Trump’s trade war with Canada gets nasty
About this episode
The episode discusses the recent escalation of the trade war between the Trump administration and Canada, alongside Trump's economic impact and personal wealth.
In the past couple of weeks, the Trump administration has reignited its trade war with Canada, threatened an ‘economic D-day’ against Iran and watched the US national debt surpass $40tn. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has personally made billions of dollars since returning to office. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dan Alexander of Forbes about how Trump has amassed his fortune – and what his economic record could mean for voters in the midterms
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