Michael Steele
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That's not what Trump is doing. He's going after our friend. Here's the thing. He puts a tariff on an island of penguins, Okay. Yeah, y'all heard me. Y'all heard what I said. I ain't making this up just for you folks out there. Not making it up. It's true. He put a tariff on an island of penguins, but he can't put a tariff on Russia. And so don't give me this, oh, well, they have sanctions.
That's not what Trump is doing. He's going after our friend. Here's the thing. He puts a tariff on an island of penguins, Okay. Yeah, y'all heard me. Y'all heard what I said. I ain't making this up just for you folks out there. Not making it up. It's true. He put a tariff on an island of penguins, but he can't put a tariff on Russia. And so don't give me this, oh, well, they have sanctions.
That's not what Trump is doing. He's going after our friend. Here's the thing. He puts a tariff on an island of penguins, Okay. Yeah, y'all heard me. Y'all heard what I said. I ain't making this up just for you folks out there. Not making it up. It's true. He put a tariff on an island of penguins, but he can't put a tariff on Russia. And so don't give me this, oh, well, they have sanctions.
No, we still do about $3 billion plus of trade with Russia, right? But they were not on that list. The reality of it is, The only plan here is to disrupt the market and to try to grab control of the Fed. Are you concerned about his control of the Fed, Tim? Because I know I am.
No, we still do about $3 billion plus of trade with Russia, right? But they were not on that list. The reality of it is, The only plan here is to disrupt the market and to try to grab control of the Fed. Are you concerned about his control of the Fed, Tim? Because I know I am.
No, we still do about $3 billion plus of trade with Russia, right? But they were not on that list. The reality of it is, The only plan here is to disrupt the market and to try to grab control of the Fed. Are you concerned about his control of the Fed, Tim? Because I know I am.
If that happens, I'll just put it straight up. If that happens, the collapse that we've seen so far in the market, it will be like a picnic. It will be... You can't even begin to imagine the bottom falling out the way it would if Donald Trump...
If that happens, I'll just put it straight up. If that happens, the collapse that we've seen so far in the market, it will be like a picnic. It will be... You can't even begin to imagine the bottom falling out the way it would if Donald Trump...
If that happens, I'll just put it straight up. If that happens, the collapse that we've seen so far in the market, it will be like a picnic. It will be... You can't even begin to imagine the bottom falling out the way it would if Donald Trump...
fires the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, if he somehow keeps him in place, but then wrestles control of the Fed in some other way, you really need to appreciate what that means and why an independent Fed, which has been the bane of both Republicans and Democratic presidents in the past, right? This is nothing new, but they are that through line in our economy, right?
fires the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, if he somehow keeps him in place, but then wrestles control of the Fed in some other way, you really need to appreciate what that means and why an independent Fed, which has been the bane of both Republicans and Democratic presidents in the past, right? This is nothing new, but they are that through line in our economy, right?
fires the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, if he somehow keeps him in place, but then wrestles control of the Fed in some other way, you really need to appreciate what that means and why an independent Fed, which has been the bane of both Republicans and Democratic presidents in the past, right? This is nothing new, but they are that through line in our economy, right?
because they represent an essential ingredient in our economy, which is the bond market, which is the value of the dollar, which is collapsing, et cetera. So be mindful of what could happen.
because they represent an essential ingredient in our economy, which is the bond market, which is the value of the dollar, which is collapsing, et cetera. So be mindful of what could happen.
because they represent an essential ingredient in our economy, which is the bond market, which is the value of the dollar, which is collapsing, et cetera. So be mindful of what could happen.
This is... This is the future if we don't stop it. This is the tip of the iceberg. We've already begun to see the impact by the Doge idiots going in to Department of Health, you know, the national research centers, certainly now the assault on universities. The brain drain that's going to happen, Tim, is going to be staggering, right?
This is... This is the future if we don't stop it. This is the tip of the iceberg. We've already begun to see the impact by the Doge idiots going in to Department of Health, you know, the national research centers, certainly now the assault on universities. The brain drain that's going to happen, Tim, is going to be staggering, right?
This is... This is the future if we don't stop it. This is the tip of the iceberg. We've already begun to see the impact by the Doge idiots going in to Department of Health, you know, the national research centers, certainly now the assault on universities. The brain drain that's going to happen, Tim, is going to be staggering, right?
where once we were the place that the elite thinkers, researchers wanted to come to because we had the facilities unfettered, right? Access, the freedom to do and pursue that research. There's no commissar looking over your shoulder. Exactly. And we're now stripping that bear and stripping it away. So where do they go? They won't come here.
where once we were the place that the elite thinkers, researchers wanted to come to because we had the facilities unfettered, right? Access, the freedom to do and pursue that research. There's no commissar looking over your shoulder. Exactly. And we're now stripping that bear and stripping it away. So where do they go? They won't come here.