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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's threats

Season 2026 Episode 16 | 9m 48s

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act against protests in Minnesota, Trump's meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and his continued threats to take over Greenland.

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