Good morning. 37 days until election day. In todays tim Walz And Jd vance will take the stage for the first and likely only Vice President ial debate of this cycle. Tuesdays matchup will be the first time the men will meet in person. It will offer a chance to reintroduce themselves to the country. Since joining their Campaigns Walz and vance paths have diverged. Voters have found him to be likable which has been a boost for his and Kamala Harris campaign. Vance history of comments has been a liability for Donald Trump and polls show his favorability ratings are underwater. The stakes are high. Especially with early voting underway in many states. This may be the last marquee event of the election cycle. Harris accepted a proposed debate for October 23rd but there hasnt been Indication Trump is going to change his mind about doing another. I want to talk about a key part of the economic argument thats been playing out the cycle. Tariffs. The Word Tariff properly used is a beautiful word
Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. That is something we have heard him say over and over again. Then we learned he cancelled the meeting. President trump tried to cast it as a mutual decision. Bottom line, this is a rift in a relation with one of the United States closest allies, its Third Largest Trading Partner. What happens next . The administration floating the idea of a possible 20 tax on imports from mexico and, hallie,
for a very busy day. Keir simmons is
speeches and official announcements. it s such a contrast. who knows. when you think about the reagan-thatcher relationship, in some ways reagan was the warm, kind of easy going thatcher was the star owner s daughter, she famously had the handbag, she was famously tough and together that seemed to gel. it s so crucial with international relations. but in a sense, though, hallie, we re talking there about the way things have been and president trump as so far seems to change so much. and that s what s so difficult for world leaders is figuring out how things will work in the future. and the real danger for the british and the real danger for any world leader who chooses to take the road which the british prime minister has is to stay as the british always has really close to washington.