The ASTROLABE: 4/10/25 | TRUMP'S Controlled DEMOLITION of Globalism; Basis Trade Unwinds; CHYNA

Every M-F I do a livestream on Twitter and YT called The ASTROLABE, covering all the tweets, videos, articles, and memes that caught my eye. Many are saying it's the "best afternoon morning show on the internet."

SEE BELOW for the list of all the content for the 4/10 show.

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4/10 ASTROLABE LINKS:

• (8) vids that go hard on X: "Bro left a voicemail in person 😂 https://t.co/dJASeOroTa" / X

• (8) Carl Benjamin on X: "Good morning. https://t.co/YwfdBlejOY" / X

• (8) Ælþemplær on X: "🔊 CCP nightmare visions. https://t.co/GBW2mXxueG" / X

• (8) Bank Reg Blog on X: "According to this fact sheet, President Trump has issued a memo (not yet published online), directing agencies to repeal regulations that are unlawful under ten recent Supreme Court decisions https://t.co/sbw3d3Wdbh https://t.co/q8xsxmIT4q" / X

• (8) Townhall.com on X: "LOOK WHO'S IN THE OVAL OFFICE! https://t.co/X7ApBvam40" / X

• (8) Juanita Broaddrick on X: "Gretchen Whitmer in the Oval Office playing nice…… wasn’t on my bingo card today. https://t.co/RGodvspesa" / X

• (8) Kit Maher on X: "Per @gretchenwhitmer spox: “The governor was surprised that she was brought into the Oval Office during President Trump’s press conference without any notice of the subject matter. Her presence is not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made at that event.”" / X

• (8) Whale Psychiatrist ™️ on X: "Lol less than 24 hours after he made her stand in the corner of the Oval Office while he signed an EO to investigate the coverup of the 2020 steal. Masterful." / X

• (8) Andrew McCarthy on X: "This is the hardest shit I’ve heard in the 10 years of MAGA https://t.co/ZASGs7dCmp" / X

• (8) BowTiedBroke on X: "I’ve been selling on Amazon for 14 years. Built a huge business there. It helped fund my exit from corporate America, my re-entry to investment real estate, my lifestyle. But an alarming thing occurred around 2019. I saw A LOT more Chinese sellers popping up. And the crazy thing" / X

• (8) Vagrant of Rhodes 🗡️🕯️ on X: "This is a perfect encapsulation of liberal pathology. Say you need a blanket for your baby. You can get one from a Chinese undercut knockoff seller on Amazon, or your cousin who knits for a living with a small business. Your cousin loves making these, will make it with care, and https://t.co/j4wR76X5yA" / X

• (8) Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) on X: "This is geopolitics in a graphic. The entire Davos mindset" / X

• (8) Dr Russell McGregor on X: "I’ve been telling you guys again and again that President Trump and President Xi are friends❗️ This is a economic transition planned, by both, years ago. 🇨🇳 needs to move toward consumption and 🇺🇸 needs to reindustrialise. Only the Deep State loses❗️ https://t.co/Llg8BAAJ9x" / X

• (8) Izabella Kaminska on X: "The internet today can be roughly divided into: 1) Trump is a moron, all of this is a shameful and disastrous exercise that will hurt everyone (usual Never Trumpers/establishment voices) 2) If there was logic to the plan they botched the comms a la Liz Truss, and the 90-day" / X

• "Absolutely Spectacular Meltdown": The Basis Trade Is Blowing Up, Sparking Multi-Trillion Liquidation Panic | ZeroHedge

• (8) The Reckoning 💥 on X: "Researching to better understand the yield spread in context of the Bessent short. What has been Bessent’s clearly stated goal long term? Lowering the yield on the 10 year treasury bond. But it’s going up, doesn’t that mean he’s failing? No Quick 🧵: https://t.co/oCsNYYTAY6" / X

• (8) Just Another Pod Guy on X: "I’ll spell it out explicitly one last time. Everyone thinks Trump wants balanced trade. He does not. He wants to force allies to stop trading with China. Completely. Zero inbound supply. Because it’s not just because of American jobs. It’s a proactive move to slow down" / X

• (8) Just Another Pod Guy on X: "Trumps tolerance for market pain is a lot higher than you think. Because there is a plan. It might not be a good plan. But it is a complex plan that anticipated a crash. Not because they want a crash. Not because they are dumb enough to think equities down -50% is good" / X

• (8) RT on X: "'This was his strategy all along' Apparently, this was Trump’s plan this whole time says Bessent 'You might even say he goaded China into a bad position' https://t.co/Isqhe9UDND" / X

• (8) EndGame Macro on X: "Scott Bessent’s statement is far more than political rhetoric it’s a strategic economic signal aimed at reframing the U.S. financial paradigm under a second Trump administration. In the context of collapsing confidence in sovereign debt, a broken Treasury market, rising populist" / X

• (8) EndGame Macro on X: "@sattrsats @LukeGromen They don’t need to “plan” a Crazy Ivan in full detail for it to play out that way. It’s not about omnipotent foresight it’s about incentives, constraints, and plausible deniability. If the Fed and Treasury know rollover walls are approaching, foreign buyers are stepping back, and" / X
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• (8) Sasha Hodder on X: "VanEck confirms that China and Russia are settling energy trades in Bitcoin. De-dollarization is here. The US should immediately end sanctions on Russia or its game over for the USD. https://t.co/z6QHusgaIX" / X

• (8) EndGame Macro on X: "@EwanHunter @brainteasers4u Crypto is becoming a relief valve because it offers a parallel set of financial rails that bypass the clogged and dysfunctional parts of the traditional system namely the Treasury market and bank plumbing. As swap spreads blow out, foreign demand for long-duration Treasuries" / X

• (8) Bitcoin Policy Institute on X: "BitBonds 🤝 US Government With over $14T in US Federal Debt maturing in the next 3 years, Bitcoin-enhanced bonds are an innovative fiscal tool to address multiple critical objectives. https://t.co/rwo3tmZyc9" / X

• (8) Brian Riley on X: "Today, we announced a $19M financing with JPMorganChase to launch the first high-volume bicycle frame manufacturing plant in the U.S. But this isn’t just about bikes—or even just about manufacturing. It’s about a new model for how physical products are built and delivered in" / X

• (8) Devon Eriksen on X: "Thinking about this further: Every design/implementation loop involves alternating between planning and gathering feedback. Planning allows you to develop, feedback allows you to course correct. I believe that frequent course correction is more important than planning" / X