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4/9 Trump’s Middle East Gambles w/ Matt Duss

April 9, 2025

On today’s show, Sam covers the chaos surrounding Donald Trump’s tariffs and the administration’s efforts to explain themselves. Our guest is Matt Duss, Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy and a former adviser to Bernie Sanders. Their conversation covers the global reaction to the tariffs, Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, the U.S.’s bombardment of Yemen & the talks between the U.S. and Iran set to take place this weekend.

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In the fun half, Sam marvels at the more of Trump world’s intellectual gymnastics to try to explain and justify the tariffs, including Trump’s trade representative who was testifying live in the House Ways & Means Committee when the tariffs were reversed on every country except China. Also, Elon Musk gets cyber-bullied out of his own live stream. Sam also takes some listener calls and reads some IMs.

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