Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins Morning Joe after President Trump’s “con job” claim about the affordability crisis in a recent interview. @williegeist presses him on voters’ real inflation concerns, from rent to groceries. | Morning Joe

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joins Morning Joe for his first national interview since his marathon 22 hours and 37 minutes speech on the Senate floor in protest of what he described as President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian” leadership and warning that the republic is facing “the biggest threat” since the Civil War. | Morning Joe