Feb. 9 – NSA Mike Waltz, Sen. Andy Kim and Amanda Gorman

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🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz defends President Trump’s plan for a Gaza takeover. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) talks about Trump’s dismantling of USAID. Poet Amanda Gorman discusses book banning in a Meet the Moment conversation.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, the Trump doctrine.
0:03.9	The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip.
0:06.3	President Trump stuns the world with his proposal to take over Gaza.
0:10.9	I do see a long-term ownership position, and I see it bringing great stability to that part of the Middle East.
0:19.5	After expressing plans to take control of Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada, what is America's
0:26.7	new foreign policy vision?
0:28.5	I'll talk to national security advisor Mike Waltz, plus Musk's mission.
0:33.8	Elon Musk is seizing power from the American people. He's done a great job. Look at all the
0:42.7	fraud that he's found. Elon Musk's sweeping agenda to reshape the federal government is raising
0:48.1	alarms and testing the limits of the law. I'll speak with Democratic Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey and away with words,
0:57.6	or meet the moment conversation with poet Amanda Gorman. And why do you think poetry is so critical
1:05.5	to who we are as a nation? We are trying as a people to speak to our best shared common humanity. Typically,
1:13.7	poetry is the rhetoric that encapsulates that the best. Joining me for insight and analysis are
1:20.5	NBC News Chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell, NBC News senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez, Simone Sanders Townsend,
1:30.4	former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican strategist Sarah Fagan.
1:37.0	Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:41.4	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:46.9	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.
1:50.5	Good Sunday morning.
1:52.4	We begin with President Trump's historic overhaul of the federal government
1:56.7	that is proceeding at an unprecedented pace and scale.
2:01.1	The president has tasked Elon Musk, the world's richest man, with carrying out his mission.
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