The Price is Wrong: Trump Puts Pardons, Culture Wars Before Cost of Living

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki explains why Trump's actions during his first-week in office made it crystal clear that his campaign promise to lower costs is far from the top of his priorities. Jen is joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren to discuss the letter she penned to Trump calling him out for ignoring his central campaign promise. Next, Former DOJ Prosecutor Ashley Akers joins Jen to react to news that Trump's interim US Attorney in Washington DC is launching "special project" to review the Justice Department’s January 6th cases. Later, Jen breaks down the scrutiny surrounding Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, due to his reported role in putting hostage rescue missions in jeopardy. She is joined by Former National Security Adviser John Bolton, Patel's boss during the first Trump administration, to discuss why he believes Patel is unqualified to lead the FBI. Finally, Jen is joined by White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard to discuss the latest updates from the House GOP retreat in Florida where lawmakers are gathered to hash out Trump's agenda.

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0:00.0	Okay, everyone, there is a lot going on tonight.
0:12.8	We're going to have a live report from Florida where Donald Trump met with House Republicans today.
0:17.1	We also got news today that a Trump appointed U.S. attorney will investigate the
0:22.1	prosecutors who worked on January 6 cases. And I'm going to talk to a former DOJ lawyer who worked
0:27.8	on those cases and who just resigned on Friday. We're also going to dive into some pretty
0:32.9	shocking stuff and FBI whistleblower just revealed about Cash Patel and get reaction from Patel's
0:38.9	former boss, John Bolton.
0:41.5	But I do want to start tonight with something I think is an important baseline for basically
0:45.0	everything we're going to talk about.
0:46.8	And that is why Donald Trump thinks he won the election.
0:51.3	I won on groceries.
0:53.1	It's a very simple word, groceries.
0:55.5	Like almost, you know, who uses the word?
0:58.7	I started using the word.
1:00.3	The groceries, when you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs,
1:05.5	they would double and triple the price over a short period of time.
1:09.7	And I won an election based on that.
1:11.7	We're going to bring those prices way down.
1:14.4	So Donald Trump saying he won the election based on bringing prices down.
1:18.4	And maybe he did.
1:20.1	But during his first week in office, a period of time where I can tell you,
1:23.8	presidents typically use their power to make clear what their priorities are and do something about it. He was focused on anything but lowering costs.
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