Ryan Knutson

America spent much of the last century trying to set up this global free trade system. Trump has now undone that in a very short period of time. Is there any going back from this? Do you think that this is going to be just a sort of the bookmark end of free trade as we know it?

America spent much of the last century trying to set up this global free trade system. Trump has now undone that in a very short period of time. Is there any going back from this? Do you think that this is going to be just a sort of the bookmark end of free trade as we know it?

America spent much of the last century trying to set up this global free trade system. Trump has now undone that in a very short period of time. Is there any going back from this? Do you think that this is going to be just a sort of the bookmark end of free trade as we know it?

Or do you think that in a democratic administration or any administration that comes after Trump, unless he is successful in getting that third term that he's been talking so much about, where these tariffs could be rolled back and we could go back to the way things were beforehand?

Or do you think that in a democratic administration or any administration that comes after Trump, unless he is successful in getting that third term that he's been talking so much about, where these tariffs could be rolled back and we could go back to the way things were beforehand?

Or do you think that in a democratic administration or any administration that comes after Trump, unless he is successful in getting that third term that he's been talking so much about, where these tariffs could be rolled back and we could go back to the way things were beforehand?

All right, I guess we'll have to wait and see if Trump is right and this ushers in a new golden age, or if all those economists are right and this ushers in a period of economic hardship. Meanwhile, I want to turn to something else, which is these two special congressional elections in Florida.

All right, I guess we'll have to wait and see if Trump is right and this ushers in a new golden age, or if all those economists are right and this ushers in a period of economic hardship. Meanwhile, I want to turn to something else, which is these two special congressional elections in Florida.

All right, I guess we'll have to wait and see if Trump is right and this ushers in a new golden age, or if all those economists are right and this ushers in a period of economic hardship. Meanwhile, I want to turn to something else, which is these two special congressional elections in Florida.

These were to replace two lawmakers, Matt Gaetz, who Trump nominated for attorney general, but then later withdrew, and Mike Waltz, Trump's national security officer, who is, of course, of the Signal group chat fame that we talked about last week. Molly, can you walk us through the results of these special elections and what we learned from them?

These were to replace two lawmakers, Matt Gaetz, who Trump nominated for attorney general, but then later withdrew, and Mike Waltz, Trump's national security officer, who is, of course, of the Signal group chat fame that we talked about last week. Molly, can you walk us through the results of these special elections and what we learned from them?

These were to replace two lawmakers, Matt Gaetz, who Trump nominated for attorney general, but then later withdrew, and Mike Waltz, Trump's national security officer, who is, of course, of the Signal group chat fame that we talked about last week. Molly, can you walk us through the results of these special elections and what we learned from them?

Right. In Wisconsin, a state that Trump only won by about a percentage point in 2024, there was an election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court where the liberal judge prevailed over her conservative rival. How big of a deal is this result?

Right. In Wisconsin, a state that Trump only won by about a percentage point in 2024, there was an election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court where the liberal judge prevailed over her conservative rival. How big of a deal is this result?

Right. In Wisconsin, a state that Trump only won by about a percentage point in 2024, there was an election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court where the liberal judge prevailed over her conservative rival. How big of a deal is this result?

And one of the people who put in a lot of money was Elon Musk.

And one of the people who put in a lot of money was Elon Musk.

And one of the people who put in a lot of money was Elon Musk.

Musk did say on X that this is basically all part of his chess game, saying, quote, I expected to lose, but there is value to losing a piece for a positional gain. All right, we are going to take a short break, and when we come back, we'll talk about immigration, deportations, and the border. Okay, so let's turn our focus to immigration.

Musk did say on X that this is basically all part of his chess game, saying, quote, I expected to lose, but there is value to losing a piece for a positional gain. All right, we are going to take a short break, and when we come back, we'll talk about immigration, deportations, and the border. Okay, so let's turn our focus to immigration.