‘Is President Trump a Socialist?’ Questions MSNBC Host Katy Tur

MSNBC host Katy Tur questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trump was “a socialist,” citing the president’s recent economic policies.

“Here’s a question. Is President Trump a socialist?” questioned the MSNBC host on Katy Tur Reports:

So far, in his second term, he has approved a U.S. chip sale to China in exchange for 15% of profits; signed off on the sale of U.S. steel in return for a government golden share; strong-armed law firms into providing free services to his administration; told companies like Walmart to eat the costs of tariffs; secured a 10% government stake in Intel just the other day; and now, today, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Pentagon is weighing equity stakes in defense contractors. As my guest writes, “This is the nightmare right-wing politicians have been warning about for a century. The era of small government is over.”

Introducing The Atlantic staff writer David Graham to the show, Tur continued, “It would not have been predictable in years past to say that the era of expanded, big government getting involved in private business, getting involved in every aspect financially of daily life would’ve come from somebody with an ‘R’ in front of their name.”

“That’s right. I’m not sure it even would have been predictable last year,” replied Graham. “We’ve spent the last 15 to 20 years with prominent Republicans and conservatives warning that Barack Obama was a socialist. Donald Trump said that Kamala Harris was a communist. They’ve argued against state intrusion into things and what we see now is the most intrusive federal government since Franklin Roosevelt, probably.”

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