Episode 795: Trump Taking Advantage of Tariffs for Himself

This week on Ring of Fire!


Donald Trump has made many lofty promises about what his trade
war tariffs would do for Americans, and so far not one of them
has come true. He promised that Americans wouldn’t see higher
prices; He promised that we’d be richer than ever to the point
where tariffs could eliminate most of our income taxes; He
promised that other countries would pay the price; And now he’s
promising that the slight reduction in gas prices will make up
the difference for the increasing cost of goods. None of this is
going to happen.


Even though he’s only been in office for 4 months, Donald Trump
has already received an unprecedented number of “gifts” from
foreign countries, not even counting the trash plane he wants to
take from Qatar. But the truth is that none of these things are
actually “gifts” – describing them as bribes would be far more
accurate. And now former White House ethics lawyers are warning
that Trump is being bought off by just about everyone with money
to spare.


As Elon Musk slowly slinks away from The White House to return to
his failing Tesla business, Republican strategists are
proclaiming that the Party is DONE with Musk and the toxicity
that he has brough with him. A new report highlighted several
prominent Republican strategists and pollsters who talking about
how Musk has cost the Party far more than he’s worth, including
costing them some very winnable elections this year alone.


All that, and much more, on this week’s Ring of Fire Podcast!