Mark Joyella

1 week ago | forbes.com | Mark Joyella

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi isn’t buying Donald Trump’s suggestion that hitting nearly every country on Earth with tariffs—even those occupied only by penguins—will supercharge the American economy. “I’ll eat my hat if this nonsense results in an economic boost,” he told me. “Despite what Donald Trump keeps saying, tariffs aren’t paid by other countries. They’re paid by us—the consumers,” Velshi told me. “Now, sure, it doesn’t hit your wallet right at the border.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Mark Joyella

In just 100 days, President Donald Trump and his Department of Governmental Efficiency chief Elon Musk have dramatically altered the structure of the federal government, with at least 121,000 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs, according to a CNN estimate that does not include the huge number of employees who took voluntary buyouts or were placed on administrative leave.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Mark Joyella

On a day when most of the cable and broadcast news media focused on what Donald Trump has done in his first 100 days in office--and Trump himself celebrated his record at a rally--MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow looked forward Tuesday night, predicting that Trump and his team would “try to change the political trajectory” that they’re on--one Maddow described as increasingly anti-Trump. “I think, 100 days in, that Donald Trump is losing,” Maddow said.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Mark Joyella

For Fox News White House correspondents Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich, the second inauguration of Donald Trump feels like yesterday and a long, long time ago. “It feels like that was years ago,” Doocy told me, reflecting on the dizzying pace of news from the new administration. “I stopped counting days. I count hours of sleep that I can manage,” Heinrich told me, predicting that the next 100 days won’t be much different from the first.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Mark Joyella

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed a damaging opinion piece published in Politico Sunday about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying “they are lying about the Secretary of Defense” and suggesting that Hegseth has become a target inside the department. “This is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and against the monumental change that you are trying to implement," she said.