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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump backpedals as bad economic math triggers widespread outrage

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media

4.4974 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The angry reaction to the Trump administration's poorly conceived economic ideas, including a 50-year mortgage that is seen as a gift to big banks, has Donald Trump scrambling even with his own base. Stephanie Ruhle joins Jen Psaki to talk about why the Trump administration's ideas are impractical.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We have a ton of news to get to tonight. And just a second, I'm going to be joined by Democratic

0:04.7

candidate for Congress in New Hampshire, Stephanie Shaheen, who came out swinging against the deal

0:09.8

to end the shutdown. And that was especially notable because her own mom, Senator Gene Shaheen,

0:15.0

supported that deal. And I wanted to talk to her about why she spoke out and where the party

0:19.9

goes from here, which is a big

0:21.2

important part of the question right now. I'm also going to speak with the family of the late

0:25.3

Epstein survivor of Virginia Roberts-Joufrey about new reporting that Galane Maxwell is getting

0:30.4

VIP treatment. It is gross. I'll outline and detail it for you and talk to them about it

0:35.3

in her new minimum security prison.

0:38.3

And we're also going to talk about the big step happening tomorrow toward forcing the release

0:42.1

of the Epstein files. But first, and I haven't been back with a show since last Friday, so

0:48.6

I just want to acknowledge what's happened here in Washington over the last couple of days.

0:52.9

Because it may feel kind of like

0:55.0

a big whipsaw if you remember this video from just a few weeks ago.

1:00.6

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hell-bent on taking health care away from

1:05.6

60 million people. Closing community clinics, rural hospitals, nursing homes, all so they can keep

1:13.2

giving tax breaks to their billionaire friends. It's a disgrace. So Democrats have three words for this.

1:20.2

No way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system.

1:29.6

I mean, that guy was fiery.

1:32.5

There was ominous music.

1:34.1

He swore.

1:35.4

I mean, there was a lot in that video.

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