Way Too Early 1/8/24

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

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4.5 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Trump goes off the rails in Iowa speeches

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0:00.0	What he asked me, is President Xi of China?
0:03.0	Now it controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly.
0:08.0	No games, right?
0:10.0	They said, is President Xi of China a brilliant man?
0:14.0	I said, yes, he is.
0:15.0	He's a brilliant man.
0:17.0	Next day in the bank, Trump said President Xi is brilliant.
0:20.0	I said, yeah, I did.
0:21.8	They want me to say, no, he's not a very smart guy.
0:24.0	You know, it just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist.
0:28.1	It's crazy.
0:30.5	That's Donald Trump's latest praise of a dictator.
0:34.8	Trump spent the weekend in Iowa giving a series of outrageous speeches where he
0:39.2	made fun of an American war hero, downplayed the January 6th insurrection, and demanded the release
0:46.2	of his supporters who attacked the Capitol. Meanwhile, in Washington, Senate and House leaders
0:51.7	have a deal on a spending bill, but it essentially has the
0:56.8	same terms of an agreement that led to the removal of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy,
1:02.2	fueling speculation on whether Congress, now that the top lines in place, will be able to
1:07.8	avert a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks. Plus, we'll bring
1:13.2	you the latest from the Middle East ahead of another visit to Israel by U.S. Secretary of State,
1:18.8	Anthony Blinken.
1:34.9	Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Monday, January 8th.
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