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Episode 1370Apr 14, 2025

Brexit ... but make it American

Trump is borrowing from the Brexit playbook. What a shocker!

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Nearly a decade after Brexit, the British economy is still feeling the fallout. Now, President Donald Trump seems to be pulling from a similar playbook — with tariffs that could reshape the U.S. economy in eerily familiar ways. (Shocker, we know!) But first: Trump threatens to send Americans to prisons in El Salvador. The constitutional crisis alarm bells are ringing. Plus, poop in space is a bigger problem than you might think.

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Brexit ... but make it American