When a business or country is run by someone surrounded by sycophants, you lose the adults in the room. Without dissenting voices, it's hard to properly think through issues. Ultimately, it leads to protests in the streets, like we're seeing in LA and Chicago. On this week's episode, Tom and Dylan want to know, where did the adults go? 

It wasn't long, but it was intense. The bromance seems to be over between Trump and Musk. The question is, what will the fallout be? Who keeps the house and is Stephen Miller's wife leaving with Elon? Tune into this week's episode as Tom and Dylan discuss the end of the Elon/Trump era.

The last decade has seen a political bifurcation of the United States. We've endured a pandemic. Despite all that, equity markets seem unfazed. The question becomes, what, if anything, can bring down the stock market? Tune into this week's episode as Tom and Dylan discuss the strength in U.S. equity markets and if they're impervious to all threats.

Earlier this week, reports emerged that Amazon planned to display tariff costs directly to consumers. But after backlash from the White House, the company swiftly reversed course. Meanwhile, a new Executive Branch club—backed in part by Don Jr.—made headlines. For $500,000, members gain access to exclusive events with wealthy elites and figures from the Trump Administration. We’re witnessing an administration that consistently blurs the lines of propriety, and many are left wondering: when will the pushback come—and from where? All this and more on this week’s episode.

Alphabet and Meta are facing regulatory consequences for becoming monopolies. It's not something we see happen often in the U.S. and it begs the question, is breaking a company up because it became too big a good thing or bad? On this week's episode of Truth or Skepticism, Dylan and Tom discuss, plus Dylan shares a story about the time he pissed off Bill Gates.

Nations have different types of power. One is economic. Another is influence or soft power that comes from goodwill. We attract the best and brightest from around the world to go to our schools. We draw in capital because our markets are the best and most liquid. But as Chairman Powell said today in Chicago, the impact of the current economic policy could put all that at risk. On this week's episode, Tom and Dylan discuss the continued fallout from tariffs and retribution.

Tariffs on. Tariffs off. They didn't even last a full 24 hours before Trump gave most countries a reprieve but raised tariffs on China to 125%. Markets rallied on the news and hopes that a disaster was averted. But is this type of movement good for a market? Is it good for trade? Tune into this week's episode as Tom and Dylan discuss the latest in the trade war.

When you change economic policy as dramatically as we have in the last two months, there are bound to be unintended consequences. What are those consequences? Time will tell. But already we're seeing the European Union discuss improving their financial markets so they're more accessible. Germany is rearming. The consequences of trade policies are leading to places we may not have expected. Tune in as Tom and Dylan discuss the unintended consequences of trade policies.