Andrew Weissmann

Right, right. And people very easily kind of go into and come out of that that kind of pantheon of voices that are worth listening to, because it's just it's anyone who's gassing up Trump at the moment can go momentarily viral over there. Right. So like he has this thing where he's like, finally, Trump's doing it. I want 400 percent tariffs.

on China to punish them for all their trade cheating and stealing. And, you know, Donald Trump Jr. is pushing that. And Libs of TikTok is pushing that. And, you know, you basically have all these people.

on China to punish them for all their trade cheating and stealing. And, you know, Donald Trump Jr. is pushing that. And Libs of TikTok is pushing that. And, you know, you basically have all these people.

on China to punish them for all their trade cheating and stealing. And, you know, Donald Trump Jr. is pushing that. And Libs of TikTok is pushing that. And, you know, you basically have all these people.

And then as the economic conditions start to deteriorate and the conversation starts to become a little bit more about the pain, about the cost of all of this, this decoupling from China, then it's the messaging sort of shifts, even in the White House, from that kind of thing to, you look, this is the play.

And then as the economic conditions start to deteriorate and the conversation starts to become a little bit more about the pain, about the cost of all of this, this decoupling from China, then it's the messaging sort of shifts, even in the White House, from that kind of thing to, you look, this is the play.

And then as the economic conditions start to deteriorate and the conversation starts to become a little bit more about the pain, about the cost of all of this, this decoupling from China, then it's the messaging sort of shifts, even in the White House, from that kind of thing to, you look, this is the play.

We have to do this and we all have to be willing to kind of suffer a little bit of pain for the glorious future to solve these problems to stand up to China. And all that lasted for about a month, right? And then this week, the White House just pulled the plug.

We have to do this and we all have to be willing to kind of suffer a little bit of pain for the glorious future to solve these problems to stand up to China. And all that lasted for about a month, right? And then this week, the White House just pulled the plug.

We have to do this and we all have to be willing to kind of suffer a little bit of pain for the glorious future to solve these problems to stand up to China. And all that lasted for about a month, right? And then this week, the White House just pulled the plug.

And you might think that all of these people who were so overjoyed to see the White House finally stand up on all of these things after, you know, supposedly, according to all these people, the previous status quo was completely untenable and unsustainable and indefensible, right? But now Trump's trying to go back to the status quo.

And you might think that all of these people who were so overjoyed to see the White House finally stand up on all of these things after, you know, supposedly, according to all these people, the previous status quo was completely untenable and unsustainable and indefensible, right? But now Trump's trying to go back to the status quo.

And you might think that all of these people who were so overjoyed to see the White House finally stand up on all of these things after, you know, supposedly, according to all these people, the previous status quo was completely untenable and unsustainable and indefensible, right? But now Trump's trying to go back to the status quo.

You're not exactly seeing like this outpouring of rage and this sense of betrayal from all these people who thought this action a month ago was so necessary. I mean, it's just tariffs go on. We're bringing domestic manufacturing back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal. Tariffs go on. We're doing it. We're bringing it back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal.

You're not exactly seeing like this outpouring of rage and this sense of betrayal from all these people who thought this action a month ago was so necessary. I mean, it's just tariffs go on. We're bringing domestic manufacturing back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal. Tariffs go on. We're doing it. We're bringing it back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal.

You're not exactly seeing like this outpouring of rage and this sense of betrayal from all these people who thought this action a month ago was so necessary. I mean, it's just tariffs go on. We're bringing domestic manufacturing back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal. Tariffs go on. We're doing it. We're bringing it back. Tariffs come off. Art of the deal.

And I guess we're just going to repeat this ad infinitum for the rest of the administration.

And I guess we're just going to repeat this ad infinitum for the rest of the administration.

And I guess we're just going to repeat this ad infinitum for the rest of the administration.

I think it's a combination of two things. One is sort of just strategic silence, right? I mean, nobody wants to come out and be the fly in the ointment while the Trump administration is trying to trumpet this deal. And the Trump administration kind of has these people in a little bit of a bind because, you