Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, Ed Luce is with us. Well get to the Lead Story in one moment, which are opening statements in donald trumps
Theyre donald trumps friends. On the defense side, youll probably hear a version of, try to keep an open mind. The evidence is not all in. We dont have the burden. Just sort of the standard fair, but youre not going to see anything as flashy, anything as dramatic, as exciting as were going to see during closing arguments. This is only going to be a preview, and it will not take the entire day at all. Interesting. You know, as danny said, in mob cases, there are jurors that will tell the judge theyre afraid for their safety and want to get off. He said this isnt exactly like that, but, really, it is in many cases, in that a lot of the jurors are fearful of repercussions if theyre in on a jury thats impaneled that rules against donald trump. I mean, because they want their names the judge trying to keep the names from getting out there, but, over time, this is
Theres connections to cancer. If you look at the american household, every single day, plastic is used. Plastic is thrown away. How do we root this out of, ill start with the united states of america, in terms of our lifestyle . Well, there are lots of things that individuals can do, but it also takes leadership. So as an individual, youre out there in your kitchen. You probably just threw something plastic in your trash can. Think about all the ways that you can cut your own plastic use. Reusable water bottles. Or go to the grocery store. Instead of buying a big jug of deterrent in plastic, look for the little containers of sheets of detergent that you can throw in the washing machine. Incredibly easy to use and efficient and effective. There are substitutes. On top of that, we need leadership. At the state, local, and national levels. President biden and Vice President harris have been at
This is a guy, jon meacham, that has spent his entire life creating this warped reality. That goes wherever his mind wants it to go. Keeping people around him that allows him to avoid reality. Keeping people around him that does exactly what he wants to do. He was so proud of having a button on his White House desk. He goes, press the button, and somebody brings in diet coke. He loves the complete control and command, and he has his entire life. Now, hes sitting down six, seven, eight hours a day, and at 78 years old. 78 years old, judge telling him what to do, being mocked, getting angry about that. Yeah, this is quite new territory. New territory for donald
The next, say, six months in terms of the aid getting there, what this looks like on the groundin, as putin himself confronts what zelenskyy is able to throw against him . Jon, zelenskyy and the chief of the ukrainian Military Intelligence both said to me that they expect significant russian offensives this summer, starting maybe in june, perhaps earlier, to try to consolidate their control in the areas in the east, in particular, donetsk and luhansk, provinces that the russians have claimed are part of russia but they dont fully control. The strategy being to try to have complete control by the time u. S. Elections roll around, maybe donald trump is president so that they can then bargain to take those permanently. Thats the way the ukrainians