Trump’s Global Deals, Domestic Battles, and Economic Moves

The pod­cast cov­ers a range of polit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ments involv­ing Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump. The Ital­ian Prime Minister’s recent vis­it, not­ing Trump’s announce­ment of an impend­ing EU trade deal, though pos­i­tive news is often mis­rep­re­sent­ed by U.S. media. The Supreme Court is set to hear argu­ments on Trump’s push to end birthright cit­i­zen­ship, spark­ing a legal bat­tle over the 14th Amend­ment. On the eco­nom­ic front, TSMC announced that 30% of its most advanced chips will be man­u­fac­tured in Ari­zona once its six Phoenix plants are oper­a­tional. Trump expressed opti­mism about resolv­ing the trade war, pre­dict­ing forth­com­ing deals. He also voiced frus­tra­tion with Fed­er­al Reserve Chair Jerome Pow­ell, threat­en­ing to remove him for being too slow. Is Trump’s bol­ster­ing efforts to boost Repub­li­can influ­ence in Hawaii by pro­mot­ing com­mer­cial fish­ing in the Pacif­ic? Glob­al lead­ers are eager to nego­ti­ate deals with the U.S. under Trump’s lead­er­ship.

• The prime min­is­ter of Italy was here yes­ter­day. If it is good news, it doesn’t get por­trayed hon­est­ly in our media. Trump said there will be a deal with the EU. 
• The Supreme Court to hear argu­ments over Trump’s bid to end birthright cit­i­zen­ship. The 14th amend­ment legal bat­tle
• TSMC says it will man­u­fac­ture 30% of most advanced chips in Ari­zona. The Tai­wan Semi­con­duc­tor Man­u­fac­tur­ing Co. will pro­duce 30% of its most advanced chips in Ari­zona when its six Phoenix plants are in oper­a­tion, the com­pa­ny announced on an earn­ings call Thurs­day. 
• We will make a deal with Chi­na. Trump shows opti­mism over trade war. 
• Trump on the fed chair, “If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast”. Trump is not hap­py with Pow­ell, it is too slow. 
• Is Don­ald Trump mak­ing a push to make Hawaii a lit­tle more repub­li­can? Trump unleash­ing Amer­i­can com­mer­cial fish­ing in the pacif­ic. 
• Every­one wants to make a deal with the US.