The Rachel Maddow Show
The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster
Rachel Maddow looks at ways to understand the scope of the damage Donald Trump has done to the entire world economy, and reminds viewers where the tariff idea came from that has turned Donald Trump into a one-man global disaster.
5 apr. 2025 - 47 min 05 s
Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: economist
Betsey Stevenson, former chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor, discusses the likely consequences for average American consumers of Donald Trumps ill-considered tariffs, and explains why, even in Trump's best case scenario, his tariff gambit is not worth the pain he is imposing on the U.S. economy.
4 apr. 2025 - 46 min
Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life; U.S. may never fully recover from Trump's cuts
Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner and chief science officer of the White House Covid-19 Task Force, talks with Rachel Maddow about the devastating effects of Donald Trump's cuts to HHS, not only in dismantling important services, but compromising U.S. medical and scientific leadership to a degree that may not be recoverable for decades.
3 apr. 2025 - 47 min 34 s
Exclusive: Exclusive: Senator Cory Booker reflects on his historic, record-setting speech
Senator Cory Booker talks with Rachel Maddow about holding the Senate floor for a record-breaking 25 hours and 4 minutes to raise attention to the perils of Donald Trump's agenda and inspire American activism against that agenda as many of his constituents have taken to regular public protests on their own.
2 apr. 2025 - 50 min 58 s
Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule
Rachel Maddow looks at a string of bizarre headlines about Donald Trump's secretary of defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose insistence on surrounding himself with close family while acting in his official capacity speaks poorly of his professionalism.
1 apr. 2025 - 46 min 58 s
'This is shameful': Trump sows animosity and mistrust abroad, degrading Americans in the process
Rufus Gifford, former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, talks with Rachel Maddow about the animosity and mistrust Donald Trump is sowing among even allied nations, and the shock of betrayal people around the world are feeling about Americans they'd previously held in high regard but who they do not see pushing back against Trump and standing up for long-term international friendships.
29 mars 2025 - 47 min 50 s
Allies wary of Trump admin's incompetence after scandal over military plan group chat
Not only has the scandal over Trump officials discussing military plans in a group chat on an insecure commercial platform made the Trump administration look like fools to Americans paying attention, but overseas allies are drawing conclusions about the risk of sharing intelligence with America when its top officials are so careless with sensitive data. Alexander Ward, national security reporter for the Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about his reporting that it was actually an Israeli intelligence asset that was exposed by the sloppiness of the Trump officials' group chat.
28 mars 2025 - 46 min 53 s
'Two perfect months?!': Trump's rationalization of insecure group chat scandal backfires
Donald Trump says the scandal over his top officials discussing secret military plans in an unsecured group chat is just a "glitch" in an otherwise perfect first two months in office. Rachel Maddow looks back to help Trump jog his memory and realize that "perfect" is probably not the best word for what has happened so far in Trump's second term.
27 mars 2025 - 47 min 16 s
War plans group chat scandal fits pattern of Trump's embarrassing weakness on information security
Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump's ridiculously poor track record of mishandling sensitive information, with the scandal of several of his top officials thoughtlessly discussing military plans in an insecure group text raising questions of criminality on top of the widespread outrage over the sheer sloppiness of their actions.
26 mars 2025 - 48 min 21 s
'Holy crap on steroids!': Top Trump officials exposed in shocking, sloppy military security blunder
Top officials in the Trump administration discussed a military operation in a group chat on a commercially available messaging platform with a random member of the media added to the chat without anyone bothering to look at who else was in the chat. Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, shares his reaction to the news with Rachel Maddow.
25 mars 2025 - 46 min 54 s