Trump’s Latest Interview Should Freak You Out

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The Bulwark

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In his Meet the Press interview, Trump claimed credit for lowering the trade deficit with China through massive tariffs, downplayed rising costs by saying kids don’t need 30 dolls, and shrugged off due process concerns as nothing new. He hinted he’s not seriously pursuing a third term but made clear he no longer cares about public opinion. On foreign policy, he bizarrely refused to rule out military force to take Greenland, criticized Canada’s defense spending, and gave murky, evasive answers about Russia and Ukraine—blaming Biden for the war and refusing to name which side is less cooperative. As usual, he took credit for anything good and blamed Biden for everything else.

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0:22.8	I'm joined by Tim Miller.
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0:21.3	It's I'm managing editor at the Bullock.
0:22.8	I'm joined by Tim Miller.
0:24.5	We're going to dissect the Trump meet the press interview from this morning.
0:28.7	I like how I don't have a title.
0:30.1	Everybody else gets like, Sam, managing editor.
0:32.7	I'm just, it's kind of like, I'm like Beyonce.
0:35.5	I'm like the Beyonce of the bulwark.
0:54.4	You know, we don't need any description. If you were the Beyonce, we just, we go, this is Tim. Yeah, that's a good point. Tim Miller. Okay, anyway. I'll give you a title when I, when I have the right words for the proper title. That's just so elated, you know. All right. Meet the press. Trump loves the show.
0:58.4	I mean, I know he shuts on TV and networks all the time.
1:01.9	He just can't get enough of this stuff because it feels like this is like third or fourth.
1:04.6	Meet the press interview since the election.
1:06.8	But we'll put that aside.
1:07.9	He had a lot to say.
1:09.5	We're going to play four clips in total.
1:16.5	My big picture takeaway is that in a way, and I know this sounds crazy,
1:19.8	but in a way, I feel like I'm getting a little callous to Trump because he said a lot of, like very off-the-wall stuff.
1:24.2	And I read the transcript.
1:25.5	I was like, well, is it that crazy that he's questioning the Constitution? Like, that he has to uphold this off? That seems like normal. Is it that crazy that he's like saying he might invade this country? So I'm worried about that. I'm actually worried about that. I'm too calloused at this point. I'm worried about that for you too. Um, my it's, but it is. It's like, there's like a dog bites man element to it's like he's always doing the
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