Trump’s China Summit, Inflation Shock, and Silicon Valley’s Midterm Money artwork
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Trump’s China Summit, Inflation Shock, and Silicon Valley’s Midterm Money

May 15, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

Kara and Scott unpack what AI obsession is doing to relationships and young men. Then, they break down Trump’s China summit, the crew of business executives he brought along, and ominous warnings from Xi Jinping about Taiwan. Plus, Sam Altman testifies in the Elon Musk–OpenAI trial, inflation surges, and Andreessen Horowitz becomes the biggest donor of the midterms. Also, Anthropic eyes a valuatio…