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MS NOW’s Morning Joe: Trump’s Budget Puts Defense First—and the American People Last

On MS NOW’s Morning Joe, Steve Rattner unpacks Trump’s deep cuts to domestic programs and his historically large war budget.

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MS NOW’s Morning Joe: Trump Prolongs Oil Crisis

On MS NOW’s Morning Joe, Steve Rattner breaks down how Trump’s failure to end the War and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is behind skyrocketing prices at the pump.

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MS NOW’s Morning Joe: Trump Accedes to Markets Weary of His War

 On Saturday night, President Donald Trump threatened to intensify his bombing of Iran. Early Monday morning, he reversed course and announced that he was having “very good and productive conversations” with Iran and would postpone until Friday his threats to attack Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. While course reversals by Trump are hardly […]

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MS NOW’s Morning Joe: Trump’s War Rattles Markets

While the risks from President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran have rightly focused on the strategic and human risks, another important concern is the potential impact of the war on the world’s energy supplies, principally petroleum. We’ve known for decades that a war involving Iran could result in the closure of the Strait of […]

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MS NOW’s Morning Joe: Trump’s SOTU Fact-Check

 As has become his norm, President Donald Trump laced his record-long State of the Union address with numerous falsehoods, exaggerations and distortions. It’s extraordinary that his speechwriters cannot manage to rein in at least some of his remarkable statements – like his claim that $18 trillion of new investments were secured in the first […]

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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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