Today’s show moves on to the Trump years, with many more shows to come no doubt. It’s been only one week but some outlines of where Trump may be going are emerging. Today the discussion focuses on the emerging spending cuts and how they’re designed to pay for Trump’s new tax cuts. Some DOGE austerity targets are discussed. How $200B/yr will cover just half of Trump’s $400B/yr tax cuts. How Tariffs & assumed GDP growth is supposed to cover the rest. That still leaves $1-$1.5 trillion budget deficit for 2025, however. What’s behind Trump’s talk about providing another $500B stimulus for artificial intelligence? Or his ‘drill baby drill’. What’s the multiple roles for tariffs? In global geopolitics, some scenarios behind Trump’s emerging attitude to Ukraine war. Why war won’t end until late 2025. The likely Trump strategy behind Greenland and Panama Canal.