The Nightcap: Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy clash at White House meeting, DOGE, and this week’s MVPs

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This Nightcap roundtable discusses the contentious meeting at the White House in which President Trump and VP Vance berated Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. Then, DOGE plans to roll out more “What did you do last week” emails. Plus, far-right influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate return to the US and we look at the evolution of right-wing “bro culture.” And, see who made this week’s MVP list. David Rohde, Steve Liesman, Molly Jong-Fast, and Hagar Chemali join The 11th Hour this Friday.

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0:00.0	We're going to take a deep breath before we even start tonight.
0:08.6	Good evening once again.
0:10.3	I am Stephanie Rule.
0:11.3	Welcome to the nightcap.
0:12.6	It is day four of the second, excuse me, day 40 of the second Trump administration.
0:16.8	And the whole world is watching the White House.
0:20.7	Our allies, our enemies, Americans just befuddled
0:24.2	with the extraordinary clash between President Trump, Vice President Vosinant, and Ukrainian
0:28.9	President Volodymyr Zelensky. They were expected to sign a minerals deal and discuss ending the war
0:34.5	with Russia. But the meeting quickly devolved into a shouting match
0:38.0	with Trump and Vance for reading Zelensky.
0:40.4	I want to share just some of what we heard today.
0:44.3	Mr. President, with respect,
0:46.5	I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office
0:48.9	and try to litigate this in front of the American media.
0:51.2	Right now, you guys are going around
0:52.9	and forcing conscripts to the front lines because
0:55.8	you have manpower problems.
0:57.7	You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict.
1:01.0	Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
1:04.0	I have been to...
1:05.0	I've actually watched and seen the stories and I know what happens is you bring people,
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