Meet the Press NOW — May 23
Meet the Press
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🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Friday, President Trump reignites trade war fears and ratchets up economic concerns, |
| 0:09.0 | now threatening to increase tariffs on all smartphone makers and the European Union |
| 0:13.6 | if they don't start complying with the administration's demands. |
| 0:17.4 | Plus, a federal judge blocks the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students, |
| 0:24.4 | a major but temporary legal loss for the president as Harvard accuses the president of an unlawful campaign of retribution. |
| 0:32.5 | And why the FDA's plan for updated COVID-19 shots mean they likely won't be available to most Americans this fall. |
| 0:40.6 | And a new government report from RFK Jr.'s HHS department spotlights some of the controversial views on vaccines for children. |
| 1:12.1 | Music Hi there. Happy Friday. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, as U.S. stocks are ending the day down slightly after new trade threats from President Trump and mixed signals from the administration about whether there's a trade deal to be made with the European Union. |
| 1:16.9 | Trump's bombastic tariff threats and the subsequent backing down on those threats have been |
| 1:21.9 | a hallmark of the first few months of his administration. Fears of a devastating global trade war |
| 1:27.3 | cooled down in recent weeks, |
| 1:29.6 | as the White House touted what it says are trade deals with China and the UK. But the president's |
| 1:34.8 | early morning social media posts reignited some concern. First, the EU. Mr. Trump posting this |
| 1:42.0 | morning, the European Union has been very difficult to deal with. |
| 1:45.2 | Our discussions with them are going nowhere. Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% tariff on the |
| 1:51.4 | European Union starting on June 1st, 2025. He elaborated on that in the Oval Office this afternoon. |
| 1:59.4 | I've been saying to everybody, they've treated us very badly over the years. I just the Oval Office this afternoon. They're going to show moving. |
| 2:01.3 | They've been saying to everybody, they've treated us very badly over the years. |
| 2:04.6 | I just said it's time that we play the game the way I know how to play the game. |
| 2:08.8 | You know, nobody, they've taken advantage of other people representing this country, |
| 2:13.4 | and they're not going to do that any longer. |
| 2:15.3 | Now that came after Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said |
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