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The Beat with Ari Melber

Trump Tells NBC News He Won't Rule Out Seeking a Third Term

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, March 31, and reports on stock market lows under the Trump administration, Trump’s comments about the possibility of seeking a third term and the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Plus, Lawrence Wright and Bill de Blasio join for the latest Fallback installment. Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford also joins. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

I want to thank everyone for starting your week out with the beat tonight.

0:04.0

As mentioned, it was good to take a break.

0:06.2

It is great to be back with you and our team here.

0:09.4

Tonight, we're actually eyeing this key set of special elections tomorrow.

0:12.6

You may have heard about that, including the judicial race, which has Mr. Elon Musk dropping

0:17.7

into Battleground, Wisconsin, cheesehead and all.

0:23.1

And then very quickly kicking up a scandal by literally paying off voters. Well, tonight we're actually going to go live to Wisconsin

0:30.0

in a few minutes. We'll be joined by the Democratic judge who is in Musk's crosshairs on that very

0:35.1

cheesehead trip. This is an election eve interview that I can tell you won't see anywhere else.

0:40.1

So that's coming up.

0:41.7

Now, Musk is there not for his ideas, not for his relationships, certainly not for his

0:46.9

governing expertise.

0:48.4

He's there because he's very rich.

0:50.1

It's actually the richest person in the world.

0:52.1

And he and the Republicans are spending a fortune out of apparent fear that they would lose without all that extra out-of-state month.

1:00.4

And that is also part of our lead tonight because our lead story is that Trump's agenda is drawing revolts even in conservative areas from the tariffs and the economic volatility, which people don't like,

1:15.3

to how he's slashing federal programs that could affect seniors, can affect Social Security,

1:20.7

to the very real concerns over a story last week. I was just talking Nicole about coming back.

1:26.7

I came back and caught up on the news and heard about the undeniable governing incompetence, which is far from popular.

1:29.5

So, they're spending a lot in Wisconsin and elsewhere to try to stave off something very real.

1:35.6

Absolute eruptions, which we saw on display at just this weekend's Republican town halls.

1:43.0

I want you to name on your immediate designation of Heath Huxford.

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