The Tom Sullivan Show

The Supreme Court ended its term today with three landmark rulings — birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in sports, and campaign finance — and the ideological coalitions behind each decision defied the standard liberal versus conservative script. Justices crossed lines in every direction and today we break down what each ruling actually means. In Colorado another Democratic Socialist is on the primary ballot today. But after last week's New York socialist win on just seven percent voter turnout we need to talk about what these victories actually represent — because ninety-three percent of voters did not show up. And the housing affordability bill is heading back to the White House. Our position has not changed — it is a bad bill with a good name and signing it would make the housing crisis worse not better. All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that states can count mail-in ballots received days after Election Day as long as they were postmarked on time — a real defeat for the Trump administration's push for faster nationwide counting. States make the rules, and that is not changing anytime soon. We break down what it means for how fast we know election results going forward. And Gavin Newsom is facing real pay-to-play questions over behested payments tied to his wife's charities. He calls it political payback. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't — but if authorities don't get to the bottom of it now, opposition researchers absolutely will once Newsom's expected 2028 presidential run gets underway. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Democratic Socialists are young, passionate, and growing fast — and the Democratic Party establishment is genuinely worried about losing control of its own coalition. Bernie Sanders seemed harmless for years. Not anymore. The reason the movement is growing is simple — people don't trust either party and want something that actually addresses their needs. But we also ask the harder question today — has America trained people to look to government first instead of looking in the mirror? Both conversations today, no easy answers. Plus a federal judge declared a mistrial in the Palisades Fire arson case after the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of not guilty. The evidence was entirely circumstantial and prosecutors say they will retry the case in October. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Supreme Court delivered two big rulings today. Gun owners can now carry into any business open to the public unless that business says no — a major reversal of the old default rule. And Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, granted back in 2010, is finally ending after sixteen years. Sixteen years is not temporary by any definition. We break both rulings down. Iran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz with a drone — a clear test of President Trump's patience after the recent ceasefire announcement. Will he respond? And earthquakes have hit Japan, California, Russia, and even SFO airport recently, with the most damaging one striking Venezuela. Is it earthquake season? Big news day, all of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Democratic Socialists won more races yesterday and the trend keeps growing. It will keep growing until enough Americans learn what every person who has actually lived under socialism already knows — don't go there. But the reason this is gaining traction is real. People can't afford homes, groceries are crushing budgets, student loans feel inescapable, and capitalism doesn't feel like it's working for a lot of struggling Americans right now. We address both the false solution and the real pain today. And Trump refused to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill — we don't blame him. It wouldn't have lowered housing costs and might have made things worse. We explain why a bad bill is still a bad bill even with bipartisan support.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The actual Iran negotiators are still in Switzerland hammering out the real details that matter — and the media is talking about a reflecting pool instead. We ask what that says about what passes for news coverage right now. Four states vote today — New York, Maryland, Utah, and South Carolina — and while most races are ordinary the one to watch is in New York where socialist candidates riding Mayor Mamdani's momentum are making real noise. Does that momentum mean anything outside the five boroughs? We break it down today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman who shaped American monetary policy for nearly twenty years, has died at 100. Before the Fed he was a jazz musician at Juilliard. Clive Davis, the music mogul who discovered Whitney Houston and signed Bruce Springsteen, has died at 94. Before the music business he was a bored corporate lawyer. Two unlikely paths, two enormous legacies, gone the same day. We pay tribute to both. Vice President Vance is proud that Iran agreed to IAEA nuclear inspections but General Jack Keane says the IAEA has been played by Iran before and could be again. And Keir Starmer resigned as UK Prime Minister today, the seventh PM Britain has lost in just ten years. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Israel never signed the Iran agreement and is not bound by it but Trump and Vance are openly hostile toward Israel anyway — for the crime of defending itself against Hezbollah's missiles. That dispute just stalled the 60-day negotiating period before it even started. Meanwhile Bill Pulte is on the job at intelligence and reportedly asking for a complete employee list — step one in what looks like a mass firing operation across America's spy agencies. And the original Air Force One livery, the elegant one Jackie Kennedy helped design, is in the hangar. The new plane is a repainted Qatari 747 in red white and blue and we are just going to say it plainly today — we do not like it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

JD Vance is out there alone trying to sell the Iran MOU and the President is calling the distinguished list of conservative critics stupid. The list is long, the credentials are serious, and calling them stupid is not an argument. The stock market going up has nothing to do with the Iran deal — it is about corporate earnings and the AI boom and today we explain why. The White House drone terror plot was not discovered by the FBI or any law enforcement agency. A mother called police about her own son and saved potentially hundreds of lives. And Bernie Sanders thinks AI companies should share their profits with him despite contributing absolutely nothing to their success. That is called socialism. All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Did Iran win this war? Go back to the stated goals when this started — nuclear threat neutralized, terror sponsorship curtailed, Hormuz secured. None of it actually happened and more Republicans are saying so out loud as the President tries to sell this deal as a win. Meanwhile some genuine political hardball — Trump asked his own DNI nominee Jay Clayton to skip his Senate confirmation hearing today, conveniently clearing the way for Bill Pulte to become acting Director of National Intelligence on Friday without ever facing real confirmation scrutiny. Democrats and Republicans alike are not happy about playing games with national security. And Luigi Mangione's defense team may be heading toward an insanity defense in his New York trial. Big show, no spin, today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Skeptical. That is the word Trump's own supporters are using about the Iran deal and today we explain why they are right to use it. A one and a half page memorandum of understanding that nobody is allowed to read. A president who is not going to Geneva to sign his own historic agreement even though he is just up the road. Washington and Tehran describing the same deal in completely opposite terms. If this was a win the President would be singing from the rooftops. The silence tells you everything. Then the FBI arrested a group of young men who planned to attack the White House south lawn UFC crowd with explosive drones. The ringleader is nineteen years old and said he was angry at the direction of the country. Chilling, close, and stopped just in time. All of it today, no filter.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

A historic agreement that nobody is allowed to read until after it is signed on Friday. The United States saying Iran made major concessions. Iran saying its nuclear rights are fully intact. Both describing the same document in completely contradictory terms. Oil and gas experts saying it will take weeks or months before ships transit Hormuz in normal numbers even if everything goes perfectly. And the very real question hanging over all of it — does the shooting start again before this deal is even fully understood? We are skeptical. We have been right to be skeptical before. And today we tell you exactly why this agreement has all the hallmarks of a can being kicked past the midterm elections rather than a problem being solved. Honest assessment. No spin. All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Iran deal leaves the world's number one terrorism sponsoring regime completely in place. The skeptics are not being cynical — they are being honest. We hope to be proven wrong but history says otherwise and today we make the full case for why this looks like another can kicked down the road for the next president to deal with. Meanwhile FISA — America's legal authority to surveil foreign bad actors — expires tonight. It had bipartisan support for reauthorization until the Pulte ODNI announcement blew the coalition apart. Tonight America goes dark on foreign surveillance and we can thank the Pulte nomination for the security gap. And on a note that unites all of us — Sunday is Flag Day. Fly your flag proudly.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

This morning the President said bigger bombing of Iran was happening tonight. This afternoon he cancelled it and announced a deal has been reached. The Strait of Hormuz could be open by the weekend if a formal agreement is signed as promised. We have heard similar things before so today we ask the honest question — is this actually the real deal or are we about to watch another announcement evaporate? Bill Pulte's DNI nomination is finished — killed by pushback from both parties who questioned his qualifications. The President has now nominated Jay Powell the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York to lead American intelligence instead. Big day. Massive story. No spin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Wall Street Journal is reporting the President called our downed Apache no big deal and had to be talked into a kinetic military response. He still thinks ceasefire talks are somehow continuing at the same time. Today we ask what that says about American resolve and what our adversaries are hearing. Inflation just hit 4.2 percent — the highest in three years — driven by oil and gas from the Iran conflict while wages fall further behind. American families are getting squeezed from every direction. And Susan Rice along with other Biden administration veterans reportedly called Xavier Becerra an idiot and worse. Democrats destroying Democrats — nothing new but always entertaining. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

An American Apache helicopter was shot down and both crew members were rescued alive — thank God. But the President said we must respond and those three words may have just opened the military door he has been holding shut for months. Is this the moment the Iran conflict escalates decisively? Meanwhile oil and gas reserves are being drawn down fast and a significant price spike may be closer than anyone is admitting publicly. And in Maine on Tuesday Democrats are asking themselves a genuinely hard question — do you vote for Graham Platner knowing his checkered past because the politics demand it or do you vote your conscience and live with the consequences? Character versus strategy. Maine decides Tuesday.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Iran and Israel are firing rockets and drones at each other right now and the Strait of Hormuz is still blocked. The President's advisors are telling him directly — use the military and finish the regime because no deal with these people will ever stick. The President is not listening. California's vote counting is so slow that the President and millions of voters think something is wrong — and when voters lose trust in counting they lose trust in democracy itself. California needs to understand that. And tonight Trump is at the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden — one of the most complex presidential security operations in recent memory given three previous assassination attempts. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Trump told the Wall Street Journal exactly why he hired Bill Pulte to run American intelligence — fire a lot of people and dig into 2020 election files. No ambiguity. No reading between the lines. We take the President at his word today and examine what that means for the agencies keeping America safe. Maine's primary is Tuesday and the opposition research on Graham Platner is hitting hard. Between Platner and Paxton of Texas we ask whether the Senate is becoming a club where a checkered past is basically a membership requirement. And the Iran expert community is now saying clearly and collectively — there is no deal to be made with this regime. So what exactly is the plan? All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

California used to have election results by the eleven o'clock news just like every other state. Now it takes days and possibly months and they think they are doing a great job. We explain what broke and why it matters for democratic trust. Four House Republicans voted for the War Powers Act to end the Iran war — a rare and notable break from Trump that now heads to the Senate for a showdown. And John Bolton walked into court today and pleaded guilty to one of the eighteen classified document counts against him. Is the former National Security Advisor actually going to prison? Big stories today and we are not sugarcoating any of them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Scott Pelley spent months fighting his CBS bosses on his own broadcast and learned the oldest lesson in professional life the hardest possible way — do not bite the hand that feeds you. CBS fired him. Meanwhile a Republican is in first place in the California governor's race and yes we checked the calendar and yes this is real. The years of homelessness, crime, wildfires, and sky high gas prices under Democratic rule have apparently finally moved the needle in the nation's biggest blue state. And Bill Pulte — the President's pick to replace Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence — is drawing skepticism from virtually every direction. Republicans are quiet. Democrats are loud. The intelligence community is concerned. Is this really the person to lead seventeen spy agencies in the most dangerous intelligence environment in a generation?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Iran's condition for coming back to the negotiating table is that Israel stops defending itself from Hezbollah. Not that Hezbollah stops attacking. Israel stops defending. Seriously. We break down what that demand actually tells us about Iran's real intentions. The $1.776 billion weaponization compensation fund has been paused after Congress from both parties pushed back hard. Six states vote today and the California story is the one to watch — Republicans are running real candidates for Governor and for Mayor of Los Angeles and the political environment created by years of Democratic failure on homelessness, crime, and wildfires has made both races genuinely competitive. California may not be turning red but it is turning something. All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Iran says negotiations are over. Trump says they are moving at a rapid pace. Both cannot be true and today we call it out directly. Meanwhile Iran is coordinating with the Houthis to block the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and choke off the Red Sea — a move that combined with Hormuz pressure could trigger a global shipping and energy crisis. Six primaries tomorrow and next week Maine votes on Graham Platner. And The View ladies — of all people — used every bad word in the book asking why American voters cannot find better candidates. When The View and conservative America agree on something it is worth paying attention to. All of it today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Iran offer is on the table and Trump has to decide — take the deal that solves very little or walk away and face what comes next. We make both cases honestly today. Jill Biden's denial about seeing anything wrong with Joe has sparked a bigger reaction than almost anyone expected and the reason why matters. Blue Origin had a rocket blow up on the launching pad this week and Elon Musk just got a little more breathing room in the space race. And the National Spelling Bee words this year are absolutely humbling — we guarantee you cannot spell them and we are not sure we can define them either. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Iran fighting may pause but do not call it a solution. The nuclear program is still running, the regime is still standing, and we just handed the most dangerous foreign policy problem in the world to the next president and the next generation. Classic Washington. DHS wants to eliminate Customs and Border Protection at major airports in blue states — a proposal so unworkable that even Sean Duffy is against it. No customs means no international flights means more airline carnage. Jill Biden is doing press for her new book and suddenly cannot recall seeing what the entire country watched during that debate. Convenient timing. And PCE inflation just hit 3.8 percent — up from 2.3 percent a year ago. The inflation fight is going the wrong direction. All of it today, no spin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The President wants negotiations. Iran wants its nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz. Those two things cannot both be true at a negotiating table and yet here we are — stuck in a stalemate that neither side seems willing to break. Someone has to blink eventually. Our money is on — well, tune in and find out. In Texas Ken Paxton delivered a clear primary victory powered by Trump's endorsement and now faces Democrat Talarico in a general election that has already descended into the name calling and mudslinging that makes American political campaigns so exhausting and so entertaining at the same time. Nothing new there. All of it today straight and honest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

CBS Radio — Edward R. Murrow's network, the Tiffany standard of American broadcast journalism — died Friday night at 99 years old without the farewell it earned. We give it that farewell today. Saturday a gunman was killed trying to shoot his way into the White House and the cameras caught something fascinating — one reporter dove for cover and another kept asking what the loud noise was. Two journalists, two very different instincts. Worth talking about. And today in Texas Trump is backing Ken Paxton against John Cornyn in a Republican primary that is really about one thing — punishing senators who refused to fund the ballroom and pushed back on the weaponization bill. Texas votes today and the results will echo across every Republican Senate office in America.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Tulsi Gabbard stepped down as Director of National Intelligence today for the most human of reasons — her husband has been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and family comes first. Full stop. We wish them both strength. But Washington does not pause and the question of who leads American intelligence next is urgent. Kevin Warsh was officially sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman today inheriting an inflation fight and a rate decision that will affect every American wallet. And despite gas prices that keep climbing millions of Americans are hitting the road anyway for the holiday weekend. How high do prices actually need to go before people stay home?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Stephen Colbert signs off tonight and the math is simple — CBS lost forty million dollars a year on a show that chose political lectures over punchlines. America wants to laugh before bed, not fume. The $1.8 billion weaponization fund is now drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike. A no-bid contract to paint the reflecting pool and rejected ballroom funding are adding more fuel to the spending fire. And the Iran war? Still on hold. Don Jr. is getting married Saturday and the President cannot attend his own son's wedding. Coincidence or calendar? We ask the question everyone in Washington is whispering today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Tom Massie of Kentucky is the latest Republican congressman to discover that crossing President Trump in the primary era carries a career ending price. The voters have spoken in Kentucky and the message from the Trump political machine is as clear as it has ever been — loyalty is not optional.  A federal grand jury has handed down an indictment against Raul Castro — the former president of Cuba and brother of Fidel — for ordering the deliberate shoot down of two small civilian aircraft over international waters in 1996, killing four American men Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Energy Secretary just said Iran is weeks away from a nuclear bomb. The generals are done pretending negotiations are working. So what is Washington waiting for? Six states hold primaries today and every result will be scored as a Trump loyalty test. Then the DOJ announced a $1,776,000,000 compensation fund — that number is absolutely not an accident — for people harmed by the Biden administration's Justice Department. It will be challenged in court immediately. Four enormous stories today and we are not pulling any punches.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The national security meeting was scheduled. The attack plans were ready. Then Trump called it off — again. Is this masterful negotiating leverage or a president who praises his military but keeps finding reasons not to use it? At some point Iran stops believing the threat is real and that is a very dangerous place to be. Then Luigi Mangione was back in a New York courtroom today where a state judge ruled some evidence is out — but the gun and the manifesto are in. The trial just got a whole lot more interesting. Both stories today, no sugarcoating.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The Beijing summit is over and the scorecard is empty. Great food. Lovely airport ceremonies. Zero agreements. Trump needed Iran help from China and left empty handed. Xi wanted movement on Taiwan and got none. The CEOs who tagged along for the trade mission are heading home with nothing to show for the trip. Meanwhile Republicans have been promising gas prices will drop like a rock since February 28th — and that promise is aging about as well as last month's leftovers. At what point do hollow promises at the pump become a real political problem? All of it today, straight and honest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Trump went to Beijing for Iran. Xi greeted him with Taiwan. Day one of the summit made one thing crystal clear — these two leaders are not on the same page and may not even be reading the same book. Xi was aggressive on Taiwan from the opening bell while Trump needs Chinese cooperation on Iran to break a military and diplomatic stalemate back home. Are these two issues even tradeable? Will day two find any real common ground? Meanwhile import prices are climbing fast — fuel costs and tariffs are the culprits and American consumers are absorbing every bit of it. The geopolitics and the economics are the same story today and we connect all of it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Kevin Warsh just got confirmed as Fed Chairman and his first challenge is an inflation surge that is not slowing down — rates may go higher before they go lower. China is getting all the attention as a potential Iran dealmaker but do not count on Beijing to do Washington any favors. And the ban on Chinese cars? We have seen this story before. In the 1970s Detroit tried to block Japanese imports too. Toyota and Honda made American cars better. Are Chinese automakers about to do the same thing — and are we too afraid of the competition to let it happen? History is rhyming loudly today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

China walks into the summit holding all the cards. Washington needs Beijing's help on Iran and Beijing knows it. The real currency on the table is not goodwill — it is semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and export controls. Everyone will smile for the cameras and pretend to be friends. The Iran war is not going anywhere until after this meeting concludes — which means Tehran gets more time and the unfinished military mission stays unfinished. And while all of this plays out on the world stage inflation is quietly spreading beyond gas prices and into groceries, housing, and everyday life. The economic squeeze is real and growing. All of it connected today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The media wants you terrified about hantavirus. The numbers say otherwise. We separate fact from fear. Trump called Iran's response garbage — so when does the military finally finish the mission it started and stopped too soon? AOC is growing a following that nobody should be laughing off anymore. We tell you exactly why she is worth watching very closely. And we cover the tragic and deliberate plane incident in Denver Friday night with the care and seriousness the story deserves. Big show today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The President says Iran agreed. Iran says they didn't. And more people than ever are asking if Trump has simply lost his nerve on this war. Diplomacy with Tehran — a real strategy or just delay? Virginia's Supreme Court just threw out a congressional map voters approved and Democrats are furious. The Trade Court rejected the White House's replacement tariffs leaving the entire trade agenda in legal freefall. And AOC's views on billionaires have taken another strange turn that deserves an honest look. Four big stories no filter today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

America was not always this divided. It started the day Ted Turner launched CNN and cable news chose sides forever. Before that Cronkite spoke and America listened together. Then CNN went left and Fox went right and here we are. Today we trace the origin of the divide and ask if it can ever be undone. Plus — Kuwait and Saudi Arabia just announced they will open their airspace and military bases to the United States. That is not diplomacy. That is a runway for a bombing campaign against Iran. And Marco Rubio sat down with the Pope today. Why now? Why does it matter? All of it connected today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Project Freedom lasted less than 48 hours before the President hit pause. Is he looking for a way out of Iran or buying time before the bombs drop? His statement to Iran was equal parts threat and confusion — agree to what you agreed to or face an intense bombing campaign. Clear as mud. Meanwhile California held its governor's debate and nobody won. The Democratic candidates were flat, the big issues went unanswered, and the door for a Republican upset in the nation's biggest blue state just swung a little further open. Is 2026 California's tipping point?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The IRGC will never sign a real deal — so why is the President still waiting to restart combat operations in Iran? In Indiana today Trump is backing primary challengers against Republican state senators who defied him on redistricting. The message is simple — cross Trump and pay the price. Oil prices are climbing, a global jet fuel shortage is spreading, and tonight California holds its governor's debate. Will anyone dare mention that California has the highest gas prices in America and the state's own tax policy is a big reason why? All four stories today, no sugarcoating.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

The great John Sterling, the voice of the New York Yankees since the 1980s, has passed away at 87. There will never be another one like him. We pay our respects to a broadcasting legend. Then — Spirit Airlines didn't die because of fuel prices. They were broke long before that and a slightly higher fare might have saved them. No bailout. Finally — Iran is firing missiles and attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz despite a supposed ceasefire. The U.S. Navy just eliminated six of their fast boats. Is this ceasefire already over before it started?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Spirit Airlines wants a taxpayer bailout — and the answer should be no. Oil and gas prices are rising again as the Iran standoff drags on and military advisors are growing louder about strikes. Can America's economy outlast Iran's pain before Washington is forced to act militarily? And on this May Day, over 3,000 anti-American protests funded by a two billion dollar machine are filling the streets — with children let out of school to join them. Who is behind it and what does it mean? All of it today, no filter.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Gas prices are spiking. Iran isn't budging. And American wallets are taking the hit. We break down the Iran blockade standoff and ask who runs out of runway first — Tehran or Washington. Then the Supreme Court rules states can't use race to draw congressional districts, effectively pulling the rug out from under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Is the most important civil rights law in American history still necessary in 2026 — or has it finally been legislated into irrelevance? Two huge stories, zero spin, all signal.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Jimmy Kimmel is clapping back on ABC. James Comey just walked into a federal courthouse. And Jerome Powell scrapped his retirement plans to stay at the Federal Reserve and stare down a president who wants him gone. Three men. Three very different arenas. One common enemy. Today we break down the most defiant trio in American public life and what their stand-offs with the President mean for media, the law, and the U.S. economy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Former FBI Director James Comey is back in the crosshairs — this time over an Instagram photo of seashells arranged to spell out "86 47," a phrase widely interpreted as a threat against the President of the United States. The right is furious. The DOJ is responding. But is it a federal crime or a beach walk? Meanwhile, late night host Jimmy Kimmel has once again lit the internet on fire after joking that Melania Trump had the glow of an "expectant widow" — a comment that sent conservative media into a full meltdown. But let's be honest — is anyone surprised? Kimmel has mastered the art of the deliberate chain-yank, and every outrage cycle hands him a temporary ratings spike on an otherwise struggling show. In this episode we ask the real questions: Where is the line between political satire and incitement? Is Comey being politically persecuted — or did he walk straight into this one? And is Jimmy Kimmel a fearless truth-teller or just a ratings opportunist riding conservative outrage to relevance? We break it all down.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Three assassination attempts. One sitting president. A Secret Service in crisis. In today's episode, we examine the mounting security failures surrounding the President of the United States and ask the hard question — how does a third near-miss happen? We also turn to the Iran situation, where a fragile ceasefire and stalled diplomacy have left Washington weighing its most dangerous option: military force. What would a U.S.-Iran war look like? What are the triggers? And who's pushing the button? Tune in for a no-holds-barred analysis of America's most pressing national security threats.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

In a stunning geopolitical twist, face-to-face talks are set to take place in Pakistan this weekend, potentially reshaping the Iran crisis. This high-stakes podcast breaks down the three critical objectives dominating the agenda: eliminating enriched uranium, reopening and securing the Strait of Hormuz, and the controversial push for regime change in Tehran. What does this mean for global oil markets, U.S. foreign policy, and Middle East stability? Get sharp analysis, real-time context, and bold insights into one of the most consequential diplomatic developments unfolding right now.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Is the U.S. blockade truly effective, and does America control the Strait of Hormuz? In this episode, we break down the latest geopolitical developments, military strategy, and the real impact on global oil markets. Explore whether the blockade is holding, how Iran is responding, and what it all means for energy prices, international trade, and rising tensions in the Middle East. Stay informed with expert analysis on one of the world’s most critical chokepoints.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

With the U.S. extending a ceasefire indefinitely and peace talks with Iran stalled, the path forward is more uncertain than ever. As tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran hardens its stance, demanding an end to sanctions and the U.S. blockade before negotiations resume. Meanwhile, global markets react to every headline and military posturing intensifies. Is diplomacy simply buying time—or delaying the inevitable confrontation with Tehran’s leadership? In this episode, we break down the geopolitical stakes, the power struggle inside Iran, and whether a decisive outcome is even possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed

Did Donald Trump just blink? In this episode, we break down the latest ceasefire deadline extension and what it means for U.S. foreign policy, global tensions, and political strategy. Critics say the move signals weakness, while supporters argue it’s a calculated play for leverage and stability. We analyze the geopolitical stakes, market reactions, and the broader implications for America’s role on the world stage. Is this smart diplomacy or a retreat under pressure? Tune in for sharp insights and unfiltered analysis.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support.Remember to call with your money and investing questions 855-295-6600 for the Financial Friday podcast. https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102919/episodes/feed