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5 min readTrump Changed His Mind
On a Friday night late in the escalating U.S.-China trade war, the Trump administration quietly exempted smartphones, laptops, solar cells, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, computer processors, memory chips, and semiconductor-based storage devices from the 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports. Asmongold, the streamer and host of this episode, calls this a full reversal—"Trump roached out."
He had supported the original tariffs. The argument was straightforward: China had been taking advantage of the United States on intellectual property, accounting practices, and asymmetrical business rules for years. Tariffs were supposed to introduce accountability. But now, with exemptions carved out for the very electronics that make up a huge share of Chinese imports into the U.S., Asmongold sees the policy as having lost its teeth.
The Apple Problem
The core of Asmongold's frustration centers on who benefits from these exemptions. He does not see Apple as an American company in any meaningful sense. "Apple is an international company," he says. "They don't have any allegiance to it. They don't have any obligation to it. If the United States isn't doing well, Apple is just going to go somewhere else."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:28) **Trump Reverses on China Tariffs** - Asmongold opens with his core thesis: Donald Trump has "roached out" by granting tariff exemptions on electronics like computer chips and smartphones.
- 2 (02:18) **News Report on Tariff Exemptions** - ABC News correspondent Selena Wang reports on the specific products exempted from the 145% tariffs.
- 3 (02:55) **The Problem with Cheap Chinese Goods** - Asmongold questions the long-term benefit of importing endless cheap products from China for American consumers.
- 4 (03:51) **Where is the Value for American Workers?** - Asmongold argues that wealth created by globalized companies is abstract and does not benefit the average American.
- 5 (04:58) **The Impact on Small Businesses and Farmers** - The news report and Asmongold discuss how tariffs hurt American farmers and small businesses.
- 6 (05:52) **Globalization is One-Sidedly Bad for the US** - Asmongold argues that globalization, in its current state, is asymmetrically harmful to the United States.
- 7 (06:26) **Satirical Vision of a Unionized Future** - Asmongold uses a satirical image of a "Kinsha Chicken Inspector" with Nvidia chips to mock the promise of high-paying American manufacturing jobs.
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Show Notes
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