The Great America Show - April 11, 2025


Friday Update： April 11, 2025


Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

178.51399

Word count

925

Sentence count

61

Harmful content

Misogyny

4

sentences flagged

Hate speech

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 125% and threatens to ignore Trump if he persists. New York AG Letitia James in hot water over a quiet real estate transaction. Elon Musk gets the go-ahead to become a special government employee.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, April 11th.
00:00:05.180 China's acting up, they can't seem to get their act together. 1.00
00:00:07.760 China raises their tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%,
00:00:11.220 saying they will ignore Trump if he persists.
00:00:14.760 That happening this afternoon, China deciding to raise it another 41% to, like I said, that 125%,
00:00:20.720 escalating the trade war between the world's two largest economies,
00:00:24.900 warning it would be U.S. goods out of China's market.
00:00:27.540 Calling U.S. President Donald Trump ramping up tariffs on China on Thursday to 125%,
00:00:33.100 unilaterally bullying and coercion, the Chinese finance ministry said in a statement
00:00:37.800 that the rate of U.S. goods would increase from 84% to 125%, effective on Saturday.
00:00:43.400 Now China is trying to plead with the rest of the world, increasingly desperate, of course.
00:00:47.880 Pleying with the European Union this afternoon, members join in with Beijing,
00:00:51.840 and resisting the, quote, unilateral bullying they say that Donald Trump is doing.
00:00:55.940 But what has China done to America for the last four years?
00:00:58.900 What has China done to America for the last eight years?
00:01:01.620 Does anyone forget about COVID?
00:01:03.400 The millions of people who died?
00:01:05.060 The over one million Americans who lost their lives?
00:01:07.700 It's time for payback for China. 1.00
00:01:09.500 And that doesn't even account for China's currency manipulation,
00:01:13.220 their devaluing of their dollar,
00:01:15.280 their taking advantage of America and taking American jobs. 0.65
00:01:18.540 And we didn't even get to the fentanyl that they sent to the Mexican border
00:01:21.420 that takes the lives of over 100,000 Americans each and every year.
00:01:25.860 That's just to list a few things.
00:01:28.080 Globalist puppet Tedros Adhanan is begging the U.S. to return to the corrupt World Health Organization.
00:01:34.980 President Trump signed that executive order to formally withdraw from the United States
00:01:39.000 from the WHO, citing its failure to hold China accountable
00:01:42.140 and its role for pushing radical globalized health agendas that undermine American sovereignty.
00:01:47.220 Trump's executive order halted all U.S. funding to the WHO,
00:01:51.700 redirecting those resources to domestic health initiatives
00:01:54.560 that prioritize American interests and American values.
00:01:58.280 Now, the WHO has long pointed to its mishandling of global health crises,
00:02:02.840 its cozy relationship with China,
00:02:04.860 and its dangerous push for vaccine mandates,
00:02:07.280 along with digital health passports.
00:02:09.820 See what's going on here, folks.
00:02:11.020 Everything leads back to China.
00:02:13.800 They have their hands in everything.
00:02:15.200 New York Attorney General Letitia James finds herself in a little bit of trouble. 0.98
00:02:21.400 She built her career on exposing deception,
00:02:23.980 but a quiet real estate transaction in Norfolk, Virginia,
00:02:26.820 carried out just weeks before the Trump fraud trial she championed,
00:02:30.620 now raising serious questions about her own compliance with New York law.
00:02:35.240 Go figure.
00:02:36.000 Tish James.
00:02:36.640 I hereby declare that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.
00:02:43.160 End quote.
00:02:44.120 Those words appear in black and white in a specific power of attorney signed by Letitia James
00:02:48.520 and filed in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 17, 2023,
00:02:53.260 authorizing her relative, Shamice Thompson,
00:02:55.740 to act on her behalf in the transaction that included the declaration.
00:02:59.560 They were not sent or written by any lawyers acting on James' behalf.
00:03:03.940 They were her words, her intent, her signature.
00:03:07.280 Now, the problem that poses is Tish James is the Attorney General of New York. 1.00
00:03:11.500 She can't possibly be living in Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, full time.
00:03:15.900 Now, there are some tax benefits that come along with her making her residence in Virginia. 0.98
00:03:20.340 We have to credit our good friend here on the Great America Show, Roger Stone,
00:03:24.680 because Roger has been digging into this from the inception.
00:03:27.820 He's got his friend Donald Trump's back.
00:03:30.240 We'll keep you updated on what's going on with Tish James,
00:03:32.660 but it doesn't look good for the defunct Attorney General of New York City.
00:03:37.680 Beyond the 130-day limit, Trump's options to keep Musk leading Doge.
00:03:42.620 They're coming down to the wire.
00:03:43.880 Musk critics want him gone tomorrow
00:03:45.380 and aren't thrilled that the special government employee,
00:03:48.480 his tenure is legally capped at 130 days in a 365-day period.
00:03:53.180 President Trump has several options if he wants to keep Musk on past that expiration date.
00:03:58.780 Elon Musk's role as Department of Government Efficiency head
00:04:01.380 is formally designated that a special government employee,
00:04:04.160 a statute that limits him to only 135 days,
00:04:06.700 his tenure is expected to end around late April of 2025.
00:04:11.000 That's when the cap is reached.
00:04:12.420 While the White House has expressed interest in keeping Musk involved,
00:04:15.680 any extension would require either legal adjustments
00:04:18.260 or a change in his employment classification.
00:04:21.220 If there's anyone who could figure out how to keep Musk along,
00:04:24.020 it's Donald Trump.
00:04:25.840 And wrapping it up with this midday update,
00:04:27.920 Zelensky acting up again,
00:04:29.940 bragging about how he lectured U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson in Kiev,
00:04:34.400 telling him,
00:04:35.140 stop tapping your finger at me and talk to me like we're equal.
00:04:38.480 President Zelensky revealed how he shut down Scott Besson
00:04:41.680 after he tried to pressure Ukraine into signing a rare-earth mineral deal
00:04:45.060 before Zelensky's White House visit.
00:04:47.900 The days are running out for Zelensky,
00:04:49.860 and as I've been saying for the last few months,
00:04:51.480 I think we're going to start seeing the days coming
00:04:54.000 when Zelensky packs his bags and flees to another country
00:04:57.100 with full bags of cash,
00:05:00.540 because nobody knows really where the money has went.
00:05:02.680 Folks, please be sure to join us every day,
00:05:04.420 each and every day, twice a day,
00:05:05.540 for The Great America Show and The Great America Show Midday Updates.
00:05:08.100 I'm John Fossett with this midday update.
00:05:10.220 Happy Friday, folks.