Trump’s Crypto Fortune, Data Center Backlash, America’s Crime Drop

Mike, Justin, and Michael open this supporters’ exclusive midweek episode with a look at the Trump crypto fortune, conflict-of-interest questions surrounding World Liberty Financial, Trump’s newly approved national trust bank, and the stalled CLARITY Act. Then, they consider why data centers have suddenly become a bipartisan political liability. The guys dig into rising electricity costs, water use, local tax incentives, surprisingly few permanent jobs, NIMBYism, and the national-security argument for keeping America ahead of China in AI.Finally, they discuss some genuinely good news: U.S. violent crime is falling sharply, with homicides potentially reaching their lowest level in generations. But why? Better policing, demographics, less lead exposure, improved trauma medicine, incarceration, changing drug and alcohol use—or some combination of all of them?The Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.