Welcome to political beatdown. I'm Ben Myceles, joined by Michael Cohen. We've got a lot to discuss.

You know, Michael Cohen, an indicator that I saw this morning, in addition to the news yesterday,

that the economy is contracting and shrinking, GDP for the first quarter, negative 0.3%. But sometimes there's other data that just tells you

a narrative and stands out. And it's that McDonald's and their profits and their sales are

dramatically decreasing and they're citing the fact. Absolutely not true. It's not true. I went to

McDonald's just the other day. I went just the other day and I bought,

I bought like a lot. And if you're listening to, though, what a lot of these, you know,

retailers are saying, if you listen to the SOS warnings from your targets and your Walmarts and

your home depots, you know, they're, they're telling us what is right around the corner,

you know, and to me at this moment, the market and the volatility right now looks more like

a Trump meme coin or a Trump stock than actually being tethered to the reality of the

situation. And I just believe that that's very, very problematic. I want to get into that more,

you know, on the show because again, freight volumes decreasing dramatically, trucking volumes,

decreasing dramatically. Donald volumes, decreasing dramatically.

Donald Trump, when he's been either interviewed or when he's in the Oval Office,

he's saying things like, why do we care about products coming in from China?

Like, does your kid need $30?

Just give them two dolls.

And if they've got to pay no money,

did your parents ever give you 30 gifts for a holiday? I mean, you know, you got two.

It was a lot. But now he's even acknowledging that you won't be able to afford the two.

You know, Ben, under normal circumstances, as you know, I kind of, I try to make as much light

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