Trump Caves to Tariff Uproar, But Doubles Down on China | Olivia Munn

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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Desi Lydic tracks Trump's "Tariff Day" roller coaster ride, from his shock announcement of a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, to slapping even more tariffs on China. Plus, Olivia Munn explains how Trump's tariff chaos is all just brushstrokes in the art of his deal.

Could resurrecting the woolly mammoth be the fix for modern climate change? Troy Iwata sits down with leading scientists and paleontologists to determine if engineering woolly mammoths could be a problem or a solution.

Former Daily Show correspondent and actor Olivia Munn sits down to discuss her new Apple TV+ series "Your Friends & Neighbors." They talk about Munn’s first day as a correspondent 14 years ago, bending gender stereotypes as the “fun mom,” opening up about her struggle with postpartum anxiety, how a health test saved her life from breast cancer, and the role alongside Jon Hamm that brought her back to acting.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:06.7	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news.
0:13.9	This is The Daily Show with your host, Desi Linens.
0:30.1	Thank you. Desi Leidick. Welcome to the Daily.
0:33.3	I'm Debbie Leit.
0:34.4	We've got so much to talk about tonight.
0:36.8	Trump's tariffs are off, but they're on again,
0:39.9	but they're also off. So who fucking cares? Let's get into it with another installment of trade wars.
0:48.2	My favorite word. My favorite word. Tariff.
0:56.0	Last Wednesday, Donald Trump announced that in one week, he was going to impose the biggest increase in tariffs in 100 years.
1:03.0	And after a week of panic buying a year's supply of toilet paper and air friars, the day has finally arrived.
1:10.0	It is 1159 and 48 seconds, which means we are just moments away from the president's new
1:15.9	tariffs.
1:16.9	It's President Trump's long-awaited tariff day.
1:19.4	It's reciprocal tariff day.
1:20.9	Well, the tariffs are here.
1:22.5	All right, it is Tariff Day.
1:25.5	Happy Tariff Day, everyone. Happy tariff day, everyone.
1:28.3	Oh.
1:30.3	It's what Trump is replacing Juneteenth with.
1:35.3	Now, Trump is celebrated by putting tariffs on every country in the world,
1:40.3	including 104% on products made in China, which is probably fine.
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