This is America

The Cycle- On Substack · May 20, 2025 · 26m

This week Rachel and Aaron translate Trump’s Marie Antoinette “Let Them Eat Tariffs" moment. Plus, an alarming shakeup in the national intelligence community with echoes from history. In Trump’s DOJ if you can’t charge ‘em, shame ‘em.

LINKS:

* Trump post: Wal-Mart should ‘EAT THE TARIFFS’

* Associated Press: Gabbard fires 2 top intelligence officials and will shift office that preps Trump’s daily brief

* NBC’s Meet the Press: Interview with Mike Pence (May 18, 2025)

* Fox: Sunday Morning Futures: Interview with Kash Patel & Dan Bongino (May 18, 2025)

* USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Trump…