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60 Minutes

02/02/2025: What Will Mitch Do?, Robert Lighthizer, A Psychedelic Journey

60 Minutes

CBS News

Cbs, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, News

4 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Now that President Donald Trump has retaken the White House and is shaking up Washington with an onslaught of executive orders and controversial nominees for his Cabinet, correspondent Lesley Stahl profiles the longest-serving Senate party leader, Mitch McConnell, on his life, legacy and what he will do next since stepping down from Senate leadership. Tariffs were a signature of President Trump’s campaign and are now part of his economic agenda promising to protect American trade and recover manufacturing jobs. Correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Robert Lighthizer, the top trade negotiator during Trump’s first term who continues to be an informal advisor and confidant of the president. Last year, the Veterans Administration announced it would begin funding clinical trials to explore the use of psychedelic drugs for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and addiction. However, these trials are small, and even if successful, it will likely be years before veterans can access psychedelics at the VA. Many U.S. veterans struggling with PTSD aren’t waiting. Thousands of veterans are traveling overseas seeking relief at psychedelic retreats where these substances are legal to use, mostly in indigenous ceremonies. Correspondent Anderson Cooper follows nine veterans on a psychedelic journey to the west coast of Mexico, where they hope to find healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How do you feel about the Senate?

0:38.9

Glad to be in the majority.

0:40.6

At age 82 and after 18 years as the longest serving Senate leader ever,

0:46.6

Mitch McConnell is thinking about his legacy.

0:49.4

And that includes his long-running feud with President Trump.

0:53.5

You have said some pretty harsh things about him.

0:57.0

You've said he's nasty, you said he's not very smart,

1:00.0

you said he's a sleaze ball.

1:02.0

Well, those were private comments, and...

1:05.0

Well, but they're in your biography.

1:07.0

Yeah.

1:08.0

You add it all up. You can get to around a trillion dollars a year of wealth from the United

1:18.5

States being transferred through a geopolitical adversary. It's insane.

1:22.6

You don't know Robert Lightheiser, but his influence with President Trump could change America's economy.

1:29.3

He's an evangelist for trade tariffs, which he says might just save the country.

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