Meet the Press NOW — April 29
Meet the Press
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🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Tuesday, President Trump arrives in Battleground, Michigan to mark his 100th day in office |
| 0:08.0 | as he faces growing concerns from voters about the state of the economy and the state of his presidency. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus tariff whiplash and confusion, the White House moves to ease the pain on automakers |
| 0:20.0 | as it brands the president's |
| 0:22.2 | tariff uncertainty as a case of strategic ambiguity. And President Trump fuels a political |
| 0:29.3 | comeback for liberals in Canada as Prime Minister Mark Carney wins re-election, bowing never to yield |
| 0:36.3 | to the president's repeated threats of annexation. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kelly O'Donnell in Washington on day 100 of the second Trump administration. |
| 0:58.0 | The president just landed in Battleground, Michigan, where he will deliver remarks to members of the state's National Guard before marking his 100th day with a rally in Macomb County. |
| 1:09.2 | The president touted his first 100 days as he left the White House this afternoon. |
| 1:14.2 | I think we're either we've done everything or it's in the process of being done. |
| 1:19.9 | For instance, the border is in great shape. |
| 1:22.3 | 99.9% came out again today. |
| 1:25.3 | 99.9. |
| 1:26.4 | I would say that was my number one thing. |
| 1:29.3 | The economy would be certainly right up there, and I think it's doing great. |
| 1:35.3 | We were losing billions and billions of dollars a day with trade, and now I have that down to |
| 1:41.3 | a very low level, and soon we're going to be making a lot of money. |
| 1:44.5 | We're going to be reducing people's taxes. |
| 1:47.4 | The trip to Michigan and the push to fire up the base comes as the White House is once again struggling to navigate the economic uncertainty caused by the president's sweeping and at times confusing tariff agenda. |
| 2:01.2 | Today the White House confirmed it was moving to soften the impact of tariffs on automakers, |
| 2:06.5 | as the industry faced a potential stacking of levies on imported parts and finished vehicles. |
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