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"If he can make a shilling, a buck, a penny out of this, he will, and the American people have to say, he must go."

Trump has been accused of doing "the most corrupt thing any president has ever done" after creating a buying blitz for his $Trump meme coin this week but for most Americans it appears to have flown under the radar as just another day in Trumpland. Meanwhile, Trump's war on illegal, and legal, immigrants ramps up with the arrest of two judges and orders for ICE agents to invade homes without warrants if they believe they're harbouring potential arrests. Also discussing Pete Hegseth, tariffs, Ukraine, Greenland plans, and an election win for the Canadian Liberal party.

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"It's more bumbling, more chaotic, and more time between actions."

The Trump administration may soon have a job opening with news of a second Signal group chat putting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on thin ice. Meanwhile, China is not backing down in the trade war with Trump as the US and global economy begins to feel the longer term effects. Also discussing deportations, Trump's battle with Harvard, the latest on Ukraine, and the passing of Pope Francis.

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"If Trump is the winner here, it'll be at the expense of the US's future."

With some Chinese imports facing tariffs of 245% it remains to be seen just how sustainable Trump's trade war really is, as businesses big and small bear the brunt. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is openly defying the courts in the case of wrongly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, doubling down on their current course in fact, leading to questions of whether anything can be done with a president who openly flouts the law. Also discussing DOGE, Ukraine, Gaza, and the Australian federal election campaign.

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"Clearly there's fraud, chicanery, and all that, but the biggest issue here is stupidity."

Trump has enacted a 90 day pause on tariffs after a barrage of opposition but appears less interested in what his trade war is doing to the economy and more on helping the rich get richer. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has given Trump free reign to continue deportations in spite of innocents caught up in his administration's nets and an ongoing refusal to abide by due process. Also discussing measles and bird flu outbreaks, Ukraine, Gaza, and the Hands Off protests.

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"The small guy will be poor, the rich guy will be richer, and the American budget will still be in the toilet."

Donald Trump has announced a blanket 10% tariff on all goods being imported into the United States as well as targeting specific nations with further measures in the latest escalation of the US Trade War. But with American consumers set to bear the cost, are the tariffs simply intended as a massive tax hike by another name? Meanwhile, a loss in Wisconsin signals the declining political capital of a spiralling Elon Musk. Also chatting about the Signal group chat fallout, or lack thereof, threats toward Iran and Greenland, third term talk for Trump, Luigi Mangione, and Corey Booker.

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"This is a breach of the law and if nothing's done about it, it says a whole lot about the United States."

In the latest stunning show of incompetence, a journalist for The Atlantic has come forward this week to reveal he was accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat discussing top secret war plans on an unsecure app. In the scattered response, The Atlantic has already proven that top officials have lied under oath before the House regarding the chat's content but will anyone in this administration ever take responsibility? Also discussing Gaza, Ukraine, Greenland, trade war, and attacks on the courts and future elections.

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"[Trump] would have used this crisis to declare martial law or something."

Leader of the Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer has handed Trump an easy victory on government spending with zero concessions leading to widespread condemnation, but was he so wrong? Meanwhile, Trump is testing his power by defying the court on deportations with little apparent consequences. Also discussing DOGE's latest setbacks, trade war, Israel's betrayal of the Gaza ceasefire, Ukraine, and rewriting history.

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"This is a doomed policy, as the markets are showing."

Trump's trade war engulfs markets this week, as tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as steel and aluminium imports, and the communication surrounding them, create absolute chaos for investors. Meanwhile, the bloodbath for federal workers continues with the Education Department set to cut almost half its workforce with an aim toward vanishing entirely. Also discussing the elimination of Biden's EPA directives, a potential Ukraine ceasefire, protestor and immigration arrests, and Elon Musk's business empire on shaky ground.

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"Donald Trump is a Russian agent."

Trump has addressed Congress for the first time in his second presidency, fresh off a week targeting the likes of Ukraine and Canada as well as dismantling federal agencies. Europe and other nations continue to come to grips with a world in which the US is not a reliable ally but instead closely aligned with Russia and a potential aggressor in its own right. Also discussing efforts at resistance and the targeting of student protests.

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"This is beginning to hit the very people who voted for Trump."

House Republicans have passed Trump's big bill which aims to cut $4.5 trillion in taxes and reduce spending by $2 trillion, a task that will in part fall to Elon Musk's DOGE. Meanwhile, the United States is siding with Russia over the Ukrainian conflict as Europe wrestles with a world without the US as a reliable ally. Also discussing disturbing developments for Gaza, a $5 million 'Gold Card', climate change, Dan Bongino, and the retirement of Mitch McConnell.

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