Trump Defends AI Amid Voter Unease

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest news from DC. On today’s show, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Groundwork Collaborative Senior Fellow Kitty Richards.

Chapters
00:00:00 Radio Balance of Power: Early Edition
00:00:56 Treasury Yields Hit 5% as Bessent Faces Congress
00:02:11 Bessent’s Fiscal Plan & Trump’s $5,000 Dividend
00:03:50 U.S.-China Talks, Trade & AI
00:05:57 Antony Blinken on AI Safety & the Race With China
00:09:37 Could the U.S. and China Agree on AI Guardrails?
00:12:14 Blinken on Iran & a Diplomatic Off-Ramp
00:15:13 Iran, U.S. Diplomacy & the Nuclear Deal
00:19:04 Blinken on October 7 & the Hostage Negotiations
00:21:34 Russia, Ukraine & Sanctions
00:25:35 Democrats, Israel & Foreign Policy
00:27:05 Blinken on Gaza & a Two-State Solution
00:30:04 Political Panel: Russia, Iran & AI
00:33:18 Can the Iran War End Before the Midterms?
00:38:03 AI Regulation & Competition With China
00:43:07 Markets: Oil Surges, Stocks Fall & Yields Hit 5%
00:45:50 Fed Meeting, Treasury Yields & Bessent
00:47:22 Trump’s $5,000 Checks & the Deficit
00:49:06 What to Expect From the Fed
00:50:32 Oil, Inflation & the Strait of Hormuz
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