Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life; U.S. may never fully recover from Trump's cuts

The Rachel Maddow Show

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	So are you tired of all the winning yet? Are you enjoying all of the greatness?
0:06.9	May I introduce you to Takalau?
0:09.6	Takila is three teeny tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
0:15.0	That's our best approximation on our mapping software here at MSNBCHQ.
0:21.7	Takula, again, about three, it's three islands.
0:24.5	It's in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
0:26.8	About 1,500 people live there.
0:29.3	One of the three islands that makes up Takulao is apparently known for its famous swimming
0:35.4	pigs.
0:38.0	As for its economy,
0:39.9	Takula kind of doesn't register
0:41.9	on any international scale
0:44.2	of economic measures.
0:46.8	Because Takula doesn't really have
0:48.5	much of an economy. It's basically
0:50.0	subsistence, agriculture, and fishing.
0:53.9	And, you know, enjoying the swimming pigs.
0:57.9	Donald Trump just imposed an across-the-board, no exceptions, 10% tariff on Takalau.
1:05.3	Take that, Takilau bandits.
1:08.7	You will screw over the United States of America no longer.
1:13.3	May I also introduce you to the Keeling Islands. Killing Islands are roughly halfway
1:18.4	between Australia and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. Keeling Islands is 27 islands, but 25 of them are uninhabited.
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