About this episode

The episode discusses the conflict between moneyed interests and economic populists in the Democratic Party, along with related political dynamics in Canada.

Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips break down the emerging fight between moneyed interests and economic populists in the Democratic Party, and ask whether progressive candidates need broader coalitions, better slogans or simply better abs. Then they turn to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, Mark Carney’s restrained response and the premiers volunteering to play attack dog. Can economic populism work in Canada? Should Carney start treating Trump like the political villain Canadians already believe he is? And is Carter now pro-slogan, or just anti-admitting he was wrong? Zain Velji, as always, picks the questions and keeps everybody in line. Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, and access to our exclusive Discord. https://www.patreon.com/c/strategistspod You can also watch our episodes on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@strategistspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Stephen Carter, Shannon Phillips, Zain Velji

Topics covered

• economic populism
• Democratic Party
• tariffs
• political strategy
• Canada
• coalitions

Keywords

• economic populism
• Democratic Party
• Donald Trump
• Mark Carney
• tariffs
• political strategy
• coalitions

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Organizations: Democratic Party, YouTube

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