Trump’s Scattershot Week, and a Stock Market Record
4/16/20269 min
Plus, forget sneakers — Allbirds is going A.I.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Jesus Memes, Threats and a War in Iran: A Portrait of Trump Under Pressure, by Katie Rogers
Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate, by Peter Baker
As War Chills Economy, Dubai’s Most Vulnerable Bear the Cost, by Raja Abdulrahim
Stocks Hit Record High as Wall St. Looks Beyond War, by Joe Rennison
5 Takeaways From the Live Nation Antitrust Trial, by Ben Sisario
Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures, by Lauren Hirsch, Vivian Nereim and Alan Blinder
Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I., by Livia Albeck-Ripka
Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@nytimes.com.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
This is a vacation with Chase Sapphire Reserve, the butler who knows your name. This is the robe, the view, the steam from your morning coffee. This is the complimentary breakfast on the balcony, the beach with no one else on it. This is The Edit, a collection of handpicked luxury hotels you can access with Chase Sapphire Reserve, and a five hundred dollar Edit credit that gets you closer to all of it. Chase Sapphire Reserve, now even more rewarding.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:25
Learn more at chase.com/sapphirereserve. Cards issued by JP Morgan Chase Bank and a member FDIC, subject to credit approval. [upbeat music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Thursday, April 16th. Here's what we're covering. Is this war over?
Speaker 00:44
I think it's close to over, yeah. I, I mean, I view it as very close to over.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:49
Over the course of 12 hours this week, President Trump promised the war with Iran was ending soon, but he also doubled down on his fight with the Pope on social media, threatened to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve, and posted an image of himself receiving a hug from Jesus Christ, which was not his first Jesus meme of the week. On top of that, the White House revealed new renderings for the giant arch that Trump wants to build outside DC. It's so tall at two hundred and fifty feet, even the architectural expert who proposed it says it's way too much. For Trump, this stretch has been one of the most vivid examples of his scattershot, what-will-he-do-next style. When he's under pressure