‘Walking hypocrite’: Claire McCaskill calls out Trump for mocking affordability as he gilds the WH

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Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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‘Walking hypocrite’: Claire McCaskill calls out Trump for mocking affordability as he gilds the WH

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0:00.0	Quick story here before we get you over to morning, Joe.
0:06.0	Hundreds of thousands of children in Australia have lost access to social media today as a law banning accounts for users under the age of 16 takes effect.
0:14.0	The ban which passed last year with broad bipartisan support requires platforms to identify and remove accounts for underage users or face fines up to the
0:22.0	equivalent of over 32 million U.S. dollars. Australia's prime minister ironically took to social
0:27.8	media to mark the occasion with a screenshot of the new updated terms policy pop up appearing on
0:33.4	TikTok and a caption saying in part, quote, for kids, it means a safer start online for
0:38.4	parents.
0:38.8	It's one less thing to worry about.
0:40.3	We're proud Australia is the first country in the world to make it happen.
0:44.0	And that was way too early for this Wednesday morning.
0:46.8	Morning Joe starts right now.
0:50.0	I do want to talk about the economy, sir, here at home.
0:53.0	And I wonder what grade you would give.
0:55.6	A plus.
0:56.7	A plus, plus, plus, plus, plus, plus.
1:00.8	A plus, plus.
1:02.0	A plus. Okay.
1:02.2	Plus plus.
1:03.1	Well, that's one person who thinks the economy is going great.
1:07.0	President Trump giving himself high marks for the state of the economy, despite affordability
1:12.4	concerns from millions of Americans who are struggling. We'll tell you what little the president
1:18.4	said about the issue last night in his first rally in over five months. Plus, a Republican
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