#1707 Tariffied: Exposing Trump's Artless Deal

Air Date 4/29/2025

The economic and political fallout of Trump’s misguided tariffs, exposing his self-proclaimed deal-making prowess as a fraud and his grasp of the relevant issues to be childlike at best.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Lost History of Trump's Tariff War Part 1 - Lever Time - Air Date 4-4-25

KP 2: What we can learn from a past tariff tiff - Make Me Smart - Air Date 2-11-25

KP 3: Who Got Rich? The Trump Tariffs, Explained by MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT- Air Date 4-11-25

KP 4: From “Liberation Day” to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-10-25

KP 5: Is Trump (Already) Giving Up On Tariffs? - TLDR News - Air Date 4-25-25

KP 6: The tariffs are just stupid. - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 4-18-25

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(00:48:40) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the related topics of masculinity and labor

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DEEPER DIVES

(00:53:39) SECTION A: MOTIVATION

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(01:17:08) SECTION B: DOMESTIC EFFECT

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(01:57:28) SECTION C: INTERNATIONAL EFFECT

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(02:43:36) SECTION D: HISTORY

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Tariffied: Exposing Trump's Artless Deal

Description: Composite image. An illustrated outline of Trump’s bust, including hair and suit and tie, with overlapping tariff stamps where the eyes and nose should be, and a wide open mouth with a globe between his teeth.

Credit: Design by A. Hoffman | Components License: Pixabay

 

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