Peter Baker
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291 appearances
9 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 9 Jan
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Yeah, four of my colleagues were in there and they asked him about this, and I think that answer was very striking and very important.
I think in some ways it defies
He defines this second term of Trump's presidency.
He's talking about internationally, of course, but I think even at home we have seen the assertion of power without check in some instances and a lack of belief in checks in other instances.
that has shaped the presidency in a way we have not seen.
Now, Ann knows better than I do how this is seen overseas.
But, Ann, I'm kind of curious.
You're an expert on autocracy.
You've written books about this.
You've spent time in some of these places.
How do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping look at comments like that by President Trump?
How do they look at what he is doing here in terms of what it means for what they can do in their neighborhoods?
Steve, I've got you.
And his point was the Quakers, they're adding to the civic community.
As I told everyone... A week ago, do not retaliate and you will be rewarded.
Hello? Hey, Peter Goodman. Michael Barbaro. How are you, sir?
Sure. So there are not a lot of sure things in this world, but one of them is that in times of crisis, people around the world buy the US dollar, and specifically, they buy US government bonds. because there's this built-in assumption that whatever happens, war, aliens invade, you know, whatever, the U.S. government's going to endure.
And that appears to have broken down, not fully, but at least in the margins, this idea that the U.S. is the ultimate safe haven is broken down. And when people are less willing to buy U.S. government debt, the U.S. government has to pay a greater rate of return to persuade people to buy our debt. They have to pay higher rates. interest rates basically.
And a lot of other interest rates are paid to the rates on U.S. government debt, mortgages, credit cards. And so you've got both the message of the bond market freaking out, which is that people who trade money for a living worry that bad days are ahead. And then you've got the direct consequences of jacking up borrowing rates, which is an easy way to end up in a nasty recession.
Yeah, I mean, you know, your mortgage goes up, well, you're going to spend less on other parts of the economy, which means you're depriving businesses of income. Maybe you're not going to buy that house you were thinking about, and now the housing prices don't go up as much, and some developer doesn't make as much money as they hoped, and construction companies get less business as a result.
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