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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Trump on the world stage: 'We are no longer the good guys'

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Msnbc, Versant, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On tonight’s Nightcap: The President upends cooperation with our most important global allies. Then, how affordability and immigration may work against Trump in the next election. Plus, TikTok finalizes a deal to create a new American entity that includes several big firms with ties to Trump. Steve Liesman, Molly Jong-Fast, Eddie Glaude, and Paul Rieckhoff join The 11th Hour this Friday night.

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0:00.0

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl. Take a deep breath, sit back, pour yourself a drink,

0:09.9

because it is time for the nightcap. And after this week, it is now abundantly clear we are in year

0:16.6

two of the second Trump administration. The president is upending decades of cooperation with our

0:22.4

most important allies around the world. While here at home, he pushes for more deportations,

0:27.7

files lawsuits, and threatens to retaliate against his perceived enemies. Just this week, he threatened to

0:33.3

seize Greenland and tariff Europe. He questioned the value of NATO, sued JPMorgan for $5 billion,

0:40.4

threatened the independence of the Federal Reserve,

0:42.8

and sent ICE to yet another state. Maine.

0:45.9

He even called for Jack Smith to be prosecuted.

0:48.7

A lot has changed in year one, and even more has changed in this past week.

0:53.1

So let's bring in our nightcap because it's a great one.

0:55.2

Steve Leasman joins us, CNBC, senior economics reporter. MS Now political analyst, Molly John Fash,

1:00.7

she's a contributing writer for The New York Times and host of the Fast Politics podcast,

1:05.3

which I will be joining next week. Eddie Glaude, Princeton professor and MS Now contributor and

1:09.4

Paul Reikoff, founder and CEO of

1:11.8

Independent Veterans of America, and he's host of the Independent Americans podcast. Paul, I'm going to

1:16.7

turn to you first. After the president's speech in Davos, what did that reveal to the world?

1:25.9

That we are no longer the good guys.

1:28.4

Wow.

1:29.9

Trump is now terrorizing most of the world, and he's pissing off just about every ally

1:35.9

that shed blood with us, that's had wounded troops alongside us, and he's managed to tick

1:41.0

off even our most trusted allies.

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