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Noem Out at DHS; Bondi Subpoenaed Over Epstein Files; Gas Prices Rise Due to Iran War: A Closer Look

NBC · 1,415,323 views · Added 1 month ago

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-The Trump administration keeps changing their story on

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why we're at war with Iran,

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and it's not helping that his cabinet is in turmoil,

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with his Homeland Security secretary out

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and his Attorney General subpoenaed.

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For more on this, it's time for "A Closer Look."

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If you are a hardcore MAGA voter who supported Donald Trump,

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first of all, thank you for watching our show.

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I'm -- I'm sorry

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it's the only thing currently on in the E.R. waiting room.

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And I'm also sorry that your tattoo got so infected.

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Second, if you voted for Trump, I can think of four main issues

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you probably cared about -- bringing down prices,

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ending foreign wars, deporting violent criminals,

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and releasing the Epstein files.

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And Trump has struck out on all four so far.

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For example, less than 14% of the people detained by ICE

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have violent convictions,

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and support for abolishing ICE is at record highs.

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In fact, Trump's deportation plan has gone so badly

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and been so unpopular that, today,

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he fired the person in charge.

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-Breaking news into CNN.

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Kristi Noem is out as the secretary

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of the Department of Homeland Security.

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-President Trump has announced that he has fired

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the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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-What? Kristi Noem is out?

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But where is she going to get the money

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for all her wonderful costumes?

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We were only months away from her showing up

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as both leads from "Wicked."

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So Noem is out,

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and Trump announced he'll be replacing her

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as Homeland Security secretary with someone

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I have to assume is even more qualified?

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Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin,

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who's been on an absolute tear during the Iran War.

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He's been crushing it on cable news.

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Just listen to this very cogent interview he gave last week

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where he explained that Iran was rebuilding the nuclear program

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Trump said he had obliterated.

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-They said they were done trying to build a nuclear weapon,

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yet they're obviously trying to rebuild it.

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We're not going to let that happen.

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-But if we obliterated it,

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"we" being the United States last summer,

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then why are you worried about it right now?

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-Because they're rebuilding it

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and you can see them rebuilding it.

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-But it was obliterated. -They're not enriching --

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But it doesn't mean you can't rebuild.

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I mean, people have car accidents

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and obliterate their bones in their legs,

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and, yet, they can still put -- You know,

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they can still put metal back in them and walk again.

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[ Laughter ]

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