Did the Trump Administration Abandon Main Street?

In this episode, the discussion centers on how Trump’s recent policy backtracking—evidenced by reversals on China strategy and actions regarding Fed Chair Powell—signals a clear move away from Main Street priorities. The podcast explains that leaked Treasury Secretary insights and shifts in market behaviors (including Musk’s retreat from DOGE) mark a political pivot from fiscal austerity to continued largesse. It covers a paradigm shift toward high deficit spending, targeted tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation amid AI-driven job displacement, and overall market signals that favor stocks, gold, and Bitcoin over bonds. The analysis is supported by various quantitative models forecasting shifts from a deflationary regime to an inflationary one, and it also addresses questions on adjusting Bitcoin’s top-down market overlay similar to that previously removed for gold.