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China Strikes Back at Tariffs by Roasting JD Vance & Selling Out Luxury Retailers | Sen. Tammy Duckworth

2025/4/17
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Ronny Chieng discusses how JD Vance's remarks about Chinese people being 'peasants' have worsened the trade war between China and the U.S., affecting industries like automakers and Hollywood. China is using trade as a weapon, including restricting imports of Hollywood movies.
  • JD Vance called the Chinese 'peasants,' causing outrage in China and escalating tensions.
  • China is retaliating by suspending exports of rare earth minerals and magnets, essential for American industries.
  • China is restricting imports of Hollywood movies, impacting the entertainment industry.

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Ronny Chieng breaks down how JD Vance's comments calling Chinese people "peasants" have escalated both the shade war and the trade war with China, impacting American industries from automakers to Hollywood. Plus, Troy Iwata chimes in on the one thriving business of the trade war: TikTok luxury knockoffs.

Michael Kosta checks in with Canadians to see how they feel about Donald Trump's aims to make them America's 51st state, including one ex-pat who immigrated to Canada when Trump first became president and a gun-loving member of Canada's silent MAGA minority.

Iraq War veteran and Democratic Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth sits down to discuss the work she is doing in Congress to improve care for veterans and how the Trump administration is setting back that progress by taking jobs away from thousands of veterans and making DOGE cuts to life-saving Veterans’ Affairs programs. They also discuss Trump’s broken promises to the veterans who voted for him, how DEI benefits the military, and why confirming someone as unqualified as Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense contradicts the right’s alleged “meritocracy.”

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