Sen. Chris Murphy blasts Trump meme coin corruption and Molly Jong-Fast on why the tariffs could trigger an economic meltdown that will haunt Trump.
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Jim Acosta
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🗓️ 6 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome everybody to the Jim Acosta show. |
| 0:08.2 | And Donald Trump on this Tuesday, May the 6th, is still losing his grip on reality. |
| 0:14.0 | Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House today until Trump, Canada, is not for sale and never will be. |
| 0:20.2 | Trump responded, quote, |
| 0:21.8 | time will tell it's only time, but I say never say never. Let's bring in our first guest today, |
| 0:29.0 | Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. Senator Murphy, good to see you, sir. How are you? |
| 0:33.1 | I'm good, man. Thanks for having me. Hey, thanks for coming on. I know we have a lot to talk about. I do want to tackle this Canada thing or maybe check it into the boards. I don't know using a hockey term here. But let's get to this very quickly. It's disturbing. It seems to me that Trump keeps talking about taking over Canada, that he's going to make Canada part of |
| 0:55.4 | the U.S. Let's watch a clip of that and talk about it on the other side. |
| 0:59.0 | President, I'd like to get your responsibilities too. |
| 1:03.0 | Mr. President, you have said that Canada should become the first state. |
| 1:08.0 | No, no, well, I still believe that, but, you know, takes two to tango, right? |
| 1:13.6 | But no, I do. |
| 1:14.6 | I mean, I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. |
| 1:19.6 | You get free military, you get tremendous medical cares and other things. |
| 1:25.6 | There would be a lot of advantages, |
| 1:28.3 | but it would be a massive tax cut. |
| 1:31.3 | And it's also a beautiful, you know, as a real estate developer, |
| 1:34.3 | you know, I'm a real estate developer at heart. |
| 1:36.3 | When you get rid of that artificially drawing line, |
| 1:38.3 | somebody drew that line many years ago with like a ruler, |
| 1:41.3 | just a straight line right across the top of the country |
| 1:44.3 | when you look at that beautiful formation when it's together i'm a very artistic person |
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