Donald Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. are about to rake in large sums of money by taking their American Bitcoin mining firm public on the Nasdaq exchange. The company is merging with Gryphon Digital Mining in an all-stock merger. 
As the Trump administration announces the framework of a tariff deal with China, Chinese President Xi Xinping appears to be sidestepping Trump and looking to smooth trade relations with South American countries while denouncing bullying and isolationism. 
We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author David Cay Johnston to the show to discuss it all.
Jefferson Graham returns for Tech Tuesday. He’ll take a look at Apple’s fall pricing and whether tariffs are expected to have an effect.
The Mark Thompson Show 
5/13/25
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