<description>&lt;div&gt;It's a couple of days after "liberation day" and the world is still reeling from Trump's tariff announcements. Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Emma Burnell try and unpack what on Earth is going on, including how the UK is responding. They also look at some unpleasant polling for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Elon Musk's impending exit from government. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://app.lineupnow.com/event/four-weigh-ins-and-a-funeral"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buy tickets to Emma's upcoming play "Four Weigh-ins and a Funeral"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1j2v4klzo"&gt;Faisal Islam: This is the biggest change to global trade in 100 years&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;em&gt;BBC News&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784"&gt;Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;em&gt;Politico&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/27/elon-musk-is-powersliding-through-the-federal-government"&gt;Elon Musk is powersliding through the federal government&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;em&gt;The Economist&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Charlotte Henry on &lt;a href="https://www.threads.net/@charlotteahenry"&gt;Threads&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Charlotte Henry on &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/charlotteahenry.bsky.social"&gt;BlueSky&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Charlotte Henry's website and newsletter – &lt;a href="https://theaddition.net/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Addition&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Emma Burnell on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Emma Burnell on &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/emmaburnell.bsky.social"&gt;BlueSky&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Emma Burnell's newsletter, &lt;a href="https://softleft.substack.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hard Thinking on the Soft Left&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;House of Comments on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HoCPodcast"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;
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House of Comments

House of Comments

Trump's Tariff Tantrum

APR 4, 202534 MIN
House of Comments

Trump's Tariff Tantrum

APR 4, 202534 MIN

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<div>It's a couple of days after "liberation day" and the world is still reeling from Trump's tariff announcements. Co-hosts Charlotte Henry and Emma Burnell try and unpack what on Earth is going on, including how the UK is responding. They also look at some unpleasant polling for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Elon Musk's impending exit from government. <br><br><a href="https://app.lineupnow.com/event/four-weigh-ins-and-a-funeral"><strong>Buy tickets to Emma's upcoming play "Four Weigh-ins and a Funeral"</strong></a><br><br></div><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1j2v4klzo">Faisal Islam: This is the biggest change to global trade in 100 years</a> – <em>BBC News</em> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784">Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon</a> – <em>Politico</em> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/27/elon-musk-is-powersliding-through-the-federal-government">Elon Musk is powersliding through the federal government</a> – <em>The Economist</em> </li> <li>Charlotte Henry on <a href="https://www.threads.net/@charlotteahenry">Threads</a> </li> <li>Charlotte Henry on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/charlotteahenry.bsky.social">BlueSky</a> </li> <li>Charlotte Henry's website and newsletter – <a href="https://theaddition.net/"><em>The Addition</em></a> </li> <li>Emma Burnell on <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_">Twitter</a> </li> <li>Emma Burnell on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/emmaburnell.bsky.social">BlueSky</a> </li> <li>Emma Burnell's newsletter, <a href="https://softleft.substack.com/"><em>Hard Thinking on the Soft Left</em></a> </li> <li>House of Comments on <a href="https://twitter.com/HoCPodcast">Twitter</a> </li> </ul><div>House of Comments is a C.A.H Multimedia production in association with Political Human.</div>