2025 7-11 Matters of Democracy Trade Policy, ACLU, House republicans, Epstein, IRS and Churches

Matters of Democracy podcast by THOMAS MARINO

Episode notes

Trump's trade policy is its lack of coherence and consistency, characterized as an "improvised one-man show, Trade War." The analysis highlights several key indicators of this disorganization: Trump simultaneously advocates for "protecting American industry" (protectionism) and "opening foreign markets to American goods" (open trade), which are "fundamentally in conflict." "Exactly what tariffs will be imposed, and on what nations, and on what timeline, changes on an almost daily basis."

The legal landscape is marked by the ongoing challenge to Donald Trump's Executive Order (XO) denying citizenship to certain U.S.-born individuals, centered on the principle of birthright citizenship. Following the Supreme Court's guidance, the ACLU successfully amended its federal suit in New Hampshire to "certify a class of children and their parents that ... 

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