Trump Backs Sununu for Senate, Conflicting Tariff Talk, Signal Leak Explained
3 Martini Lunch
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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
First, they break down President Trump’s full support for former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu for U.S. Senate in 2026. Trump also revealed that he and Sununu had spoken about the race in the Oval Office. It’s a notable shift in their relationship, which has previously been tense. They also examine the likely Democratic opponent and key dynamics that could shape the race.
Next, Jim analyzes the weekend talk show appearances by several Trump administration officials attempting to explain the new tariffs. He demonstrates how Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, NEC Director Kevin Hassett, trade adviser Peter Navarro, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered conflicting statements about the tariffs’ purpose, duration, and expected economic impact.
Finally, they react to the apparent explanation for how Jeffrey Goldberg gained access to a White House Signal chat about military strikes in Yemen. They dig into the details and why this explanation makes more sense, but Jim still warns that private messaging apps like Signal are not secure enough for these discussions.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.2 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.1 | So glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 0:16.9 | A lot to talk about again today. |
| 0:18.8 | Good, bad, and crazy martinis. |
| 0:21.1 | We'll get to what we think is the resolution of the whole signal fiasco and the announcement of the attacks on the Houthis inside the national security team. |
| 0:31.1 | We'll also be talking about, obviously, the tariff situation, the market's still not happy this morning. |
| 0:37.4 | But we're going to be talking a lot about what we heard from the Trump team on the Sunday morning shows. |
| 0:41.2 | But we start with a look towards the 2026 midterm campaign. |
| 0:45.8 | And we know from talking about it earlier in the year that there's a number of open Democratic seats. |
| 0:51.5 | And one of them is in the state of New Hampshire, where Gene |
| 0:55.4 | Shaheen is retiring after three terms. She defeated Senator John Sununu for that seat in 2008. |
| 1:03.8 | And now that she is leaving, the president of the United States is hoping that former |
| 1:08.5 | Governor Chris Sununu, the brother of John, will in fact |
| 1:12.2 | decide to run for Senate and he says that Chris Sununu has his full endorsement, which is |
| 1:17.1 | interesting because these two have not been the best of buddies over the years, but I think |
| 1:20.5 | Trump can read a political situation up there where Chris Sanunu is most likely the best |
| 1:26.2 | Republican option. Hats off to the Washington |
| 1:29.3 | Free Beacon for bringing this up with Trump on Air Force One. And I think the new policy on who |
| 1:34.8 | gets to go on Air Force One is probably responsible for this as well. President Donald Trump |
| 1:38.9 | issued a forceful endorsement of former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, who has been |
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