Trump's New Tariffs, FBI Helped Bury Biden Laptop Story, Hakeem Jeffries' Lousy Leadership

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for 3 Martini Lunch as they analyze President Trump's latest tariffs, the FBI’s complicity in silencing on the Hunter Biden laptop, and the underwhelming leadership of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

First, they break down Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on most nations and imported automobiles, explaining the economic arguments for and against them and what the impact could be, depending upon how other nations respond. Jim also exposes how tariffs are being applied to places with no human inhabitants or economic relevance. Plus, they explain why anyone who grew up in the 1980s should understand this issue.

Next, they examine newly revealed internal FBI chats proving the agency knew in mid-October 2020 that the Hunter Biden laptop was real and under criminal investigation—yet remained silent while Democrats and the media buried the story.

Finally, while it's good for the GOP, they wonder why House Democrats continue backing Hakeem Jeffries as their leader. His speaking style lacks impact, and he repeatedly pushes unpopular positions—most recently daring Republicans to vote on the SAVE Act, which mandates photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch. Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up. Very glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.9	We don't exactly have a good martini for you today. We're going to start off with the biggest news, which of course is Trump's tariff announcement from yesterday. We'll also take a closer look at what
0:26.2	the FBI actually knew about the Hunter Biden laptop. That's coming to light. And then also,
0:32.0	Hakeem Jeffries. Everyone wants to pretend, especially on the left, that he's this dynamic,
0:40.5	insightful leader, and he's just not.
0:43.0	And we have more evidence of that in our final martini today.
0:44.0	So I guess that's a good martini.
0:47.8	You always want the opposition leaders to be less than your highest caliber.
0:52.6	But Jim, you know, we knew that yesterday was quote-unquote liberation day.
0:54.9	We toyed around with talking about it yesterday,
0:58.3	but then we realized that the statement was going to happen in the Rose Garden at 4 p.m.
1:03.5	And you know what happens at 4 p.m. each day? The market's closed. So they can't react immediately to what this administration knew they would not like, at least initially. And so yesterday,
1:09.2	shortly after 4 o'clock, we got the president's announcement
1:12.9	about the tariffs, and here's kind of how he's summing up his approach. From this day on, we're
1:18.4	not going to let anyone tell us that American workers and families cannot have the future that they
1:23.6	deserve. We're going to produce the cars and ships, chips, airplanes, minerals,
1:29.3	and medicines that we need right here in America. The pharmaceutical companies are going to
1:34.6	become roaring back. They're coming roaring back. They're all coming back to our country,
1:39.7	because if they don't, they've got a big tax to pay. And if they do, I'll be very happy and you're going to be
1:46.2	very happy and you're going to be very safe. We're going to build our future with American hands,
1:51.4	with American heart, American steel, and we're going to build it with American pride like we used to.
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