Over the weekend, President Trump announced new tariffs on Canada and Mexico that are expected

to start a trade war. People are wondering why Trump would start a war with our closest allies,

and he was like, I didn't say anything about Russia and North Korea.

President Trump is delaying tariffs on Canada and Mexico for at least a month after speaking with leaders of both countries.

But he is moving forward with across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products.

We're going to go through China's overnight response and the economic implications of all of this.

Also ahead, we'll dig into Elon Musk's massive influence over the federal government at the moment

as the unelected billionaire works to shut down a key humanitarian agency.

And on Capitol Hill today, there will be key votes for two of the president's most controversial

cabinet nominees. We'll take a look at where support stands for RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard right now.

And good morning. And welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday, February 4th, along with Joe, Willie,

and me. We have the co-host of the fourth hour, Jonathan

Lemire. He's a contributing writer at the Atlantic covering the White House and national politics.

U.S. special correspondent for BBC News, Katty K, the host of way too early, Alley Vitale,

and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haas. He's the author of the weekly newsletter, Home and Away, available on Substack,

and former Treasury official and Morning Joe Economic analyst.

Steve Radner is here.

And Willie, we're just listening to Caddy on way too early, talking about how Donald Trump sort of plays

it by ear.

The people around him talk about how he'll go out, he'll say he's going to do something,

see how it works out, and then move around.

Anybody that's read the first three pages of part of the deal

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