# @townhall on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=K653JRnARFs
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-09T19:04:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** LARRY with Larry O'Connor (@townhall) — https://gondola.cc/townhall

## Caption

In this fiery and hilarious segment, we dissect the latest Morning Joe moment that had us questioning reality—and wood. Yes, you read that right. MSNBC rolled out their "wise elder statesman" Chris Matthews, and he delivered a now-viral commentary on trade, tariffs, and... creating more wood in America?

From a cringe-inducing rant about importing two-by-fours from Canada to a baffling suggestion that America can’t possibly "make more wood," we break down the absurdity line by line. With our trademark humor and a heavy dose of reality, we expose the economic illiteracy on display—and the irony of delivering this monologue in front of a screen filled with trees.

But it doesn't stop with Chris Matthews. We dive into Gavin Newsom’s equally nonsensical claims about Trump's tariffs “hurting farmers” and raising construction costs. Spoiler alert: California’s own anti-industry environmental policies are to blame, not foreign trade.

We also take a trip down memory lane, back to the Spotted Owl wars of the 1990s, to explain how eco-regulation gutted America’s once-thriving timber industry—leaving us dependent on Canadian lumber today.

✅ Don’t miss the memes. ✅ Don’t miss the mockery. ✅ And definitely don’t miss Joe and Mika’s stunned faces.

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## Stats

- **Views:** 11,753
- **Likes:** 738
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- **Comments:** 141

## Tags

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