David French: Maybe the Tariffs Are the Problem

Last month, Trump fired the "woke" job numbers person after she released weak employment data. Now, we have even worse jobs numbers—and burgeoning signs of a tariffs-triggered manufacturing recession. Meanwhile, the administration may be working on a de facto military policy that would fulfill one of Trump's biggest longtime wishes: summarily executing drug dealers. Plus, a trans gun ban would be grotesquely unconstitutional, the blood-and-soil types at NatCon are missing what the Founding Fathers intended, Tucker can't quit his Putin obsession, and why Gen X enthusiastically embraced helicopter parenting.

David French joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

show notes

• Bulwark's live reaction to RFK hearing, with Sam, Jon Cohn, and Will Saletan
• David on Gen X helicopter parenting Gen Z (gifted)
• More from James Madison in 1785
• Post-recording news: Pentagon is deploying F-35s for a counter-narcotics mission
• Tim's playlist
• Bulwark Live in DC and NYC at TheBulwark.com/events. Toronto is SOLD OUT
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