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David French: Incompetence Even More than Malice May Undermine Trump Presidency
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MSNBC

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Morning Joe

Name: Morning Joe
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/
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Mika Brzezinski
, David French

Name: Mika Brzezinski
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Host, author

Name: David French
Employment: The New York Times
Position: Columnist
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03/13/2025 06:55 am
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BRZEZINSKI David French there ░░░░░░░░ a concern these tariffs ░░░░░░░░ basically going to tank ░░░░░░░░ economy and it seems ░░░░░░░░ everybody is sounding the ░░░░░░░░ now A lot of ░░░░░░░░ in the business community ░░░░░░░░ m not sure where ░░░░░░░░ heads were because Donald ░░░░░░░░ has been talking about ░░░░░░░░ for decades Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ these tariffs he talked ░░░░░░░░ them long before he ░░░░░░░░ president again and I ░░░░░░░░ point to business leaders ░░░░░░░░ voted for him who ░░░░░░░░ eh he won t ░░░░░░░░ it But I just ░░░░░░░░ where that mindset comes ░░░░░░░░ in this political world ░░░░░░░░ we are living in ░░░░░░░░ Well you know I ░░░░░░░░ that mindset comes from ░░░░░░░░ had very selective memory ░░░░░░░░ were looking back at ░░░░░░░░ s first term and ░░░░░░░░ thinking about 2017 2018 ░░░░░░░░ the administration was staffed ░░░░░░░░ an awful lot of ░░░░░░░░ establishment figures who did ░░░░░░░░ establishment things It s ░░░░░░░░ like they took 2020 ░░░░░░░░ just erased it from ░░░░░░░░ minds 2020 which really ░░░░░░░░ show us Trump s ░░░░░░░░ nature and Trump s ░░░░░░░░ character It was if ░░░░░░░░ thought well the first ░░░░░░░░ years of his first ░░░░░░░░ that s what Trumpism ░░░░░░░░ is No no no ░░░░░░░░ 2020 we knew what ░░░░░░░░ was and the point ░░░░░░░░ Bret makes about competence ░░░░░░░░ so important One of ░░░░░░░░ things that you re ░░░░░░░░ is Trump is supplementing ░░░░░░░░ malice with his incompetence ░░░░░░░░ his team is supplementing ░░░░░░░░ malice with their incompetence ░░░░░░░░ I agree with Bret ░░░░░░░░ that incompetence may well ░░░░░░░░ the thing even more ░░░░░░░░ malice that undermines this ░░░░░░░░ because it is very ░░░░░░░░ very hard to avoid ░░░░░░░░ effects of incompetence.”
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