President Donald J. Trump: America at 250 7/3/26

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4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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President Donald J. Trump sits down with Joe Kernen for an exclusive, extended interview ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. In a wide-ranging conversation, the President discusses the stock market’s performance, the war in Iran, the Supreme Court’s latest decisions, AI innovation, and the government’s stake in Intel. Plus, President Trump addresses his own financial disclosures and considers his legacy in the context of the Presidents who came before him. Happy Fourth of July! In this episode: Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk President Donald J. Trump, @POTUS

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0:00.0	Hey, Squawk Pod listeners, it's Joe Kernan at the White House in Washington, D.C.
0:09.2	For America's 250th birthday, I'm bringing you an interview with our 45th and 47th President, Donald Jake Trump.
0:17.5	Mr. President, it's great to see you.
0:19.8	Thank you.
0:20.3	Thank you for having me in this incredible place.
0:23.4	It's a nice place.
0:24.4	Happy Independence Day and happy semi-Quincennial.
0:28.8	Yeah, that's true.
0:29.8	Have I got that right?
0:30.8	Thank you.
0:31.3	250 years, and I just want to start flying at about 40,000 feet, which you've done in pretty nice playing lately, by the way.
0:40.9	I saw that.
0:43.2	What's so amazing about this country, in your words, for the last 250 years?
0:48.3	You always say, like, never been seen before.
0:50.7	There's never been a country like this that's ever been seen in the history.
0:54.0	Well, a lot of people don't understand that right now we are in a golden age. You understand
0:59.2	it very well. You cover it very well. We have more factories being built today than ever before.
1:03.6	We have more people working today than at any time ever in the history of our country. And
1:09.5	people making more money than they've ever made.
1:12.2	I'm not talking about rich people.
1:13.6	I'm talking about people that have, like, normal or normalized jobs, more money than they've
1:20.8	ever made before.
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