The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1022: Stephanie Ruhle: Only Trump Is Happy
Manufacturing orders are down, stocks are down, and mortgage rates are up. But Trump and his family are wealthier than they've ever been.
16 apr 2025 - 50 min 37 sec
S2 Ep1021: Josh Barro: Total Idiocy
Trump & company want to turn us into Taiwan circa 1985. But the brilliant minds behind the idea of intentionally weakening the dollar are prioritizing making America a good place to manufacture rather than a good place to live.
15 apr 2025 - 01 ore 14 min 24 sec
S2 Ep1020: Bill Kristol: Staring Down the Barrel
We are here: Trump is openly defying the Supreme Court while sitting side-by-side with a Latin American strongman who openly mocked our judicial system from inside the Oval Office.
14 apr 2025 - 46 min 19 sec
S2 Ep1019: David Frum: It's Too Late to Stop the Pain
Trump has effectively imposed a trade embargo on China, which means that after the inventory runs out, American retail will soon dry up.
11 apr 2025 - 51 min 44 sec
S2 Ep1018: Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard: Naked Corruption
Just before he paused the tariffs on Wednesday, an unusual spike in activity on the S 500 prompted speculation that Trump was orchestrating an insider trading scheme.
10 apr 2025 - 01 ore 19 min 28 sec
S2 Ep1017: Catherine Rampell: Trump's Tariffmageddon
The White House is pumping out a lot of happy talk about countries wanting to make deals over the tariffs, but the tumult Trump has created has spread to the bond market.
9 apr 2025 - 01 ore 20 min 59 sec
S2 Ep1016: Jonathan Cohn and Mark Lilla: Lobotomizing America
When it comes to biomedical research, America is already great. We are the world's leader in the field.
8 apr 2025 - 01 ore 07 min 18 sec
S2 Ep1015: Bill Kristol: The High Cost of Stupidity
Part of the reason for the market bloodbath is because the finance wizzes didn't factor in that Trump would actually do the truly moronic thing he kept saying he would.
7 apr 2025 - 01 ore 20 sec
S2 Ep1014: Adam Kinzinger: Mortal Damage to the American Empire
It's been great to live in America since World War II, but Trump is in the process of blowing up that whole order.
4 apr 2025 - 56 min 22 sec
S2 Ep1013: Mallory McMorrow and Tracy Alloway: A Self-Inflicted Crisis
The market plunge is just pure Trump chaos, and perfectly matches his record as a businessman. From his numerous bankruptcies and many failures—including his airline, his casinos, his university, his water, and his steaks—he's been running one long con.
3 apr 2025 - 01 ore 08 min 12 sec