HOT TOPICS | Trump's Mental Decline & Takeover of American Cities - August 14th, 2025
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Did I miss something? Where is Don?
Here I am. I got to tell you guys, it has been quite a week. I'm a little slow today. I'm sorry. I had, yeah, took me a moment.
Hmm.
Wow, the coffee is good. How are you? Slow it down. Welcome to Hot Topics. I'm so glad that you are here. We had such a great time last night. I just want to say, let me know. Hi, Ohio. Welcome to Hot Topics, everyone. Hello, Austin. I feel like Robin Williams. Good morning, Vietnam. Good morning. Good morning. Let's see the next town that comes up. Long Island. Good morning, Boston. Good morning, Maryland. Hello. Thank you guys for joining us. Folks who are going to watch this on the repeat or just click on it and go, it's not morning. It's in the afternoon. So I'm just going to say hello, Georgia. Hello, Aubrey, Texas. Hi, Kate Davis in Aubrey, Texas. Hello from Delaware. How are you, Don Ursa? I'm doing great. I'm a little tired.
It's been a long week. I don't know if you guys know. I'll just slow down and tell you, we'll talk to you. And then I'll tell you, Trump got some really, really bad economic news. I wonder who he's going to fire now. This thing is on, right? I wonder who he's going to fire now. His economic policies aren't, his economics aren't economicing. It's not working, Nuremberg, Germany. Hi, wonderful search in Nuremberg, Germany. Wow. You're so far away. Does anybody stay in one place anymore? It should be nice to see you. Was it knock at my door? Something like that. Okay, so... Thank you, Tara. Can you put that up? Someone said, great. How was the show? The show was fantastic. So one of the Lemonheads, someone who came to the meet and greet, by the way, check that out.
They made that. I put that up. See, it says Lemon Nation right there. Isn't that cool? It's blocking the picture of me and Tim, but I'll work on that. Anyways, thank you for that sign. They made the sign. And also this. You guys ready? Someone made this t-shirt for me. Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Epstein Derangement Syndrome. which is the same person who made the sign. So amazing. Thank you. I forgot her name. Forgive me. She and her husband came. They were so nice. She does those. It's really great. Isn't that cool? And so someone said, I need to trademark and coin Epstein derangement syndrome because I am the first and only person that they have heard say that just like old people be knowing. Right. So thank you guys.
Last night was great. Last night was really great. Our special guest, I'll tell you a little bit later. I'll tell you who our special guests were. But it was a beautiful evening. We learned a lot. Folks really enjoyed it. We laughed. We cried. And then we promised to get back to work, as I am right now, to talk about what's happening in the world. So let's discuss. So Donald Trump is getting some really bad economic news this morning. And he's not going to be happy about it because folks, I think, are going to be concentrating on that. He's going to try to obviously make them concentrate on what is happening. And he's going to Alaska, even though he says he's going to Russia. Talking about cognitive decline.
I mean, come on, give me a break. So he's going to try to get folks to focus on that. But he's also going to be pissed about these economic numbers, because remember, he has the number one very best economy on Earth ever in the whole entire world. So now you guys figuring it out, figuring out this is all bullshit. Have you think, Oh wow. I didn't realize my shirt matches my cup. Um, So now you guys figuring it out? So let's put up some of the headlines, shall we, people? So here are the headlines this morning. This one is from CNBC. CNBC is saying what? Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July. Much more than expected. This is Jeff Cox over at the CNBC. Let's go through a little bit and then I'm going to play a report for you.
A couple of reports and you're going to laugh your ass off. The producer price index jumped to 0.9% in July compared with the Dow Jones estimated for about 0.2% gain. It was the biggest monthly increase since June of 2022. They're saying these are COVID and post-COVID numbers.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:15
2
What immediate headlines about Trump and the economy open the show?
9:15–13:18
3
How did July’s Producer Price Index surprise markets and what do the PPI details mean?
13:18–18:59
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How might higher PPI readings affect Fed rate cut odds and Powell’s decisions?
18:59–1:18:50