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The A.M. Update

Week in Review | 4/13/25

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

Daily News, News, Politics

4.9833 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The A.M. Update, Aaron McIntire delves into the complexities of the current tariff debate, exploring the emotional responses from various political factions, particularly the right. He discusses the uncertainty surrounding the end goals of the tariffs, the implications for retirement savings, and the human trafficking crisis at the border. The conversation also includes insights from economic advisors on trade policy and public opinion regarding tariffs. The episode concludes with a humorous take on McIntire's potential presidential aspirations.
 
 

Transcript

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0:01.0

Welcome to the AM Update, Week in Review, a collection of the best moments from Aaron McIntyre's

0:08.0

Morning Update.

0:09.6

Boy, howdy.

0:11.0

If you were on the right this weekend and you just had kind of the agnostic take on tariffs,

0:17.6

according to some people, you are the enemy.

0:20.0

It's not enough to be agnostic when it comes to tariffs.

0:22.7

You must be actively anti-tariff, I was told, or at least suggested.

0:27.7

I saw a lot of really, really emotionally, let's just say, suspect takes on the tariff debate over the weekend.

0:35.8

And I noticed that most of those emotionally untethered, emotionally unhinged takes

0:41.5

seem to come from one side of the debate.

0:44.4

But I think, however, after thinking about this a little bit more,

0:48.1

I think what explains all of the apoplexy and all of the hysteria from the right,

0:52.7

I don't care about the left.

0:55.1

Don't care about them. I mean, Donald Trump could cure cancer. He could send everyone to Mars. He could tear, I mean,

1:01.0

he could, he could perform miracles. And the left would still call him literally Hitler and probably

1:06.5

Satan. Okay, so I don't care about the left. What I'm more interested is in the right.

1:12.8

And I think what explains a lot of the hysteria you saw, even from Trump supporters on the

1:18.9

right, boils down to really two factors. Number one, nobody knows really for certain what the

1:25.0

end game is here. I want to get to that in a little bit, but nobody knows for certain what the end game is here. I want to get to that in a little bit, but nobody knows

1:28.2

for certain what the end game is here. Is this permanent tariffs to raise revenue? Are these tariffs

1:34.2

a bargaining chip for better trade deals and reshoring some industries? Is this all an elaborate

1:39.8

ploy to isolate China or a combination of all three of those things. We don't know for sure.

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