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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2197 - A China DEAL…PLUS A $400 Million Jet From Qatar?!

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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President Trump announces a China tariff deal and the stock market turns around; controversy erupts as President Trump considers receiving a $400 million Qatari jet for Air Force One; and Hamas releases the last remaining living American hostage, as Trump prepares to head to the Middle East.   Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE   Ep.2197   - - -   Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings   - - -   DailyWire+:   Join us at https://dailywire.com/subscribe and become a part of the rebellion against the ridiculous. Normal is back. And this time, we’re keeping it.   “Parenting” with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson premieres May 25th. https://bit.ly/3RXTL07   Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw   - - -   Today's Sponsors:   PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO   Oracle - Oracle is offering to cut your current cloud bill in HALF if you move to OCI. See if your company qualifies for this special offer at https://Oracle.com/SHAPIRO   SimpliSafe - Visit https://SIMPLISAFE.com/SHAPIRO to claim 50% off a new system with a professional monitoring plan and get your first month free.   ZipRecruiter - Try ZipIntro FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE   Policygenius - Head to https://policygenius.com/SHAPIRO to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.   - - -   Socials:   Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53   Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ   Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd   Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB   - - -   Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Already, folks, just a fire hose of news over the weekend. President Trump cutting a brand new

1:05.4

tariff deal with China and it's turning the markets around. Plus, Eidan Alexander, the last

1:10.4

remaining American hostage in Gaza, released by Hamas at the behest of the Trump administration. Of course, I know the Alexander family. We'll talk about that. Plus, all about that Qatari jet, that $400 million dollar Katari plane that they want to give to President Trump and his presidential library. First, the news moves fast.

1:27.9

Bad news moves fastest of all.

1:29.6

Every day, it gets harder to tell what's real, what's manufactured, to control and discourage us. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs more facts. That's why starting today, we are giving you more of the Ben Shapiro show, actually two times more of the Ben Shapiro show. That's right. we are making the show longer, twice the analysis, twice the fact. Join in at dailywire.com

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slash subscribe. Lots and lots of news. We begin with the biggest news, the most impactful news, which is, of course, that the U.S. and China have now apparently agreed to slash tariffs on one another. This is a deal reached by Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, who's been looking for an off-ramp with regard to these extraordinarily high tariffs that he said just last week were unsustainable

2:05.0

with regard to China. Now, there will still be tariffs on China. China will still have tariffs on

2:09.6

American product. But we are starting to move toward what looks like a significantly more

2:15.0

rational trade policy with the rest of the world. So yes, we have still significantly raised tariffs on the rest of the world.

2:20.3

That 10% flat rate tariffs still exists on the rest of the world.

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