President Trump insisted last week that Canada is “dying to make a deal” on tariffs with the United States. But dealmaking hasn’t been working out well for him lately. And even though many of AI’s chief architects are warning that something needs to be done about the technology, Trump doesn’t seem concerned about making any sort of deal on that front, either. Radio Atlantic host Adam Harris speaks with the Atlantic staff writers Ashley Parker and Tom Nichols about a secret Cabinet-official competition, whether we learned anything about Republicans’ strategy during their convention, and how hard it will be for Congress to act on technology it may not understand.
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00:00 Introduction
01:12 Cabinet Members Travel Points Game
02:57 Hatch Act Violations
04:31 The Firehose of Scandals
07:50 Dallas Midterm Convention
08:58 Trade War with Canada
12:30 Trump’s Worldview and Iran
15:54 AI Warnings
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