Is there a Method to Trump’s Madness?

It’s been an exceptionally crazy week, even by Trump-era standards. So we decided to experiment with the podcast this week by doing a live-stream recording.

Shadi Hamid

and

Damir Marusic

discuss whether there is a method to Trump’s madness about tariffs and everything else — or whether we have to accept that we are ruled by a Mad King, who himself does not know what he will do from one moment to the next. It’s free for all subscribers, so give it a listen!

Required Reading:

• Shadi’s interview with

  Oren Cass
  about tariffs (Washington Post).

• Janan Ganesh, “The Hopeless Search for Trump’s Cunning Plan” (Financial Times).

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