Press Pool Shake-Up, The Political Price for Trump's Tariffs, Tapper's Biden Book Hypocrisy

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney and National Review Contributing Editor Andy McCarthy joins Greg on today’s 3 Martini Lunch in place of Jim. They discuss the White House taking control over press pool selections, Trump’s tariffs jeopardizing a major political and economic opportunity with Canada, and CNN’s Jake Tapper writing a book about the cover-up of Joe Biden’s decline—after helping cover it up himself.

First, Andy and Greg analyze the White House’s new policy on press pool access for the Oval Office and Air Force One. While Andy thinks the White House wording on the policy shift is over the top, he says the the Trump press team has largely made a point of adding new voices rather than silencing others.

Next, they critique Trump’s plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting in March. Beyond the likelihood of higher prices for Americans, they highlight how these tensions have weakened Canada's conservative party, which once seemed poised for a massive victory but is now struggling. While Trump shouldn’t prioritize Canadian politics, a conservative government there would align far better with his policies than Justin Trudeau’s far-left successor.

Finally, they call out the stunning hypocrisy of CNN’s Jake Tapper. After downplaying and denying Biden’s cognitive decline for years, Tapper is now co-authoring a book exposing Biden’s decline and the efforts to conceal it. Andy and Greg document how Biden's decline was blatantly obvious for anyone honestly paying attention.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch. Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up. Hey, really glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:17.0	Jim Garrity, of course, is away. He is in Ukraine. Keep reading the Morning Jolt.
0:21.5	Here in his place once again, we're very glad to have Andy McCarthy, former Chief Assistant
0:25.3	U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He is a contributing editor at National
0:30.4	Review Online and a Fox News contributor. He's also the author of Ball of Collusion, along with
0:35.0	several other excellent books. Andy, always good to have you
0:38.2	with us again. Thanks for your time. Greg, it's my pleasure. I'm just really wondering what's
0:42.3	Jim Skim on the Mineral Deal? I knew there was a reason he was over there. Now I understand
0:49.5	it all better. But yesterday, if you were with us, you know, we talked a lot about Elon Musk's email
0:57.5	and the legal ramifications of that. There's a couple more twists and turns that Andy has written
1:02.3	about. We won't go into a lot of detail about that today, but Andy, I know there's now officially
1:07.9	a name who's in charge of the U.S. Digital Service, which is the entity over
1:11.6	the Department of Government Efficiency. Her name is Amy Gleason, and as you write, it doesn't necessarily
1:18.6	make everything nice and neat, but it gets a little bit closer to the goal.
1:23.8	Yeah, it really indicates that no one is in charge of Doge, which of course, Musk is in charge of Doge. We all know that. But it's like they're trying to not have that as a paper reality. We did, as you say, Greg, covered it a lot yesterday. I'll just say this about it. Any judge, no matter whether friendly to the Trump administration,
1:46.6	unfriendly or completely agnostic, would have to look at this and say, why are they doing this?
1:53.4	And given what the legal stakes are, the sensible response to that is they know they have an
2:00.0	appointments clause problem. You know, you would think if
2:03.3	you're the judge, what they're worried about is that Musk is wielding such power that he should
2:13.2	have been nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, and they know that that's a problem.
2:19.1	So what they're trying to do is minimize his role. But at the same time, the president
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