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Jen Psaki

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

So there's a lot to talk with the governor of Illinois about tonight.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

And with a big decision like this reversing one of Trump's most catastrophic economic policies and with Trump threatening to try and revive the policy in almost any way he can, I think a lot of people are wondering what this all means for the economy, from how much things cost to whether they will actually ever see a dime back of the cost of these tariffs.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

And the one person I can know who can answer all of these questions and knows all the levers is Senator and Professor Elizabeth Warren, who's also going to join me here later to explain what happens next.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

So we've got a lot to get to tonight, but I just want to start with this.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

Every president has specific things they like to focus on.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

And I worked for two, I know this, certain issues or beliefs or campaign slogans that they will go back to over and over again.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

But there's only one president that I know who has taken such a liking to one particular word, a single noun from the English language, which he seems to prize above all else.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

My favorite word is tariff.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

It's like he's grunting it out.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

It's his favorite word.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

That's clear.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

Nobody loves tariffs, it seems, more than Donald Trump loves tariffs.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

It's why, against all reason, Trump blanketed the world with steep tariffs, arbitrarily and chaotically driving up prices for millions of American consumers.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

And it's why today, when an aide walked into a meeting between Trump and a bunch of governors and handed him a note saying that the Supreme Court had struck down the vast majority of his tariffs, Trump

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

went ballistic.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

I mean, immediately after that meeting, Trump held a hastily assembled press conference to mourn his precious tariffs.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

I mean, again, it's like the lighting in there is a funeral of sorts.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

I've never seen it lit like that.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

Over the course of 45 minutes, the American people got to watch him experience basically all five stages of grief live on television.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's corruption at taxpayers' expense

I mean, there was stage one, denial.