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Trump softens on China and Jerome Powell.

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Isaac Saul

International News, Politics, Election, Nonpartisan, Us Politics, Local News, News Commentary, Biden, Us Senate, Independent, Us News, Congress, Trump, News, Us House Of Representatives

4.8672 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

While answering questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made a series of remarks that appeared to soften his previous criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and stated that he intended to reduce U.S. tariffs on China. The comments sparked a stock market rally, though Trump did not indicate whether a trade deal with China was imminent. 



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From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.

0:44.7

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take.

0:59.8

I'm your host, Isaac Saul. It is Thursday, April 24th, and today we are talking about President Donald Trump and his comments regarding the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, and China in tariffs on

1:14.6

China. Before we get into all that, though, I have a plug and a correction, unfortunately.

1:21.8

This is frustrating. In yesterday's reader question, we said that Judge J. Harvey Wilkinson, the third, was a district judge in Texas.

1:30.8

In fact, Wilkinson is a federal appellate judge, not a district judge, and he sits on the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia.

1:38.9

I'm very frustrated because we had a few corrections recently, uncharacteristic ones.

1:44.0

Wilkinson was misidentified by a few corrections recently, uncharacteristic ones. Wilkinson was misidentified

1:45.9

by a few news outlets

1:47.4

and as a district judge.

1:50.5

And there are so many ongoing challenges.

1:53.5

Like, I'm just going to be honest,

1:54.7

we're tracking so many court cases

1:57.2

and challenges to the stuff

1:58.9

that the president is doing

2:00.8

that it gets really confusing.

2:04.1

So there was a ruling in the Southern District of Texas, affirming a challenge under the habeas corpus, and whatever.

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