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The Mary Trump Podcast

Donald Backs Down, Elon Falls Flat

The Mary Trump Podcast

Mary Trump Media

Politics, News, President, Government, Political Commentary, Mary Trump, Donald Trump, Democrat

4.9844 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Donald caves under pressure—reversing course on Powell and tariffs after CEOs warn of empty shelves and voters slam his economic chaos. Meanwhile, Elon steps back as Tesla’s sales tank 71%. Mary unpacks the unraveling of two fading strongmen.

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0:00.0

Under increasing pressure to reverse his disastrous economic policy,

0:05.1

Donald caved.

0:08.0

Who, who saw that coming?

0:10.0

Yes, he's cowering, cowering.

0:12.8

It's actually his favorite position to be in the cowering position in the wake of backlash,

0:18.8

and he's reversing his stance on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and tariffs.

0:25.6

I wonder who got to him. Let's watch ABC News's coverage.

0:31.1

After his attacks on the independent chairman of the Federal Reserve spooked markets,

0:35.4

this morning President Trump now says he has no intention

0:38.5

of firing Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair he appointed.

0:41.9

No, I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little more active in terms

0:48.3

of his idea to lower interest rates. A change in tune after the president blasted Powell calling him a major

0:55.5

loser and saying Powell's termination cannot come fast enough. But most legal experts agree the

1:01.5

president doesn't have the authority to fire Powell who has one year left in his term. Trump's

1:06.6

attacks sending markets into a nosedive. Wall Street is heading to its worst April since the Great Depression.

1:13.6

I have no intention of firing the man I just spent days threatening to fire. Uh-huh.

1:19.6

So why did Donald back? Because it honestly, it's not his, it's not really his modus aperondi. He usually doubles down on his idiocy. Well, this time around,

1:30.0

though, there were real real consequences for everybody, including people who are usually as

1:36.0

allies. And even they were calling him out on the carpet for just being a complete,

1:42.6

blundering, blithering idiot. Again, even his loyalists were turning

1:48.0

against him. Why? Probably because they were losing a lot of money. So Donald, once again, and

1:55.5

you would think he would be used to this by now, has been absolutely humiliated, which, in case you weren't aware, is his least

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