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NBC Meet the Press

March 16 – Sec. Scott Bessent, Sen. Chris Murphy and Steve Kornacki

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki shares numbers from the latest NBC News poll. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent discusses Americans’ recession fears as President Donald Trump escalates trade wars. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) weighs in on the Democratic Party’s divide over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s handling of the funding fight. Cornell Belcher, Eugene Daniels, Sara Fagen and Anna Palmer join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, fiscal fears.

0:05.1

Concerns are rising about the U.S. economy and a possible recession amid new tariff threats.

0:12.0

We've been ripped off for years, and we're not going to be ripped off anymore.

0:15.2

It is a shake-up, and he said there's going to be a shake-up right now.

0:19.2

Donald Trump has single-handedly poured a bucket of ice water on the economy.

0:23.7

Billionaires win, families lose.

0:26.4

I'll talk exclusively to the Treasury Secretary Scott Besson,

0:30.3

and Steve Kornacki will reveal the results of our latest NBC news poll.

0:35.3

Plus, divided.

0:37.2

Senate Democrats advance a Republican spending bill to avoid a government

0:41.5

shutdown, but spark an intra-party battle in the process. I will vote to keep the government

0:47.1

open and not shut it down. I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal. Is it time

0:53.1

for new leadership in the Senate?

0:55.0

Next question.

0:56.0

I'll talk to Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.

1:00.0

And at risk, the White House insists cuts to entitlement programs are off the table.

1:06.0

But Elon Musk is fueling fears that benefits could get cut. Most of the federal spending is entitlements.

1:13.6

So that's like the big one to eliminate.

1:17.6

Why isn't he here explaining it?

1:20.6

You know why.

1:23.4

Because he's out to privatize Social Security.

1:27.7

Joining me for insight and analysis are MSNBC, senior Washington correspondent Eugene Daniels,

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