Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Gov. Tim Walz

State of the Union

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Jake Tapper presses Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for clarity on Trump’s sweeping tariffs as the economic fallout grows. Then, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz joins Jake to respond and to weigh in on what he thinks Democrats’ strategy needs to be to counter Trump. Finally, CNN Senior Political Commentator David Urban, CNN Political Commentator Jamal Simmons, Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten, and Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis join Jake to break down the political and economic impact of Trump’s tariffs, as well as the move by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to remove books from the Naval Academy library as part of the administration’s anti-DEI push. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	CNN anchor Kate Waldwin reports from the front lines of America's fentanyl crisis and talks directly to those most impacted by the opioid overdose epidemic and the whole story with Anderson Cooper, fentanyl in America, a way out. The new episode premieres tonight at 8 on CNN. Trade war, stocks dive and jitters rise.
0:26.6	They're not only bad economically, they're bad politically.
0:30.6	As President Trump takes on the world.
0:32.6	The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom.
0:34.6	How long will the tariff disruption last? And how much more will Americans pay?
0:39.3	Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins joins me exclusively next.
0:43.3	And, meet the moment, protesters take to the streets, and Democrats see an opening.
0:48.3	We will do better.
0:49.3	My next guest is on a red state blitz.
0:51.3	We got ourselves in this mess.
0:53.3	How does he think the party should move forward?
0:55.4	Governor Tim Walz is here exclusively.
0:57.8	Plus, promises kept.
0:59.5	From tariffs to deportations, health policy, and history itself.
1:03.5	Is this what voters wanted?
1:05.1	Promise is made, promises kept.
1:07.3	Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle
1:08.8	join our political panel ahead.
1:10.6	The bill. kept. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle join our political panel ahead.
1:27.5	Hello, I'm Jake Tupper in Washington, where the state of our union is a bit rattled. We're days into a fundamental shift in the global financial order. And at least as of right now, it's not going particularly smoothly. President Trump's 10% across the board tariffs went into effect yesterday on
1:32.4	top of what he calls reciprocal global tariffs to hit this Wednesday, which could deepen the
1:37.3	worldwide shock that we've seen in our 401 case. A shock that sent Wall Street plunging to its
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