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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

The Nightcap: Tariffs, layoffs, and tanking markets: One expensive week in the Trump economy

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

NBC News

Politics, Washington, News, President, Policy, Government, Senate, Congress, Msnbc

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Our Nightcap roundtable discusses the expensive week of economic chaos fueled by the uncertainty from the President's on-again, off-again tariffs. Next, the White House hosts its first crypto summit just one day after announcing the creation of a crypto reserve. Then, Trump’s response to Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine. Charles Coleman Jr., Nayyera Haq, Paul Rieckhoff, and Zeke Faux join The 11th Hour this Friday.

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0:00.0

Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl and welcome to the nightcap. If you have been

0:08.4

counting, it is day 47 of the second Trump administration. And it has been an expensive week of

0:14.3

economic chaos. So do not look at your 401k before you go to sleep tonight. As economist, Justin

0:20.2

Wolfer's points out at the low point this

0:22.4

morning, stocks were down nearly 5% for the week. That's more than $2 trillion. That means the value

0:29.5

of every S&P company was down about $6,000 per every American. Those stocks did bounce back a bit.

0:36.3

They were still down 3% at closing. So why did this

0:39.5

happen? Well, if you weren't paying attention, let's look at Donald Trump's week. Monday, he announced

0:43.9

he would go ahead with tariffs and the markets dropped. Tuesday, those tariffs went into effect.

0:49.1

Wednesday, the president rolled back tariffs on automakers, including the big three. On Thursday, the president rolled back

0:55.8

some tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico. And earlier today, he hinted at the possibility

1:01.6

of more tariffs on Canadian goods in the near future. Did you get that? Well, the markets sure

1:07.0

didn't. They don't like confusion or chaos. And this morning, we also got the jobs report for February.

1:12.8

The first full month of Trump's second term, it was weaker than expected, and it comes as doge cuts lead to mass firings of government workers.

1:21.1

With that, let's bring in our nightcap, and I warn you, Naira Hock already nailed it before the show.

1:26.5

So we're going to try to do it well on live TV.

1:29.2

Zeke Fox is here, investigative reporter for Bloomberg Business Week and crypto expert.

1:33.4

Naira Hock, former senior official at the White House and the State Department,

1:37.1

former New York prosecutor and civil rights attorney, Charles Coleman Jr.

1:40.7

And Paul Rikoff, founder and CEO of Independent Veterans of America and the host of

1:45.9

the Independent Americans podcast. His latest episode is with Navy Vet and Arizona Senator Mark

1:51.5

Kelly. It is a must. Listen, okay, one of the main reasons President Trump won in

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