Beans, Bombs, and GPUs

The mood right now is weirdly simple: the White House is bragging about planes and soybeans while the actual hard stuff keeps getting hotter. And in the background, everybody's fighting over chips, shipping lanes, missiles, and whether we should hand more power to chatbots that can't reliably count. Trump in Beijing Chips, AI, and the narrowing edge Iran, Hormuz, and expensive reality The China-Iran-Taiwan triangle Home front stress test Two quick side stories Sources: Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar — 5/15/26: Trump Confesses "We Did It For Israel", AI Experiment Goes Wrong, Chuck Park, Ro Khanna Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar — 5/13/26: GOP Midterm Bloodbath, Trump's Oligarch Trip To China, Prof Pape On China Advancing Rapidly The Bulwark Podcast — Tom Nichols: There’s Something Wrong with the President Coffeez for Closers with Joe Shalaby — How Ed Soares Built the Pipeline to the UFC | Coffeez Morning Wire — Evening Wire: Marty Makary Resigns & Venezuela the 51st State? | 5.12.26 The Bill Simmons Podcast — The Wizards Win (Something!) and More Lottery Reactions, Plus the Juggernaut Knicks With Joe House, Tate Frazier, and Chris Vernon The Headlines — A Surge of U.S. Spy Planes Over Cuba, and Retailers’ $20 Billion Bet on Physical Stores The Daily — Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion The Ben Shapiro Show — Ep. 2426 - EVERYBODY’S LYING: Trump Outplays China’s Xi! Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend — Billie Eilish Returns 298 more sources This podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm