In this episode, we talk about how Chairman Jerome Powell’s fight to hold down inflation collides with constant tariff threats, the real impact of the so-called big beautiful bill slashing $1.7 trillion in spending while putting 12 million Americans’ Medicaid coverage at risk, why companies like Ford rely on cross-border supply chains that tariffs can’t easily break, how rivals like Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, China, and Europe build new trade routes to avoid U.S. drama, Walmart’s struggle to plan ahead under constant policy shifts, and how all of this turns tariff threats into hidden taxes buried in every interest rate ordinary Americans pay.

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In this episode, we break down why a tiny speck of gold in your body is worth pennies but big companies can be worth billions, how Figma’s failed merger became a win for investors, how a huge media company quietly paid millions to clear its path for an even bigger merger, why Tesla keeps its sky-high value even when sales fall, and how a new tax bill shows the same old political dance — with working families caught in the middle. We look at the deals, the dollars, and the quiet ways power shifts hands, reminding us that sometimes what looks like business as usual is really just leverage, spin, and a fight over who gets to build and who gets left behind.

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