In this recorded live, I start a little earlier than usual—dog grooming logistics included—but quickly turn to what’s really at stake: the accelerating economic isolation of the United States and how it’s being disguised by spectacle and spin. As Trump appears at a rural healthcare roundtable, I cover the event in real time, fact-checking claims as they’re made and separating performance from policy.
The core of the discussion centers on trade and tariffs, particularly Canada’s decision to open its auto market to Chinese electric vehicles. This move isn’t happening in a vacuum. It’s the result of erratic tariff policy, and the U.S. blowing up its own trade agreements. After decades of deeply integrated North American manufacturing under NAFTA and the USMCA, that system is now unraveling—fast.
I walk through why the U.S. no longer has the infrastructure, labor force, or supply chains to simply “bring manufacturing back,” and why allies are adapting without us. Just for fun, we also covered the village idiots round table on rural healthcare. Spoiler alert, there was very little talk of rural health care.
Taken together, these threads point to a larger reality: the economic damage isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s structural, it’s accelerating, and it may ultimately be what brings this entire project down.
