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MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 04-02-2025-234237

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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4.412.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

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0:00.0

So are you tired of all the winning yet? Are you enjoying all of the greatness?

0:06.8

May I introduce you to Takalau? Talkilau is three teeny tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

0:15.1

That's our best approximation on our mapping software here at MSNBC HQ. Takula, again, about three, it's three islands.

0:23.6

It's in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

0:26.6

About 1,500 people live there.

0:28.6

One of the three islands that makes up Takulao is apparently known for its famous swimming pigs.

0:36.6

As for its famous swimming pigs.

0:38.3

As for its economy, Takula kind of doesn't register on any international scale of economic

0:46.3

measures because Takula doesn't really have much of an economy. It's basically subsistence,

0:51.3

agriculture, and fishing and, you know, enjoying the swimming pigs.

0:58.0

Donald Trump just imposed an across the board, no exceptions, 10% tariff on Takilao.

1:05.3

Take that, Takalau bandits. You will screw over the United States of America no longer.

1:13.5

May I also introduce you to the Keeling Islands.

1:16.4

Keeling Islands are roughly halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.

1:25.0

Keeling Islands is 27 islands, but 25 of them are uninhabited.

1:30.3

Several of those uninhabited islands have a real plastic trash problem, but that is not because anybody lives there,

1:36.3

but because plastic trash from other countries makes its way across the Indian Ocean and washes up there.

1:42.3

The two islands of the Keeling Islands

1:45.4

that are inhabited out of the 27 islands there, those two inhabited islands have a total population

1:51.4

of 593 people. Well, Donald Trump just declared trade war on the Keeling Islands.

1:58.8

All 593 Keeling Islanders will now be hit with an American government

2:04.9

10% tariff that will apply to, you know, anything they might ever want to export here to us.

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