Stock shock, tariff math and Friday night firings
Apr 04, 2025•11 min
Episode description
The world reels from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs with $2.4 trillion wiped off U.S. shares and governments vowing retaliation. We look at the tariff math and its impact on poor countries, plus what’s being discussed in the White House. And, as night falls in Washington on
Fridays, the federal firings begin.
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