Friday Update： April 11, 2025
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Summary
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.
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, April 11th.
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China's acting up, they can't seem to get their act together.
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China raises their tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%,
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That happening this afternoon, China deciding to raise it another 41% to, like I said, that 125%,
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escalating the trade war between the world's two largest economies,
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warning it would be U.S. goods out of China's market.
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Calling U.S. President Donald Trump ramping up tariffs on China on Thursday to 125%,
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unilaterally bullying and coercion, the Chinese finance ministry said in a statement
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that the rate of U.S. goods would increase from 84% to 125%, effective on Saturday.
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Now China is trying to plead with the rest of the world, increasingly desperate, of course.
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Pleying with the European Union this afternoon, members join in with Beijing,
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and resisting the, quote, unilateral bullying they say that Donald Trump is doing.
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But what has China done to America for the last four years?
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What has China done to America for the last eight years?
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The over one million Americans who lost their lives?
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And that doesn't even account for China's currency manipulation,
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their taking advantage of America and taking American jobs.
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And we didn't even get to the fentanyl that they sent to the Mexican border
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that takes the lives of over 100,000 Americans each and every year.
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Globalist puppet Tedros Adhanan is begging the U.S. to return to the corrupt World Health Organization.
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President Trump signed that executive order to formally withdraw from the United States
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from the WHO, citing its failure to hold China accountable
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and its role for pushing radical globalized health agendas that undermine American sovereignty.
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Trump's executive order halted all U.S. funding to the WHO,
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redirecting those resources to domestic health initiatives
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that prioritize American interests and American values.
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Now, the WHO has long pointed to its mishandling of global health crises,
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New York Attorney General Letitia James finds herself in a little bit of trouble.
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but a quiet real estate transaction in Norfolk, Virginia,
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carried out just weeks before the Trump fraud trial she championed,
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now raising serious questions about her own compliance with New York law.
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I hereby declare that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.
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Those words appear in black and white in a specific power of attorney signed by Letitia James
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and filed in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 17, 2023,
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to act on her behalf in the transaction that included the declaration.
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They were not sent or written by any lawyers acting on James' behalf.
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They were her words, her intent, her signature.
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Now, the problem that poses is Tish James is the Attorney General of New York.
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She can't possibly be living in Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, full time.
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Now, there are some tax benefits that come along with her making her residence in Virginia.
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We have to credit our good friend here on the Great America Show, Roger Stone,
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because Roger has been digging into this from the inception.
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We'll keep you updated on what's going on with Tish James,
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but it doesn't look good for the defunct Attorney General of New York City.
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Beyond the 130-day limit, Trump's options to keep Musk leading Doge.
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and aren't thrilled that the special government employee,
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his tenure is legally capped at 130 days in a 365-day period.
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President Trump has several options if he wants to keep Musk on past that expiration date.
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Elon Musk's role as Department of Government Efficiency head
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is formally designated that a special government employee,
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his tenure is expected to end around late April of 2025.
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While the White House has expressed interest in keeping Musk involved,
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any extension would require either legal adjustments
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If there's anyone who could figure out how to keep Musk along,
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bragging about how he lectured U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson in Kiev,
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stop tapping your finger at me and talk to me like we're equal.
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President Zelensky revealed how he shut down Scott Besson
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after he tried to pressure Ukraine into signing a rare-earth mineral deal
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and as I've been saying for the last few months,
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I think we're going to start seeing the days coming
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when Zelensky packs his bags and flees to another country
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because nobody knows really where the money has went.
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