April 13 — Peter Navarro, Sen. Cory Booker and Ray Dalio

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🗓️ 13 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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President Trump reverses course tariffs — pausing most hikes but raising them on China, while exempting key tech imports. Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and billionaire investor Ray Dalio join Kristen Welker with exclusive reactions. Kelly O’Donnell, Jonathan Martin, Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Matt Gorman join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, pressing pause. President Trump reverses some of his most punishing tariff plans for 90 days after growing uncertainty and days of market meltdowns.
0:13.0	You have to be able to show a little flexibility.
0:16.0	This is chaos. This is government by chaos.
0:20.0	I know what the hell I'm doing.
0:21.7	This was his strategy all along.
0:24.6	What happens next in this escalating trade war?
0:28.4	My exclusive guest this morning, President Trump's top trade advisor, Peter Navarro, Ray Dalio,
0:34.6	founder and chief investment officer for the world's largest hedge fund and Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.
0:42.2	Plus, deported by mistake.
0:44.9	After the Supreme Court orders the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador,
0:51.2	is the Trump administration now defying a judge's order? And
0:56.2	oval office optics. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer finds herself in an uncomfortable spot
1:02.5	when she visits the Trump White House. Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News
1:08.8	senior White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell, Jonathan Martin of Politico,
1:13.9	Republican strategist Matt Gorman, and Kimberly Atkins-Store, senior opinion writer for the
1:19.8	Boston Globe. Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:25.4	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:31.1	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welkett.
1:35.1	Good Sunday morning.
1:37.0	As the president's trade war enters a new week, the uncertainty and disruption to the global economic order is growing.
1:44.1	Just hours after President Trump's tariffs took effect this week. The uncertainty and disruption to the global economic order is growing.
1:50.3	Just hours after President Trump's tariffs took effect this week, he made a stunning reversal and pressed pause for 90 days.
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