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Meet the Press NOW — November 29

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🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum give conflicting readouts from their call about tariffs and the U.S. southern border. Australia imposes a sweeping social media ban for children under the age of 16. After the Fire USA CEO Jennifer Gray Thompson joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the importance of federal disaster tax relief legislation that remains stalled in the Senate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

If it's Friday, it's a presidential game of telephone as President-elect Trump says Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum told him she'd effectively close the Mexican border.

0:13.1

Shinebom says she made no such promise.

0:15.9

Plus a world first, Australia imposes a ban on social media sites for children under the age of 16,

0:22.5

reigniting debate here in the U.S. and around the world about the impact of excessive social

0:26.7

media use on children's mental and physical health. And Lebanese civilians begin the slow

0:32.9

process of rebuilding as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appears to hold for now, despite

0:39.6

allegations of violations from both sides.

0:52.4

Hi there. Welcome to meet the press now.

0:55.0

I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where Thanksgiving week football doesn't have a monopoly on calls being under review.

1:01.1

President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Shinebaum spoke Wednesday,

1:05.7

following Mr. Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff on everything imported from Mexico

1:10.7

unless it ends the flow of migrants

1:13.1

and fentanyl into the United States. In a social media post after the call, the president-elect said

1:18.6

that Scheidbaum, quote, agreed to stop migration through Mexico and into the United States

1:23.3

effectively closing our southern border. In a subsequent post, Mr. Trump said that Mexico will

1:29.0

stop people from going to our southern border effective immediately. Trump's incoming deputy

1:34.4

chief of staff, Stephen Miller, praised the call as Trump already delivering on his campaign

1:39.5

promises. Is the president already making progress? Making more than progress.

1:48.0

He's already delivering historic change, the change that he campaigned on months before he

1:54.0

even returns to the Oval Office.

1:57.0

Donald Trump is reestablishing the principle, the doctrine of America first, of our national sovereignty, our national security.

2:04.7

And he's rebuilding a cooperative, collaborative relationship with Mexico.

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