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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

And now that Trump has issued yet another round of tariffs, where do things go from here?

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

Luckily, I have just the person to ask.

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

Senator Elizabeth Warren joins me next.

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

OK, joining me now is someone I have been waiting to talk to all day, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

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

Senator Warren, I think our viewers and I include myself as one of these people are probably dying to know what you think about this ruling from the Supreme Court today.

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

So let me just start by getting your top line thoughts on what we saw this morning.

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

There's no question about that.

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

It's a never-ending theme, it seems.

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

Let me ask you about that, because to your point, he seems hell-bent on moving forward with tariffs even after the Supreme Court ruling.

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

He has been talking about it for decades now, not based on economic policy.

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

But to your point, he put in placeβ€”he signed an executive order this evening, earlier this evening, with a 10 percent global tariff.

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

Give us a senseβ€”you know all the levers of the law and of legality and Congress.

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

What is heβ€”how is he trying to get around the Supreme Court here?

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

That's one of the ways.

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

But what is he going to be allowed to do, and what isn't he going to be, in terms of what you've seen so far?

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

So let's talk about that because you're always direct and you've sort of said this is going to be hard to see this happen because we've already seen corporations hire lawyers.

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

We saw this back in December, even before this ruling, to sue the administration over this, over the money they had paid for tariffs.

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

Walk us through what could happen.

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

Is there any way to stop this from happening?

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

And is there any way, in your view, for the American people to get any of their money back from what this has cost them?