Ep.98 Tariffs, Impoundment, Gaza, AID Freeze, and Plane Crash

On today’s Emergency Cast, Jane and Jason spontaneously convene to deal with peak disorder and delve into all the interlocking crises, dead catting, plane crashing, impounding, tariff barrier erecting, and AID stopping that has come to a head during Trump’s Second Week of his Second Term.

In the Ordering the Disorder segment, Jane wonders how much of the world will respond by trying to figure out how to decouple - slowly, gradually, cautiously – from the US because US politics does not exactly seem at its most stable. And Jason muses that Canada, Mexico, the UK and the EU could have chosen to present a united front to Trump, but appear to have elected not to.

Producer: George McDonagh

Executive Producer: Neil Fearn

This is a most compelling podcast from the 538 about the ways in which the Trump Presidency threatens the constitutional balance of powers and how the issue of Impoundment is at the very core of the structural and legal threat of Trumpism to 're-do' the underlying structures of America.

From the Washington Post, ‘Senior U.S. official exists after rift with Musk Allies of Payment System’.

From CNN, ‘Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze'

From CNN, ‘Trump suggests his plan for Gaza Strip is to ‘clean out the whole thing”

From Congressional Democrats, ‘Background on Unlawful Impoundment in President Trump’s Executive Orders’