Week in Review | 4/20/25

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

Politics, News, Daily News

4.9 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This conversation explores the dynamics of the Trump and Biden administrations, particularly in terms of deal-making and responsiveness to business leaders. It discusses the implications of tariffs on American manufacturing, the challenges posed by China in free trade, and the importance of manufacturing for national security. Additionally, it delves into demographic trends, particularly fertility rates among conservatives versus liberals, and the impact of immigration on American culture. The conversation concludes with a poll regarding leadership within the Democrat Party, highlighting the lack of strong leadership and the chaotic nature of the party's current direction.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the AM Update, week in review, a collection of the best moments from Aaron McIntyre's
0:08.0	morning update.
0:09.7	And now here's this.
0:10.8	The All In podcast is hosted by a number of business leaders in this country, and they're
0:16.6	kind of, they have a right wing bent for sure, but they interview people from across the political
0:21.1	spectrum. Well, one of the hosts of that podcast is Chamath Polyopedia. He has been very, very
0:27.0	positive about what Trump is trying to accomplish with reorganizing global trade and reshoring
0:32.5	American manufacturing and critical infrastructure. He was accused of indicating that the White House, the Trump White
0:39.2	House, makes backroom crony deals with business leaders. He was accused by New York Times
0:45.5	Ezra Klein, who joined the All In podcast. Now, this clip is not so much about clarifying what
0:51.1	Chimoth said, so much as it is spelling out the differences between this
0:55.2	Trump administration, what they're actually like dealing with, as opposed to the Obama and
1:00.3	Biden administrations. Listen to this. Before I came on the show, I had a gun on an exit. This is the voice of
1:04.6	Ezra Klein, by the way, the New York Times columnist. You're saying that one of the problems
1:08.3	with the Biden administration was that you couldn't get anybody on the phone.
1:12.2	And in the Trump administration, you make the call, the deputy chief of staff picks up,
1:15.6	you say, hey, I need you to talk to this company.
1:18.1	I work with them.
1:19.1	They're freaking out about the tariffs.
1:20.6	The deputy chief of staff tells a company.
1:22.4	They work something out.
1:23.4	No, no, not that they work something out.
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