Mia Wong

And these are also, like, the Waltons, as a family, are, like, traditional backers of the right for ages and ages and ages, right? They've been backers of far-right causes. They also don't want this because also their entire supply chains work through fucking China and work through moving a bunch of, like, commodities around.

And these are also, like, the Waltons, as a family, are, like, traditional backers of the right for ages and ages and ages, right? They've been backers of far-right causes. They also don't want this because also their entire supply chains work through fucking China and work through moving a bunch of, like, commodities around.

And the further out you go, when you start getting into, like, actual finance capital, these people are fucking terrified because they're looking at this and, like, holy shit, we're about to lose all of our goddamn money.

And the further out you go, when you start getting into, like, actual finance capital, these people are fucking terrified because they're looking at this and, like, holy shit, we're about to lose all of our goddamn money.

And the further out you go, when you start getting into, like, actual finance capital, these people are fucking terrified because they're looking at this and, like, holy shit, we're about to lose all of our goddamn money.

And the consequence of this is that all of this stuff is shaping out in a sort of political battle in the administration over who can get Trump in the room last to try to figure out how the economy is going to work. But

And the consequence of this is that all of this stuff is shaping out in a sort of political battle in the administration over who can get Trump in the room last to try to figure out how the economy is going to work. But

And the consequence of this is that all of this stuff is shaping out in a sort of political battle in the administration over who can get Trump in the room last to try to figure out how the economy is going to work. But

The problem is, and I have been vindicated in this in the very brief amount of time between when the episode on Friday came out and when we're recording this, there are no negotiations with China. Like, they haven't started. There's no process for starting them.

The problem is, and I have been vindicated in this in the very brief amount of time between when the episode on Friday came out and when we're recording this, there are no negotiations with China. Like, they haven't started. There's no process for starting them.

The problem is, and I have been vindicated in this in the very brief amount of time between when the episode on Friday came out and when we're recording this, there are no negotiations with China. Like, they haven't started. There's no process for starting them.

It's like, no, there's no negotiations. Yeah. And again, structurally, there can't be negotiations because there's no actual way for the U.S. to not have a trade deficit with China. There's no way you can do that. And that's the thing that'll satisfy these people. So all of this means that the economy is fucking dead. Right.

It's like, no, there's no negotiations. Yeah. And again, structurally, there can't be negotiations because there's no actual way for the U.S. to not have a trade deficit with China. There's no way you can do that. And that's the thing that'll satisfy these people. So all of this means that the economy is fucking dead. Right.

It's like, no, there's no negotiations. Yeah. And again, structurally, there can't be negotiations because there's no actual way for the U.S. to not have a trade deficit with China. There's no way you can do that. And that's the thing that'll satisfy these people. So all of this means that the economy is fucking dead. Right.

This is the sort of like free trade economy we've all grown up in that functions off of like, you know, like fucking drop shipping and all this cheap production, a bunch of other countries and, you know, like assemblies of a bunch of different like goods in different places. And the U.S. is like the economic center of the world is just fucking gone.

This is the sort of like free trade economy we've all grown up in that functions off of like, you know, like fucking drop shipping and all this cheap production, a bunch of other countries and, you know, like assemblies of a bunch of different like goods in different places. And the U.S. is like the economic center of the world is just fucking gone.

This is the sort of like free trade economy we've all grown up in that functions off of like, you know, like fucking drop shipping and all this cheap production, a bunch of other countries and, you know, like assemblies of a bunch of different like goods in different places. And the U.S. is like the economic center of the world is just fucking gone.

Now, one of the reasons I started writing this episode in the first place. is that I have read so much fucking analyses of these goddamn turf tariffs, and do you know how many of them, for a single fucking second, considered what this was going to be like for anyone who doesn't live in the United States? What the fuck is wrong with people?

Now, one of the reasons I started writing this episode in the first place. is that I have read so much fucking analyses of these goddamn turf tariffs, and do you know how many of them, for a single fucking second, considered what this was going to be like for anyone who doesn't live in the United States? What the fuck is wrong with people?

Now, one of the reasons I started writing this episode in the first place. is that I have read so much fucking analyses of these goddamn turf tariffs, and do you know how many of them, for a single fucking second, considered what this was going to be like for anyone who doesn't live in the United States? What the fuck is wrong with people?