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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 4/4/25

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s tariffs drive historic stock market drop

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0:00.0

A lot of people were upset today about how their 401 case were doing.

0:04.7

Do you have investments?

0:06.0

I think our markets are going to boom.

0:08.5

We've got to give it a little chance.

0:10.1

We're taking in jobs and we're taking in industry.

0:13.2

We're taking in trillions of dollars.

0:15.8

I think our markets are going to move.

0:18.5

We've got to give it a little bit of time.

0:22.6

Give it a little bit of time. That was President Trump yesterday on Air Force One, asking for some patience after his tariffs sparked historic losses yesterday on Wall Street.

0:29.6

The question is, if the stock market keeps dropping this way, will the President actually ease up on his trade wars?

0:35.6

Unclear.

0:36.6

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, some Republicans showed rare disagreement with the president,

0:41.3

criticizing the tariff policy, though not the president himself.

0:45.3

The question is, did they even have enough influence to try to start to change his mind?

0:50.3

Also ahead, we'll dig into new reporting on Elon Musk as a possible liability for Republicans who face re-election in next year's midterms.

0:58.0

The question is, can the GOP distance itself from the billionaire's unpopular Doge cuts?

1:03.1

It's way too early for this.

1:20.6

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that put in a bid for TikTok, but apparently came in a few billion dollars short.

1:25.7

It happens. I'm Allie Vitale on this Friday, April 4th, and we'll start with the news.

1:30.8

Stock futures are in the red again this morning after the worst day for Wall Street since March of 2020, when the pandemic essentially shut down the U.S. economy.

1:35.7

President Trump's sweeping tariffs sparked a massive sell-off, with stocks losing more than

1:40.4

$3 trillion, yes, with a T, trillion dollars in market value. In response, analysts with

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