Trump Forfeits AI Race to China
December 10, 2025
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Episode 499 · December 10, 2025
Trump Forfeits AI Race to China
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<p>Tommy and Ben explain how President Trump forfeited our advantage in the artificial intelligence race by allowing Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips to China, break down the new White House National Security Strategy document and debate whether it matters, and explain how fighting between Thailand and Cambodia and between the DRC and Rwanda has exposed Trump's “peacemaker” image as a sham. They also talk about the lack of progress on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, the bizarre story of a fake coup in Guinea Bissau, an attempted coup in Benin, troubling reports from Yemen’s civil war, and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s hilariously bad podcast debut. Then Tommy speaks to Anika Wells, Australia’s Minister for Communications and Sport, about the country’s social media ban for kids under 16.</p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/rAwaPjnxT4U">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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