Thursday Afternoon Breaking Updates with Ben 8/20/26
Ben Meiselas delivers a scathing critique of the Trump administration's economic and foreign policy failures, highlighting Treasury Secretary Scott Besson's failed $4 billion bond buyback scheme, soaring gas and diesel prices, and the administration's detachment from public suffering. He co
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