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Donald Trump’s Economic Warfare Abroad Comes Home
April 25, 2026·44 minconversationalpolitics
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In this episode of *The Political Scene* from *The New Yorker*, Jane Mayer, Evan Osnos, and Susan Glasser analyze how Donald Trump’s aggressive use of economic warfare—particularly through tariffs and military action in Iran—has backfired, destabilizing the global economy, weakening U.S.
In this episode of *The Political Scene* from *The New Yorker*, Jane Mayer, Evan Osnos, and Susan Glasser analyze how Donald Trump’s aggressive use of economic warfare—particularly through tariffs and military action in Iran—has backfired, destabilizing the global economy, weakening U.S.
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Edward Fishman
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Edward Fishmanby Edward FishmanJane MayerEvan OsnosSusan GlasserDonald TrumpLori Chavez de RiemerTulsi GabbardRFK Jr.Pete HegsethDmitry MedvedevBob Rubin
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Choke Points: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfareby Edward Fishman
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