans who will be in the majority to stand up for the american people, not to just do the bidding of donald trump. and right now, the american people are going to suffer because of donald trump's incompetence and elon musk's inexperience and dangerousness. >> congressman dave goldman, thank you very much for joining us in this breaking news environment on capitol hill tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and the chairman of the senate budget committee, rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, will join us next with the senate perspective on this ongoing budget crisis now on capitol hill. that's next. crisi now on capi

donald trump cheered that recommendation. and we're getting ready to vote on an attorney general and a director of the fbi who have made clear they are ready to eagerly prosecute trump's political opponents. this is really important to talk about, because this is one of the key ways that democracies fall all around the world. it frankly doesn't take hundreds of political prosecutions. it only takes a handledful, before -- a handful before ordinary, average americans just decide they would be better off staying quiet, instead of facing potential harassment or intimidation or a jail sentence for speaking out the way that liz cheney did. the second thing that happened in this last week was that donald trump filed a lawsuit against a pollster in iowa. the grounds of the lawsuit are simple -- he didn't like the results of the poll. the poll said the iowa race was close. the poll ended up being wrong. but he is suing the pollster and the newspaper because he was upset that that poll helped galvanize opposition to him. that poll, wh

but macron understands that donald trump loves the pomp and circumstance. kind of arrival was something that really, you know looked like it would be for a sitting and a current president, you know almost like a state visit, even though this is just a meeting on the sidelines of this larger notre dame cathedral reopening. but, look, you're exactly right. they're going to have a lot to discuss. i mean, i think the big question that many foreign leaders have had is, what will donald trump's posture be toward the rest of the world particularly as we saw what he did in his first term with his america first policies, his populist ideas, what he did with trade, how he approached you know, different conflicts in the region. of course, today, one of the big questions is going to be, what will donald trump, if he addresses this at all, what he will do about what he will say, i should say about the war in ukraine and any funding or what the u.s. role will look like moving forward. that's going to be a big question that i'm sure macron will be asking him behind closed

and donald trump really using that to his advantage... joe biden.| ..really setting up, you know, this notion that, "look, the system is against me and i've been president. "what hope do you all have? i'm here fighting for you. "they have to come through me to get to you." and that trial rolled on and on through april and on into may, when we had that amazing moment. and, sumi, i canjust tell you — donald trump has been found guilty on count one. donald trump, the first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial. our correspondent, nada tawfik, who did a brilliantjob and has been on this pod, of course, covering this trial that she, in that moment, was reading out the guilty count. guilty on count two, sumi. guilty on count three. let's remember... thatjust stopped me in my tracks. it was an extraordinary moment, wasn't it? and there were people you saw... you heard cheering outside of the court. there were trump supporters who were protesting, and we heard then more and more colour from inside the courtroom, that donald trump w

he's a supporter of donald trump, but he doesn't sort of thrive on the same sort of chaos donald trumpo, he's got a very tight margin in congress. he's got to have his i's dotted and his t's crossed to make this work. >> he's got an extremely tight margin. look, this does portend at least two years of craziness. all of the base, the house republicans, ali, they're all in essence free agents. they're all in this for themselves. and even 10 to 12 years ago the tea party movement, we all kind of were on a team about certain issues. they're all on their own now, but i don't want to gloss over the fact that donald trump still owns them, and he still owns this party. and his endorsement and the hell that he can bring down on any member that goes against him and primary them in two years, that still is aramount, and they know that. >> that part, the hell that donald trump can bring down if you go against him, truth. trust and believe. >> what then -- what then do to democrats do about this right now because this is always the case. when the margin is that tight and the defectors are as large

talking about donald trump?llionaires and the appropriate over rulers, if they run away from the fight, why should i be in play? why are people afraid right now? they don't think the guardrails will hold. they don't think that donald trump can be eased up. they don't have confidence in congress. they don't have confidence in the courts. thank you john roberts. they don't have the independent agencies that will remain independent. that is the real danger. we have lost faith in holding our government accountable. i will say this. you go back to richard nixon and watergate, journalist back in the 1970s were not scared of richard nixon, in the sense that he thought he was going to go after them. they stood up to him. they need to remember what that felt like. >> on that note, not afraid of anyone. thank you for reading our conversation. fantastic reporting. >>> when we come back, one journalist who knows exactly why donald trump does this, files i had trained with lawsuits, -- political enemy. tim o'brien, joins the

they could call donald trump to the stand.so far not testified in connection with the january 6th case in connection with the hearings, in connection with the impeachment. so having a trial in many ways is the very last thing you want to do if you're trying to whitewash history. >> andrew, as we go forward here, the jack smith report could be coming literally any day now. is there anything that you would consider in the release of the report that would indicate a better time to release it than another time? is it something you want to get done as soon as possible or wait till january to release it? >> well, mechanically there's a lot to do. having been involved in a report and one of the things that does take time is making sure that you have culled out thinking that is grand jury, anything that is national security sensitive, or anything that could unfairly tarnish somebody who is currently facing charges. now there's the two co- defendants in mar-a-lago. so i think that is the main thing, but i suspect they are going to rele

, and donald trump t lost. donald trump's threats meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. elon musk's threats and his billions meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. so far elon musk has failed at every public lobbying attempt he has made since the presidential election. elon musk told republican senators who they must vote for for majority leader next year, and republican senators said no. elon musk's candidate came in third in the election for the republican majority leader in the senate next year. elon musk's support meant nothing mto republican senatorr elon musk was part of the group that hatched the brilliant idea of having matt gaetz for attorney general. elon musk lobbied publicly for matt gaetz to be confirmed as attorney general. elon musk lost badly in that lobbying effort. and then yesterday elon musk decide decided to tell the republican speaker of the house and the republican members of the house of representatives that the bill that they negotiated to pass the house, pa

i mean, donald trump will have gotten a kick out of that.officials described how it was a veryjoking, fun atmosphere there at mar—a—lago, how they think it went down positively, but i mean, just remember thatjoke that trump said if the tariffs were going to be so devastating to the canadian economy, maybe they should make canada the 51st state of the united states. i mean, officials said that they, you know, they thought it was a good sign that trump felt comfortable joking like that. but you could just imagine justin trudeau's nervous laugh. i don't yeah, i don't think any canadians are laughing at that one, were they? and the image that donald trump posted with himself beside the flag and all of that, yeah. yeah, and i mean, if you look at the french president, emmanuel macron, it's the same thing. you know, he's had a mixed relationship with donald trump, but the first time around, again, he laid on the flattery. we're seeing it again this time. whether that really lasts when key issues come up in regards to the war in ukraine, nato, we'l

bill cassidy is already all but dead to donald trump. he voted to convict him in the aftermath of the january 6 attack. but for joni ernst, i was talking to someone earlier about her role in all of this and this individual told me that what joni ernst insured is that she would not be the backup. anybody who is responsible for one of his picks going down, that means it their future of being an ally of donald trump is very minimal. and that is sort of the repercussions to the extent that republican senators still want to have a voice in the budget or in any of these committees or access to the white house. if you want relevance in the next two years before the potential primary, so that they do the good and represent the people they were voted to represent, don't expect that to come out of stopping donald trump's picks. >> is this push for pete donald trump signal, senator, boys and girls, time to pull in line? >> yes, pete hegseth, for all of his faults, and their are many, he is not matt gaetz. he is a special boy. the fact that pete heg

were always saying, donald trump runs everything. and then you blink and you're going -- well, they are going to release this thing? he's left office. he's really not under a huge amount of public and political pressure to do so, but we might see this thing. merry christmas. >> not quite unprecedented in house history, but kind of unprecedented. his entire reason to resign wasn't to become attorney general, it was due remove jurisdiction to make this report public. i would speak for virtually all the country that there's very little sympathy for someone who is incredibly charged with serious allegations of statutory rape. the serious allegations are about sex with a minor and drug use involved and so forth, and this is also a case that has sent one of his friends to prison for 8 or 10 years, i believe. >> we forget that. >> we forget that very often. there's already been a fall guy in this case. my suspicion as a lawyer -- two reasons why charges were brought by the department of justice. this is a very powerful political family in f

donald trump is not afraid to use it and after donald trump's threat of tariffs, the president-elect reported that mexico's president agreed to secure their own border and stop the migrant caravans that are heading towards our border. north of the border, little justin trudeau immediately hopped on a plane, flies down to beautiful palm beach in mar-a-lago where he all but begged donald trump not to impose any new taxes on canadian imports. accordance reports, donald trump choate -- joked that canada might have to become our 51st state if they can't handle the tariffs. look at this. >> we are getting some new details about that trump trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. we are told that when trudeau told president-elect trump that new tariffs would kill the canadian economy, trump a joke to him that if canada can't survive without ripping off the u.s. to the tune of $100 billion a year then maybe canada should become the 51st state and trudeau could become it's governor. >> sean: earlier today donald trump continued to troll our neighbours to the north with this meme

if he's not, can donald trump or would donald trump fire christopher wray and make him acting fbi directormount of time and then also to the question of what his allies are saying about this. what more are you hearing no, that's absolutely right. >> i think donald trump's selection of kash patel to lead the fbi is really setting up what will likely be one of the hardest fought battles in trump's camp to get one of his picks confirmed. now a couple things i want to point out, though, about kash patel. one is just his view and really deep distrust of the agency that donald trump has now appointed him to lead. he has long argued and said in the past that donald trump and this is a shared belief i should say, with the president elect, that they should purge the fbi of all agents who they believe have a bias against him. and also purge the so-called deep state. kind of playing in to that idea. now, he also has shared in donald trump's belief that really the fbi have been bad actors ever since, particularly the russia hoax, as donald trump has called it. and he called it tonight when announcing

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i go back to the first donald trump administration where this was largely true then, donald trump is much more effective at killing the policies he does not like then in passing the ones he does. he needs a strong speaker and he needs a bigger majority. he will not have either of those things potentially going into next year. i think that will hamper him significant on his legislative agenda. >> thank you so very much, i really appreciate it. >>> house democrats just finished up a meeting on capitol hill and we will speak with a lawmaker in the room. we will chat in just a minute. >>> how a government shutdown could immediately affect everyday americans, and the suspect in the murder of united healthcare ceo is facing new charges today. now that he is back in new york city. we are back in 90 seconds. you are watching jose dmaz-balart reports on msnbc. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try new vaposhower max for steamy vicks vapors. drew barrymore: in this family, we never give up. st. jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80% with

or do you feel that they align themselves with what donald trump represents?harris: really quickly, silicon valley has shareholders too, it just embarrassingly did not work out for anyone they backed pretty much across the board because republicans won the house, the white house, and the senate. so i want to pick up on something you said, ben, that it is almost better that he won in 2016 and now 2024. i am hearing that more and more and the reason is this, democrats needed to see what the truth was about the people of the highest levels of their party. and you have heard talk just recently about this is trump's party meaning the republicans, but the democrats will be reshaped as well pear they can go forth and just lie to people and try to convince that to that biden-nomics worked when it denied. spending north of $5 million on not its citizens, but illegals and that that is not impactful too, it can't operate business as usual. and you will see this democrats around trump, plus he picked one for a cabinet member. he picked a democrat, rfk jr., i mean, a kenne

but even some of donald trump's safer choices have proven to be gross strategic blunders by donald trump. consider congresswoman stefanik of upstate new york, who will probably have no problem being confirmed as the united states ambassador to the united nations. the problem is when she's confirmed she will reduce the republican majority in the house of representatives by one. same thing with congressman mike walz of florida, donald trump's choice of national security advisor, which does not require senate confirmation, so he will definitely leave the house of representatives for that job and reduce the republican emajority by another seat. but keep an eye on congressman mike walz because he is now tonight on the public list of possible replacements for pete hegseth as secretary of defense. congressman matt gaetz already reduced the house majority by a seat when he resigned the house after being selected for attorney general by donald trump. and so taking three members of the house of representatives for his administration before donald trump knew what the final count of republicans woul

look, here's the one constant about donald trump. all he cares about is donald trump.use can't conduct any business until they pick a speaker. there's business they need to conduct on january 6th, monday, and that's certify the election result. my god, donald trump doesn't want that to go disturbed and you and i and april, we all know trump has a very aggressive and cruel agenda he wants to begin to commence on january 20th when he's sworn in. the laest thing he wants is any chaotic sort of speaker fight. i think that's why he endorsed mike johnson. trump doesn't give a damn about mike johnson. donald trump just don't want his january ruined. >> april, talk to me about this because there are a few republicans who were pretty clear on the fact it may cost them to go against donald trump, but a couple said straight out i won my district by 80 points. going up against trump might cost me 30 points. i'm still going to win. tell me how your square this circle because i think joe's right, nald trump doesn't want a chaotic start to congress. how does this play out in your min

donald trump won big there you go. donald trump won big over 5%. 5.5%. georgia to 2.2. michigan 1.4. nevada. pretty healthy 3.1. north carolina the same. pennsylvania 1.8. and wisconsin the smallest margin. it was a clean sweep, though it was a clean sweep. >> there's no doubt about that. i say often, you know, elections can be both close and decisive at the same time. his victory was decisive, but as you just saw there, it was also close, less so in the sunbelt, as we were reporting at the time than in the so-called former blue wall pieces of pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, which is where this election came, came down to and 200,000 plus votes the other way. and that could have flipped. that doesn't take a thing away from donald trump's decisive victory sweeping all seven states. and as kristen alluded to earlier, also winning the national popular vote, just adding to the decisive nature of of his victory, you mentioned the electoral college totals. one thing to watch for. i'm just curious today, as you see the the tally going up on the side, will those totals lo

they're a little afraid of donald trump. they don't want to cross donald trump. and so now you're seeing all these people starting to get realigned again, waiting for january 20th. and they're already starting to realign before then. >> what do you make of hezbollah, hamas? joe concha and vladimir putin and zelensky in particular, and their reaction and their change? they all have a change of heart since trump was elected because they saw the movie the first time around. sean, 2017 through 2021 and the trump foreign policy then remember that jv group, as obama called them, called isis. donald trump destroyed that caliphate. he dropped the moab, the mother of all bombs in afghanistan early on, sent a message. obviously, iran and the killing of general soleimani as well. the soleimani excuse me, that was a very big deal. kim jong un suddenly stopped launching missiles over guam, over japan, threatening the united states. and suddenly that went away as well. so they saw how strong this president was in his first term. they know that he means business and that's why

last week we told you as donald trump does it down, the media has come around.er claiming the newest was never there before, they were never falling but i think they are getting there now with time magazine. hardly a friend of the president in the past and now man of the year. >> it's something very special. times magazine for the second time i think i liked it better this time actually. [laughter] the media has tamed down a little bit. now we are going to do that. >> this week i noticed something else occurred worth noting. since his election when, perception around the world has changed 45 as he becomes what he seven. anxious to get on trump's good side, more understanding. there all aboard already forgot this. the surprise from the canadian minister. a call from the mexican president after truth. closed ended an old friend macron with tightfitting suit. >> thank you very much. >> was by the president side quick to make a goal. what about the royal handshake with prince william? i never thought there were friends but they seem to be running out. the president

donald trump enables donald trump. >> susan, right or wrong, joe biden is the president. he has the right to do it. but does it hurt -- does he cede the moral high ground because president biden and democrats have been making the argument for the last six years that it's donald trump who lives outside the law or gets special treatment for himself or his family? >> stuff, i thought that you laid it out really clearly in the opening here. let's be clear that the issue with joe biden is not that he doesn't have the right. it's not that donald trump is a flagrant maximizer of this use of the power. it's that joe biden didn't level with the american people, and not only that, not only did he himself said he wasn't going to issue this pardon, have his white house press secretary said he wasn't going to issue this pardon at a time when it politically benefited him to say so. look at the statement that he put out. to me, that's really where we should be having a conversation. it's a very sanctimonious statement, frankly, in which joe biden claims to be leveling and telling the tr

>> i'm here with the support of president donald trump. as long as he supports me, which he told me this morning, i'll be here. >> we know donald trump supports people like pete hegseth in these situations 100% of the time right up until he does not at all. shortly before we came on the air pete hegseth emerged from his meetings with senate republicans on capitol hill and here is more of what he had to say. >> i'm a different man than i was years ago. that's a redemption story that i think a lot of americans appreciate. i will answer all of these senators' questions. this will not be a process tried in the media. i don't answer to any one of in this group not to that camera at all. i answer to president trump who received 76 million votes on behalf and a mandate for change. >> pete hegseth in his own words on a redemption tour. that's where we start today with some of our most favorite reporters and friends. at the table nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and strategist and professor at columbia university, basil michael here, former r

donald trump is not, i misspoke.emmanuel macron made a clear effort to get him to come, donald trump did. a number of other leaders have done the same thing to sort of get a chance to meet him, talk to him before he even assumes office. have you ever seen anything like that? >> you know, now, neil, a ton. of my very good friends are going to be working with the president very closely as ambassadors or national security advisors like tim waltz. i'm sorry, mike waltz. they tell me he is a dedicated, laser-focused workaholic. this guys -- guy's putting in 15, 16 hours a day, and mike waltz says it's hard for him to keep up. so we hired the right guy to take care of business, and the world sees that. that's why you see the president-elect representing our country in france right now. neil: as we watch the two leaders now, congressman, when they last met, emmanuel macron seemed on top of the world. france was getting ready for the olympics, still years off, and donald trump was thought after the last election to be finish

i mean, donald trump may not have a choice.r it — who are also on tiktok — like, posting campaign videos, you know... square that circle. it was a bipartisan law, which shows that there is — this is another one of these examples where there is bipartisan support for curtailing the power of, of social media in particular, and because of the national security component of that, as well. i think that really created an interesting coalition behind it. but i think there will be some people who are pretty shocked come mid—january if tiktok's turned off without someone else stepping in to take over the service, and they'll be looking for an explanation, despite promises from people like donald trump, that this isn't going to happen, why this ended up taking place. we'll see tiktokers marching on capitol hill and the white house, demanding... dancing on capitol hill. dancing, yeah, dancing their way up pennsylvania avenue. i think that's all we have time for, guys. but it's been a pleasure to talk to you. anthony, i promise if you come

to answer your question, donald trump is been president before. and he ran as the guy who was against government. as president of the united states. i remember i did a piece on conspiracy theories, and this expert i spoke with said normally conspiracy theorists are people on the outside think something weird is happening inside. this is donald trump as president of the united states pushing conspiracy theories, which is absolutely abnormal. this is how he has been, and people accept them as an outsider even when he continuously controls the white house of the united states of america. so yes, from a logical standpoint, you are exactly right. how can he do that? the answer is because he is donald trump and everyone sees him as an outsider who wants to break washington. and as long as the perception maintains, which he is able to maintain with his base, then he gets to do it. >> can we talk about the house ethics report on matt gaetz? this thing can become public as soon as this week. what do you make, we are always saying god, donald trump runs eve

we will put an end to that behind donalde t trump. we are going to do it together.se] what i want to talk about you guys been so kind to make my book a bestseller and i thought they'd bee no better place than to announce what you just saw a joint mission with c-span2 watch the movie. it'snt the first one and it's coming up in the spring in a couple of months. so we are excited about that. here's the thing eight years ago the deep state was real but when donald trump came down the escalator and 2015 at trump towers the deep state was regarding moving at 100 miles an hour. the deep state projected on this or we were the neocons and we were the conspiracy theorist because we dare toe call it a deep state. when we fast-forward eight years later they have multiplied. they have put their army on the ground and government agencies and departments in the dod to the fbi to the doj. they have weaponized justice. they have politicized the intelligence community. they have the audacity -- and they have tarnished their reputations. they have led to disasters in ukraine in israel

matt gaetz pulled a donald trump. he tried to do everything donald trump did with the courts. matt gaetz tried to do with the house ethics committee. and mike johnson helped him at the end. mike johnson said to republicans on the committee, don't release it. and the republican co-chair of the committee apparently opposed releasing it. he wrote a dissenting report. he even said i don't disagree with the findings, we shouldn't release the findings. at some point the standard for performing in republican politics should be above the bar of credible allegations of statutory ra pshs e of above the ball of sexual abuse. it's not hard, republicans, to go find candidates, elected members that don't have credible allegations of sexual misconduct. they're not finding them right now. we have a party led by donald trump and elevating the likes of matt gaetz. >> you know, paul, i did want to mention this as well because this is something that you and i have dealt with as prosecutors and david has been a lawyer. but the women in this case. there was a decision to not try to re-traumatize a

donald trump asegura que carter lo regalÓ por un dÓlar.ue panamÁ niega . >> como presidente quiero expresar de manera precisa que cada metro cuadrado del canal de panamÁ y sus zonas adyacentes, son de panamÁ y lo seguirÁ siendo. >> donald trump asegura que las tarifas que cobra panamÁ son ridÍculas y muy injustas. el canal genera una quinta parte de los ingresos anuales del paÍs. para el exembajador, se trata de una vieja idea del presidente electo. >> esto ha sido una obsesiÓn de donald trump, precisamente por cuatro dÉcadas, recuerdo cuando niÑo en nueva york, en los ochentas. el arremetÍa en contra del tratado del canal de panamÁ. >> panameÑos dentro y fuera rechazan la propuesta. >> ahora mismo empresas como la mÍa y de muchos otros panameÑos pueden beneficiarse en este caso, lo del turismo . que el canal de panamÁ se atan abierto y no sea un territorio militar. >> y si te pasas un tratado que es una ley hecha desde septiembre de 77 . quÉ se puede esperar de otra cosa. y como panameÑo estoy en desacuerdo. >> los acuerdos torrijos carte

will donald trump go along with that? donald trump all day long has been demanding that debt limit increase because he does not want to deal with it next year. will he be okay backing off that demand that those are all key questions they're going to have to confront? or will speaker johnson defy donald trump in some way, potentially putting his own speakership at risk when he votes on the house votes on january 3rd to reelect him as speaker or find a new speaker? all questions for johnson's future. all questions for the gop as they try to grapple with donald trump coming into power. and all questions, of course, for the millions of americans who could be affected by what could be a crippling government shutdown, if there is one, it could take some time to come out of one. so huge questions right now, wolf, is this is a jittery congress, an uncertain future, and a bit of a panic that's happening on capitol hill as they confront what's next. >> yeah. and it wouldn't just affect federal workers. it would affect millions of a

donald trump, has no common sense. i don't think he's going to do anything to hurt us. >> are you kidding me? >> happy holidays, good to see you. it's hard to keep up with the stories and so many others coming out, working class people, low income folks across the country, depend on social security, medicare or medicaid, social safety net. here you have donald trump, his cabinet, elon musk, they actually want to cut these vital programs that are lifesaving. so many folks across the country. i think a lot of donald trump voters don't realize, cutting medicare, he has talked about replacing obamacare. it was by the way, 45 million americans depend on. replacing it was something that we cannot even explain to the american public. we should be very concerned about these. those voters, the american public should know that democrats, are going to fight like [ bleep ], to keep these programs from demand, regardless of who they vote for. medicare security, americans have earned. even donald trump and his appointees, want to ta

>> i'm here with the support of president donald trump. as long as he supports me, which he told me this morning, i'll be here. >> while hegseth's bid hangs in the balance, it sounds like there are other nominations donald trump cares a lot more about. according to a new report from the bulwark, trump and his team are most focused on getting former democrats, tulsi gabbard and rfk jr. confirmed. trump allies believe that would expand trump's legacy to include disaffected democrats and independents and believe trump would fight much harder to save their nominations than many others. meanwhile at least one republican senator is very optimistic about kash patel becoming the next fbi director. john cornyn said today he is confident patel will be confirmed. he said that patel has "vast experience and was highly recommended by people he respects." a reminder, despite what cornyn said about patel's experience, he's never been in charge of an $11 billion budget and about 35,000 government employees. with that, let's get smarter with the help of ou

the question that i just wish reporters would ask donald trump is what is a tariff?eep it really simple. it is no longer clear how many of the reporters covering donald trump actually know what a tariff is, but it seems very clear that donald trump doesn't know what a tariff is or is lying about what a tariff is and simply asking him what is a tariff could be maybe the best way to expose the trump lie. i don't know what he would actually say to the question of what is a tariff because it's impossible to anticipate stupidity and lying combined, which is what you're hearing from trump about tariffs, but here's the answer to the question what is a tariff. an american tariff is an american tax imposed on an imported product. the minute that product arrives in the united states because that is the only place where the united states can impose a tariff and so at the port of los angeles when your samsung television is offloaded from the ship it arrived on, at that port donald trump is promising to add a 50% tariff to that television and all televisions sold in america becau

people were talking about donald trump. how about donald trump as a private citizen.ould have no bastion for the position. >> neither does johnson. why would elon musk want to be speaker of the house. he's not doing any work and getting everything he wants. if he doesn't like what's going on, he gets on his rocket ship and leaves. >> he wouldn't be very good at it. but he would be third to the power. >> right now i think he's closer in line to the presidency than mike johnson in. not in name but in influence. >> this is a guy remember that he believes his charging style is focus on outcome not process. can win at anything. nobody who believed in the limits of their ability would have taken up with twitter. not in a million years. >> he didn't want to take it over remember in the end. he had to take it over in the end. >> this is a cultural clash. someone that believes if you're aggress i enough as an entrepreneur. he's focused on outcomes. the end justifies the means. you move fast. break things, you do whatever it takes to build a company. whatever it takes. he think

elon musk and donald trump decided to pick the fight. i agree with sarah about donald trump. but i also think donald trump's analysis is actually wrong. joe biden doesn't bear any blame for this. this was going to sail through. the government was going to stay open. trump and musk chose to pick this fight and they are gonna lose this fight. so the question is how do you get out of to now? the biggest chess move starts with hakeem jefferies. does he deliver the caucus, a single vote? if he doesn't, there is no way out of this for republicans and joe biden's not gonna get blamed for it. donald trump and elon musk will. >> vaughn, since we have been on the air i have been handed nbc's latest reporting that suggests that house republicans appeared to have finessed a second spending agreement, avoiding a looming government shutdown hours after the original bipartisan agreement was torpedoed by trump. this feels like partly manufactured drama, partly, you know, wiping the egg off their faces. is this likely to hold if you're seeing this reporting as well? >> reporter: yeah. it was

project 2025 and donald trump are going to end that.y, of course there will be open lines of communication between donald trump and whomever he puts at the head of the doj. hopefully it is not kash patel. but however it is will be, for all intents and purposes, just as bad and just as dangerous to individual american citizens who, as tim point out, have only been doing their job as public servants. >> tim, you pointed out that donald trump had not mentioned exactly what he would be looking for these people to go to jail for. but in the event that there's nothing connected to january 6th or the committee work these people have done that could potentially have them indicted and prosecuted, are we potentially still looking at a space where donald trump or others might urge for a deeper probing, the actual witch hunt that has been thrown around for as long as we've seen donald trump on the scene, against some of these individuals such that it may not be connected to january 6th committee work, but it could be something else because they're

that's what donald trump asked me to do.r job is to bring a war fighting ethos back to the pentagon. your job is to make sure that it's lethality, lethality, everything else is gone. everything else that distracts from that shouldn't be happening. that's the message i'm hearing from senators and that advise and consent process and it's been a wonderful process. as far as everything else, i had a chance to sit down with megyn kelly today for an hour. i refer you to that interview. she asked probably all the questions you guys would like to ask. [ all speaking at once ] >> so we were told that pete hegseth would come before the cameras, but he did it very briefly. he obviously didn't take any questions, although we'll see if he has anything else to say as those cameras follow him down the hallway. but the bottom line is this he has not giving any indication that he is willing to step back. he called it a wonderful process to go through. which is an interesting way to put it given the controversies and everything surrounding hi

miracles happen every day with donald trump. host: when you say stolen election, there was a whole lot of controversy around comments of donald trump saying that in 2020 and democrats were very upset at him. so when you say stole, what do you mean? caller: it is an easy word to use. i would say they manipulated the election because all you have to do is be smart, and they are not. but they did try once before and they did fail. you can learn from your mistakes. elon musk has more money than anyone in the world. there's no telling what he was able to do. the problem they figured out how to do it. a lot of people didn't vote. and in all of the other people that voted for taylor swift and decency and justice. it is just sad. waltzing into fascism. host: you mentioned elon musk. a story in today's washington times were donald trump goes, elon musk follows. the story noting where they have appeared together. elon musk pouring at least two other $27 million into efforts to help donald trump. another place the two were together, the ar

donald trump does not have a hotel in d.c. some white. >> the sad thing is it is not just republicans, tech ceos, it is democrats as well. let me share with you, politico reporting democrats try to establish normal relations with elon musk including john fetterman from pennsylvania who compared him to superhero tony stark. he joined truth social to declare that trump should be pardoned for his hush money case, the one he was found guilty of all 34 felony counts, ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleague or democrat, john fetterman from pennsylvania . >> john fetterman has shown who he has time and time again. this is why i think 7 million americans stayed home the last election because they look at the capitulation democrats do, why am i voting for you, how are you different, how is it that donald trump was the most dangerous person to our democracy, this is what we were told and all of a sudden, everyone is mum. i will work with him, let's pardon him, we need a clean slate. that is what representative clyburn said area >> real

but history didn't start with donald trump.mpanied the pardon sounded like a lot of what bill clinton's defenders sounded like. they indulged a partisan investigation. and that people should realize there are times, there are people being hurt only because of their connection to the president. that's what this sounded like, not just the return to the idea of democrats need to fight personal destruction in lawfare, like what republicans were saying over the past year. >> all right. dave weigel, mark leibovich, a conversation that will be ongoing, no doubt. thank you very much. >>> that's going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. with liberty mutual. customize and sa— (balloon doug pops & deflates) and then i wake up. and you have this dream every night? yeah, every night! hmm... i see. (limu squawks) only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i'll be honest. by the end of the day, my floors...yeesh. but who has the time to clean? that's why i love my swiffer wetjet. it's a quick

and that's exactly what donald trump did here. two will meet here at the palace before president macron will then have a separate one-on-one meeting with president zelenskyy of ukraine. it is not clear whether president-elect trump intends to meet with zelenskyy himself. we do know, however that the president-elect will be meeting with prince william, first lady jill biden will be here in attendance and will also be meeting with prince william. there's a lot politically at stake, not only for the nato alliance, the questions over the trump administration's commitment to additional ukraine supports and aid. donald trump has consistently said he would bring an end to the war, but what does that mean? would it require ukraine to cede land to russia. donald trump has not been explicit about his plans here. that is where you could expect president macron to have a great many questions for president-elect trump himself. of course the other major issue here for the greater region, the eu, but especially france is questions over donald tr