Episode 220: Michael Tracey
Insane escalations in the trade war Trump’s waging with China, grants being pulled from universities in the name of combating antisemitism, and more: it’s been another crazy week under the Trump regime. We got Michael Tracey on the show to talk to us about it. Watch below:
We could be staring down the barrel of a global recession as Trump slaps trade partners with major tariffs, particularly triggering a crisis in US relations with China — which is reciprocating the tariffs. Then there’s the crazy (big if true???) news that Musk is on his way out. How would this influence the far right’s rampage through our social support network? We chat about it with Michael, who’s heard the rumors and has insight into how the clown car would keep rolling without the attention-grabbing Musk at the temporary helm.
We also talk about the potential of an American superstate as Trump has sketched it out, mentioning plans to annex Greenland and extend his power through Canada and Mexico (where leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum is building an antithesis to Trump’s fascist rule). In this episode, we discuss Trump’s expansionist policies as they relate to the freedom of people throughout the world who have no interest in falling under his tyranny — and discuss what it means to live under the tyrant right now.
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