The Jason Stapleton Program

So, Trump was nice enough to wait until I was making dinner to drop bombs on Syria, so I didn't have time to talk about it on Friday. So today I'll give you my thoughts on that fiasco.

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Do you know WHY the post office is losing money? It has to do with the creation of a government monopoly. This is completely different than a free market monopoly that exists for very different reasons.

Great discussions today plus a very exciting announcement at the top and bottom of the show.

It seems ridiculous to even ask. "Of course robots are not people!" But, since it's Friday, I thought I'd spend a little time challenging the idea.

While I will admit, robots are not human the question about life remains. What constitutes life? If we're talking about humans or animals, we might use the standard of a heartbeat which I have used many times when discussing infants in the womb. But is this the only way to classify life?

I want to dig into this a little and have a bit of a philosophical discussion. It's something we don't do much on the show, but given the fact that the EU is proposing giving legal status to robots it seems worthy of discussion.

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UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced yesterday that she has PROOF Assad launched the chemical attack that allegedly killed 70 people. But if she has it, she's not sharing it.

Smash cut to the Russian defense minister who, in a statement said, "We have evidence that proves Britain was directly involved in organizing this provocation."

But again, if the Russians have evidence, they're not sharing it. So who's telling the truth? Probably no one.

Enjoy the weekend! Don't forget to share!

Jason

I haven't Jeffrey in a few years, and it was so great to have him in the studio today.

Jeffrey is a WEALTH of knowledge on everything from Bitcoin to foreign policy, and I always learn something after talking with him.

Today we cover a variety of issues ranging from the future of Bitcoin to Trump's economic, foreign policy. I know you're going to get a lot out of it.

You can find out more about Jeffrey by visiting the American Institute for Economic Research or at his site jeffreytucker.me

The USS Truman carrier strike group with a complement of 7 warships has set sail for Syria. Although it will take them a couple of weeks to get there, the movement has already initiated a response.

Russia has deployed 11 battleships out of the port in Syria for what they are claiming are "military training exercises." Of course, this is nonsense.

But what will the carrier group do when they get to Syria? Will Trump launch an attack? Prime Minister Theresa May has already said publicly they require more evidence (read ANY evidence) that a chemical attack took place while the Russias are claiming they are already on the ground and found no evidence an attack took place.

In a den of thieves and liars, who's telling the truth? Probably none of them. You certainly don't want to trust any of them.

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Is the dollar headed for collapse? Jim Rickards thinks so. I'll tell you what I think in the back half of today's show.

Jason

You could see this coming.

John Bolton joins the Trump inner circle, a chemical attack goes off in Syria, and Nikky Haley goes on record saying America will act even if the security council does not.

Is it any shock some people don't agree?

There is no evidence a chemical attack even happened. We have video of a bombing, we have dead and injured, but there has been no evidence chemical weapons were used.

Meanwhile, the investigation into Trump's activities continues. The investigation has now expanded into his lawyer's actions. Yesterday the FBI raided Michel Cohen's offices looking for dirt on his $130,000 payoff of porn star Stormy Daniels.

What a mess!

Finally, China's president Xi said in a speech that China intends to reduce tariffs on the automobile industry this year and wants to open up China, making it freer and more accessible.

Is this validation of Trump's heavy-handed foreign policy or is it another tactic China is using to gain the upper hand?