About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's declining influence and relationships as he faces challenges in the midterms.

Trump is running out of mates everywhere as he goes on tariff tirades and has his offers of help in the midterms rejected. Nikki joins Jarv and Chris to discuss how his power is fading.  Back us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/AmericanFriction Follow us on social media:  Bluesky : https://bsky.app/profile/americanfric.bsky.social  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/americanfric  TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@americanfric  Written and presented byJacob Jarvis ,Chris Jones and Nikki McCann Ramirez. Audio/ video editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Jarvis, Chris Jones

Guest: Nikki McCann Ramirez

Topics covered

• Trump
• midterms
• politics
• tariffs
• power dynamics

Keywords

• Trump
• midterms
• politics
• tariffs
• Nikki McCann Ramirez

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Podmasters, American Friction, Orange Factory Music, Simon Williams, Andrew Harrison, Martin Bojtos, James Parrett

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