Listen: Trump’s Trade War on the World and a 9/11 WTC Betrayal

Chaos abroad, turmoil at home…

By Bob Hennelly

On Friday, China responded to President Donald Trump's 34 percent tariff with a 34 percent tariff of their own on the US. 

Over the weekend, financial markets in Asia continued the slide Wall Street experienced last week when investors lost $4 trillion in two days. The more than ten percent drop experienced by the Standards & Poor 500 Index at the end of last week was the biggest drop since the COVID pandemic hit in 2020. 

In our first hour, we speak with James Henry, a Yale University Global Justice Fellow and economist about the fallout from Trump's trade war on the world. 

We also get a labor perspective on the deepening crisis from Dr. Joe Wilson, labor historian and biographer of A. Philip Randolph.

In the  second hour of this week’s show, we speak with Arne Arnesen, host of the “Attitude with Arnie Arnesen” who served in the New Hampshire legislature and was the first woman to run for governor in the Granite State. Together, we discuss the significance of the April 5 Hands-Off mass protest.

Andy Ansbro, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, also talks about the Trump cuts to the 9/11 WTC  Health Program. 

After a great deal of pushback, the Trump administration rehired Dr. John Howard, who leads the program. Yet, 10,000 layoffs at Health and Human Services, including at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has left the fate of not just the 9/11 program—but the federal government’s entire occupational health research program up in the air.

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