Swamp Notes: Trump’s ‘you break it, you buy it’ moment

沼泽笔记:特朗普的“破财消灾”时刻

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2025-04-26

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Just a few weeks ago, US President Donald Trump was ready to levy tariffs on basically every nation. Today, many of those tariffs have been paused or tempered. Additionally, this week he promised he will not be firing Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, despite his earlier criticism. Should we expect more backstepping from Trump in the face of economic data? And what do the voters think of it all? FT economics editor Sam Fleming joins alongside Jon McHenry, vice-president of the conservative pollster North Star Opinion Research.  Mentioned in this podcast: Trump claims to have received call from Xi Jinping and to have cut ‘200 deals’ on trade Donald Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Jay Powell Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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