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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump tariff policy is 'chaos and absurdity': Rep. Dean on asking Trump Commerce Secy. about bananas
MSNBC's Ali Velshi is joined by Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Madeleine Dean, to discuss the House Appropriations Cmte. testimony by Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and why he struggled to explain the administration placing tariffs on bananas which can only be grown in a few places inside the United States.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Big Donald Is Watching You': MSNBC Host Mocks Gigantic Banner Of Trump
MSNBC's Ali Velshi this weekend warned of democratic backsliding in America, spotlighting a giant banner of Donald Trump's official portrait that was recently hung on a federal building as a troubling sign of 'creeping authoritarianism.' Velshi argued the oversized image of Trump now hanging on the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. is straight from the strongman playbook and similar to the grandiose imagery used by authoritarian leaders worldwide. The tribute to Trump is 'far from the norm' in the U.S. and just one of the norms Trump has broken since returning to the White House, Velshi continued, referencing the fawning over Trump in Cabinet meetings and more. 'It may not matter to you,' Velshi acknowledged, 'But all of these changes can seem small and petty but it's the erosion of democratic norms. It's softening people up for potentially more immoral and authoritarian behavior.' 'If he can put up a giant poster of himself, then why not put up more until Trump becomes omnipresent?' he asked. 'Until you're reminded everywhere you go that old Big Donald is watching you.' Watch the full analysis here: Lara Trump Likens Donald Trump To 'Demonized' Dog Breed Biden's Powerful 2017 Message Of 'Hope' To Meghan McCain Resurfaces After Cancer News 'Mad King' Trump Torched Over 'Especially Jarring' Claim To U.S. Troops In Qatar
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Quit kicking us in the nuts': Republicans want outspoken GOP Rep. Bacon to tone it down
The Wall Street Journal recently labeled Nebraska congressman Don Bacon as 'Trump's Loud Republican Critic' and his outspokenness has also rubbed some of his GOP colleagues the wrong way. 'They said, 'Can you quit kicking us in the nuts?'' Rep. Bacon tells Ali Velshi. These days, he finds himself at odds with members of his own party simply because he tells it like it is. He says Trump has 'abused the word 'emergency'' in order to execute his power grab and calls tariffs a
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ali Velshi: Just when you think Trump can't make his Qatari plane controversy worse, he does
MSNBC's Ali Velshi shares Donald Trump's latest explanation for his attempts to get a $400 million plane from Qatar despite bipartisan condemnation after Trump spent his visit in the Middle East showing adoration for the region's authoritarian leaders.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Neguse: GOP on campaign to ‘undermine independence of the judiciary'
Assistant Democratic Leader Congressman Joe Neguse joins MSNBC's Ali Velshi to discuss new legislation House Republicans have passed aimed to curb district court judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions. Rep. Neguse says Republicans are following President Trump's lead to undercut the rule of law.
