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The Great America Show

Friday Update: April 11, 2025

The Great America Show

Fawcett Strategies

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

John Fawcett breaks down today's top stories, including the escalating tensions between the U.S. and China, including recent tariff increases and the implications for American jobs and health, the controversies surrounding New York Attorney General Letitia James, Elon Musk's position in government, and President Zelensky's recent interactions with U.S. officials.

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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Friday, April

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11th.

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China's acting up. They can't seem to get their act together. China raises their tariffs on U.S.

0:59.0

goods to 125 percent, saying they will ignore Trump if he persists. That happening this afternoon.

1:06.1

China decided to raise it another 41 percent to, like I said, that 125% escalating the trade war between

1:12.2

the world's two largest economies, warning it would be U.S. goods out of China's market,

1:17.8

calling U.S. President Donald Trump ramping up tariffs on China on Thursday to 125% unilaterally

1:23.5

bullying and coercion, the Chinese finance ministry said in a statement that the rate of U.S.

1:28.9

goods would increase from 84 to 125 effective on Saturday. Now, China is trying to plea with the

1:34.5

rest of the world, increasingly desperate, of course. Playing with the European Union this afternoon,

1:39.7

members join in with Beijing and resisting the, quote, unilateral bullying, they say that Donald Trump is doing.

1:46.1

But what has China done to America for the last four years? What has China done to America for the last

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