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Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas

Trump MELTS DOWN on LIVE TV as Host CALLS HIM OUT

Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas

MeidasTouch Network

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Michael Cohen reacts to Trump’s appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning, where the hosts pushed back on him as he spewed lies about tariffs, job numbers, and poll numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And welcome back to the Michael Cohen Show on our continued journey to half a million subscribers.

0:04.8

We're literally 249 subscribers away from 400,000.

0:10.2

So let's at least get there.

0:11.6

So hit subscribe, watch, comment, and please share with family and friends because the insanity,

0:17.2

I'll tell you it every single day. It's not stopping.

0:19.8

Just this morning, Trump joined CNBC squabox.

0:23.9

Unsurprisingly, some ludicrous things were said. I mean, when I say ludicrous, just wait.

0:30.8

Trump spoke about the tariff deals, specifically pharmaceuticals. He explained that he would be putting a small tariff on drugs initially,

0:42.2

but that he would be raising the price. What? Drug prices are already too high. Listen, how many

0:49.6

times have you heard me say, I suffer from migraines. One of the medications that I take, if you are not covered by

0:55.7

insurance, it's a hundred dollars a pill. Imagine a hundred dollars a pill if you're not covered by

1:03.0

insurance. Putting tariffs on drugs, just going to mean that even more Americans will no longer be

1:10.1

able to afford their all righty.

1:12.5

I mean literally they're already over expensive medications.

1:16.6

Play the clip.

1:18.6

Chips and semiconductors, but on pharmaceuticals, we'll be putting a initially small tariff on pharmaceuticals,

1:25.6

but in one year, one and a half years maximum,

1:29.2

it's going to go to 150 percent, and then it's going to go to 250 percent because we want

1:36.0

pharmaceuticals made in our country.

1:38.3

And that's not the chipsack like Biden did because he didn't know what he was doing,

1:41.6

where they gave billions of dollars to companies that had more money than they knew what to do with.

1:46.0

President Trump, can I ask you about...

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