David French: Maybe the Tariffs Are the Problem

<div>Last month, Trump fired the "woke" job numbers person after she released weak employment data. Now, we have even worse jobs numbers—and burgeoning signs of a tariffs-triggered manufacturing recession. Meanwhile, the administration may be working on a de facto military policy that would fulfill one of Trump's biggest longtime wishes: summarily executing drug dealers. Plus, a trans gun ban would be grotesquely unconstitutional, the blood-and-soil types at NatCon are missing what the Founding Fathers intended, Tucker can't quit his Putin obsession, and why Gen X enthusiastically embraced helicopter parenting.<br /><br /><strong>David French </strong>joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.<br /><br /><em>show notes<br /></em><br /></div><ul>

<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-reaction-rfk-jr-faces-heated-questioning-in-senate/id1794450472?i=1000725051485">Bulwark's live reaction to RFK hearing, with Sam, Jon Cohn, and Will Saletan</a></li>

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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/opinion/helicopter-parents-genx-genz.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jk8.xSe6.KGsFjKLC1qbC&amp;smid=url-share">David on Gen X helicopter parenting Gen Z</a> (gifted)</li>

<li><a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163">More from James Madison in 1785</a></li>

<li><a href="https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1964001832172179733">Post-recording news: Pentagon is deploying F-35s for a counter-narcotics mission</a></li>

<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dApY6YT48kTh6j9xFDQch">Tim's playlist</a></li>

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