Meet the Press NOW — July 16
Meet the Press
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🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Wednesday, a rare and fiery rebuke of his own supporters. President Trump slams parts |
| 0:08.4 | of his base for demanding more disclosures around Jeffrey Epstein, blaming them and Democrats |
| 0:14.3 | for the conspiracy theories that he and his own administration officials had spread. Plus, |
| 0:20.2 | President Trump is fed up with his Fed chair, |
| 0:23.7 | but tells reporters he's unlikely to fire Jerome Powell. |
| 0:27.6 | Despite a senior White House official confirming |
| 0:29.7 | the president privately told lawmakers the exact opposite just yesterday. |
| 0:35.0 | And the administration's full court press |
| 0:37.6 | to focus attention back on their so-called big, beautiful bill |
| 0:41.8 | as Vice President Vance hits Pennsylvania to tout the new law, |
| 0:46.7 | following the president's swing through the battleground yesterday. |
| 0:53.8 | Music Welcome to Meet the Press now. |
| 1:03.7 | I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where President Trump is lashing out at his own supporters, |
| 1:09.4 | as GOP lawmakers and MAGA influencers ramp up pressure on his |
| 1:13.7 | administration to disclose more information about Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of a Justice Department |
| 1:19.8 | decision not to release any more files tied to the convicted sex offender. The chorus of conservatives |
| 1:26.7 | calling for more transparency has now grown to include the Speaker of the House and other reliable Trump allies. |
| 1:34.7 | The president this morning on social media scolding his followers saying, quote, my past supporters have bought into this BS, hook, line, and sinker. |
| 1:46.8 | He also tried to baselessly pin the Epstein conspiracy theories, rather, that he and his team had amplified on Democrats and former FBI director |
| 1:54.2 | James Comey. The president then doubled down on his frustrations with his own supporters as he |
| 1:59.9 | took questions from reporters in the Oval Office. |
| 2:03.9 | It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and |
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