The U.S. Is Melting Down—Trump’s Tariff War, AI Arms Race & the Collapse of Global Power | The Tom Bilyeu Show

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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In this episode, Tom Bilyeu dives into the complexities of the current geopolitical and economic landscape as he addresses the escalating tariff exchanges between the U.S. and China. The conversation explores the implications of these trade tensions on global markets, highlighting the political strategies at play, including Trump's controversial tactics and their potential impact on small businesses. Tom also reflects on the broader horizon, pondering the future of manufacturing amid technological advancements like AI and robotics. SHOWNOTES 00:00 "Tariffs as Strategic Negotiation Tool" 07:04 "Debt Cycle Complexity Unfolding" 18:12 Resource Wars: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism 23:45 "American Workers vs. Chinese Efficiency" 33:30 China's Economic Dilemma: Stimulation vs. Deflation 44:11 Scrutinizing Budget Reallocation Decisions 56:09 Caution on Germline Gene Editing 01:15:45 AI Revolutionizing Biological Discoveries CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Audible: Sign up for a free 30 day trial at https://audible.com/IMPACTTHEORY ButcherBox: Ready to level up your meals? Go to https://ButcherBox.com/impact to get $20 off your first box and FREE bacon for life. Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to https://www.vitalproteins.com and entering promo code IMPACT at check out Upway: Get $150 OFF any purchase over a thousand when you use code IMPACT at https://upway.co. Kettle & Fire: Get 20% off your first order at https://kettleandfire.com/impact with code IMPACT Netsuite: Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at https://NetSuite.com/THEORY Found: Try Found for FREE at https://found.com/impact Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Thrive Market: Go to https:thrivemarket.com/impact for 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift! American Alternative Assets: If you're ready to explore gold as part of your investment strategy, call 1-888-615-8047 or go to https://TomGetsGold.com Tech Unheard: Tune into Tech Unheard from Arm and NPM—wherever you get your podcasts. iTrust Capital: Use code IMPACTGO when you sign up and fund your account to get a $100 bonus at https://www.itrustcapital.com/tombilyeu Mint Mobile: If you like your money, Mint Mobile is for you. Shop plans at https://mintmobile.com/impact. DISCLAIMER: Upfront payment of $45 for 3-month 5 gigabyte plan required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customer offer for first 3 months only, then full-price plan options available. Taxes & fees extra. See MINT MOBILE for details. ********************************************************************** What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER SCALING a business: see if you qualify here. Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here. ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** Join me live on my Twitch stream. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tariff madness continues as markets bounce back a little, 70 countries line up to negotiate,
0:05.2	but China ain't one of them, instead vowing to restrict rare earth metals from everyone.
0:11.2	Skodas Green Lights deportations, scientists go full Jurassic Park, and Kawasaki premieres a robotic
0:17.7	horse prototype that brings all new meaning to my little pony. Drew, how's your
0:22.3	portfolio? You buying the dip? Buying the dip. There is. Market's on sale. Got to got to do it, man.
0:28.7	The fun continues. When your favorite pair of jeans are 20% off, you get excited. I'm looking at that
0:33.2	the same way my stocks. Until the entire world market implodes and we're in a recession, it gets a lot harder
0:39.7	to be excited about it.
0:40.7	So there's a new bottom and then it's like, okay, now my portfolio is on sale.
0:44.4	Yes.
0:45.6	Speaking of markets, they bounced back slightly opening at 3%, so a lot of the loss from last
0:50.1	week eating, but as of the time of this recording, they're starting to be flat versus slightly
0:55.7	down. Yeah, I would be very surprised. I mean, listen, there could be enough good news coming out
1:00.4	about the negotiations that we found the bottom. I doubt it. This feels like we are still
1:06.1	yet to see how things are going to play out between the U.S. and China. The U.S. and China is the
1:10.4	real play here. Yeah, so we'll see. There's an interesting tweet that came from Mr. Beast
1:16.7	about his cocoa and how that's impacting him. That is an interesting place to start. So let's
1:25.0	take a look at it. He said, ironically, because of all the new
1:28.3	tariffs, it's now way cheaper to make our chocolate bars. We sell globally, not in America, because
1:35.5	other countries don't have 20% tariff on our cogs. And then the feed proceeded to go crazy. You need to give more information. This sounds very disingenuous
1:47.0	and misleading. I think if he had changed one word, people would have understood it. If he had said
1:51.3	ingredients instead of cogs, people would understand. Because what he's saying is if we were
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