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Richard Wolff: Donald Trump’s Tariff War Dissected

Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.giving/donate?pr... The code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bump from large donors. Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s ninth appearance on Robinson’s Podcast. In this episode, Richard and Robinson discuss the tariffs that President Donald Trump would like to place on goods imported from around the world. More particularly, they cover the real problems America is facing that Trump has to solve, the connection to Russia, China, and the BRICS, Elon Musk and electric vehicles, and more. Richard’s latest book is Understanding Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 2024). Understanding Capitalism (Book): https://www.democracyatwork.info/unde... Richard’s Website: https://www.rdwolff.com Economic Update: https://www.democracyatwork.info/econ... OUTLINE 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:31 Is the United States Unsustainable? 00:15:33 Can Tariffs Solve America’s Debt Problems? 00:25:19 The Declining American Empire 00:32:53 Exposing the Myths About Trump’s Tariffs 00:44:55 The Empty Promises of American Politics 00:53:54 Why DC Doesn’t Have Representation in Congress 01:00:22 The Bizarre Alliance Between Israel and the United States 01:04:48 Why Russia Is Exempt from Trump’s Tariffs 01:13:48 Are Israel and the United States “Winning” Against Gaza? 01:24:25 How Wealth Now Controls the United States 01:31:47 How Trump is Turning Allies into Enemies 01:37:12 America’s Terrible Healthcare 01:42:25 Who Really Rules America? 01:57:04 How Should Trump Solve America’s Real Problems? 02:04:39 What America Can Learn from Britain’s Collapse Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD candidate in the Law School.