April 6 — Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent, Sen. James Lankford and Sen. Adam Schiff

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Days after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent joins Meet the Press to discuss the effects on the markets and global trade. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) reacts to the tariffs and talks about how Congress could intervene. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) discusses Democrats’ strategy to fight back. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Lanhee Chen, Garrett Haake and Neera Tanden join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, tariff turbulence.
0:04.0	This is Liberation Day.
0:06.0	President Trump ramps up his trade fight,
0:09.0	expanding steeper tariffs on almost all of America's trading partners.
0:14.0	Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years,
0:19.0	but it is not going to happen anymore.
0:22.4	This is not Liberation Day. It's recession day.
0:26.1	Will the tariffs trigger a global recession?
0:29.4	The markets are going to boom. The stock is going to boom. The country is going to boom.
0:33.4	My guest this morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, Republican Senator James Langford
0:39.1	of Oklahoma, and Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California, plus X-Factor.
0:45.8	I feel like this is one of those things that may not seem that it's going to affect
0:51.2	the entire destiny of humanity, but I think it will.
0:53.4	Elon Musk's candidate loses in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race he spent millions on.
1:00.0	I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world.
1:05.4	And we won.
1:08.6	Has Musk become more of a liability than an asset and political endurance?
1:14.6	I confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that have given lame to this demagogue.
1:21.1	Senator Cory Booker breaks the record for the longest Senate floor speech.
1:25.5	Where does the Constitution live on paper or in our hearts?
1:29.8	What will Democrats learn from his 25-hour protest?
1:34.0	Joining me for insight and analysis are
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