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I wonder if Trump knows that the only technology companies that can deliver machines that can facilitate making the highest resolution patterns for silicon chips are European. What if the EU stops delivery of deep UV lithography machines from ASML to American companies? What if he lets Russia invade Germany and lets them destroy the only factory in the world that can make the optics for ASML’s machines? Just a curiosity.

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4/4/25: China Calls Trump's Bluff, Stocks Plummet, Lawyer Responds To JD Vance

Krystal, Ryan and Emily discuss China calling Trump's bluff on tariffs, stock market reacts, and a lawyer for a wrongly deported man responds to JD Vance.

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(2:25)Jobs Report Analysis and Economic Implications
(14:58)The Impact of Tariffs on Domestic Economy
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(40:55)The Autocratic Leadership Style of Trump
(42:19)The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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4/4/25: China Calls Trump's Bluff, Stocks Plummet, Lawyer Responds To JD Vance

Why do we need an AI doom segment every single day? At this point there’s no new news it’s just regurgitating the same bullet points day after day.

When is the last time Breaking Points had a guest that was conservative/right wing? Every guest is progressive or from the left. Wish there was some more coverage from both sides.

What if America uses all the surplus soybeans and becomes the tofu capital of the world? I would gladly buy Republican family members "Soy Boys Save American Farmers!" bumper stickers

How to fix the american housing market:
Everyone focuses on the supply side. We need some more supply, sure, but only modestly so. The real fixes are:
— Ban all foreign investment in or ownership of American real estate. Americans only.
— Ban all corporate investment in or ownership of American real estate.
— Add a progressively steeper and steeper tax on every home owned past one home, until the costs of owning multiple properties past a certain point just doesnt make sense. This will discourage the slum lord phenomenon.
— Bring back the regulation (repealed under Bush) requiring homes to be maintained under one owner for at least two years before being sold. This will discourage the unethical, cheap flippers that hyperinflate the market and make our homes worse not better.

These four things (foreign ownership, corporate ownership, slum lord ownership, and McFlippers) are the real problems. They are causing the housing market to be wildly ballooned out of alignment with normal ...

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