The Tyler Cralle Show

Trump tweets about the controversy around Sinclair broadcasting which probably doesn’t help much, Jack Shafer at POLITICO says there is nothing to this story because corporations controlling media is as old as time and thats why competition is so important, and David Maciaone, of National Home Finance, joins Tyler to talk about interest rates and bond yields and how private roadways can effect mortgages

Pork producers & fruits growers brace for Chinese tariffs, as bad as Chinese tariffs are they would be nothing compared to the damage that ending NAFTA would have on North Carolina, Local governments all over the country continue to subsidize companies at taxpayers expense

US equity markets were down big yesterday and while it wasn’t entirely President Donald Trump’s fault he definitely isn’t helping, Villanova wins big last night for their 2nd national championship in 3 years, Investors are worried about FAANG stocks but optimism still remains just more cautious

The City of Wilmington & New Hanover County Commission debate whether or not to give National Gypsum incentives for reopening their plant, and State Senate candidate, Harper Peterson, seems confused about trickle down economics and corporate tax cuts, Eric Shaffer, VP of the UNCW College Republicans, joins Tyler to talk about their upcoming event tonight, the mood on college campus, and his weekly podcast, and big props to North Carolina junior golfer, Ella June Hannant, for winning the Girls 7-9 division of the Drive, Chip, & Putt National Championship

A bizarre circumcision protest gets a lot of attention on Saturday in Wilmington, Trump tweets about DACA this morning which could be because of criticism from Ann Coulter and a story on Fox News, The City of Wilmington & New Hanover County Commission debate whether or not to give National Gypsum incentives for reopening their plant, and State Senate candidate, Harper Peterson, seems confused about trickle down economics and corporate tax cuts

Trump’s trade war begins as China announces retaliatory tariffs on 128 products, Trump goes on a twitter tirade against DACA & wants GOP to use nuclear option tp pass immigration laws

New Hanover County school board member, Bruce Shell, joins Tyler in studio to talk about redistricting for high schools and middle schools, the upcoming election, and how New Hanover County will respond to some of the proposals to make schools safer like more mental health funding, school resource officers, arming teachers, and having retired vets or police officers help patrol schools.

Governor Roy Cooper thinks he might be a leading contender for the Democrat nomination in 2020, administrator at UNC-Chapel Hill thinks the dismal graduation rate among black student athletes is because of race when it really is because of socio-economic status

President Donald Trump goes after Amazon but as the WSJ editorial board points out that  his tweets will make any regulatory action seem political, Questions continue about why Trump refuses some of these bipartisan bills that would get him his wall funding, Conservative commentators, Kevin Williamson & Laura Ingraham, are threatened professionally because their opinions are not approved by leftists helping to further erode the marketplace of ideas

Dr. Craig Galbraith, UNCW economist, joins Tyler in studio to talk about the national debt and rising budget deficits and the problem that could pose on the overall economy and a little talk about tariffs & trade,  Blair Ellis, Deputy National Press Secretary for the RNC, joins Tyler to talk about opening day, Trump firing Shulkin, concerns about Jackson’s management experience, 60 Russian officials being expelled from the US, & Trump’s clamp down on legal immigration.

Trump administration changes to evaluating immigrants legal status based on benefits they receive from the federal government, Immigration hawks, upset that Trump isn’t being tough enough, try and persuade Ann Coulter to run for President in 2020, Dierdre McGlone-Webb, Treasurer of the Azalea Festival, joins Tyler in studio to talk about the Parade and Street Fair, and the Trump administration cheers  

President Donald Trump fires VA secretary, David Shulkin, and announces he will hire long time Presidential physcian, Dr. Ron Johnson, the debt crisis is getting closer each year and Washington seems to care less and less each year, and new controversy arises between FBI officials Peter Strzok & Lisa Page

The Wilmington Star News seems concerned about the breach of trust with community and the CFCC board after closed meeting vote for the new President but where was the outrage when CFCC was doing far worse things that breached the trust with the local community?  Grant Perry joins Tyler to talk about the importance of using a stress test to get an understanding of how at risk your portfolio is if there is a correction in the market

Supreme Court arguments start today in the Maryland gerrymandering case Beniseck v Lamone, The long game with liberals on Trump’s affairs & the Mueller investigation seems to be getting Trump under oath so he’ll commit perjury, and Trump is trying to argue that the military budget should be used to build the border wall and that is a very dumb idea

North Korean dictator, Kim Jung Un, visits Chinese President for life, Xi Jinping, which might not be a good things for the United States, Supreme Court arguments start today in the Maryland gerrymandering case Beniseck v Lamone, Retired SCOTUS justice, John Paul Stevens, pens an op/ed arguing we should repeal the 2nd amendment, and Charles C.W. Cooke says that if liberals wants to repeal the 2nd amendment they should stop whining about it and do it.

Despite Trump’s divisive rhetoric in 2017 he deported fewer people than his predecessor, US equity markets rebound after trade war rhetoric chills between US & China, President Trump’s approval numbers hit a 11-month high, and David Maciaone, from National Home Finance, joins Tyler to talk about the bond market and the booming development in BrunCo 

New election rules in North Carolina mean the Green Party will be on the in November siphoning votes from Democrats in tight races, North revenue is beating projections bucking a national trend of states experiencing budget revenue shortfalls, and a Wilmington women is being deported for stealing for her place of employment multiple times and yet the story tries to fool you into thinking her deportation is because of salad

US equity markets rebound after trade war rhetoric chills between US & China, President Trump’s approval numbers hit a 11-month high, and the midterm battleground districts are not in battleground states but in blue state wealthy suburbs that have typically gone red but that was not the case in 2016 and could continue in 2018…

The GOP Trumpism & traditional conservative views battle it out as the midterms approach, populism is quite popular but it needs to be sold truthfully, the GOP seems more open to distributive policies than once originally thought, and gun control activists seem to get more extreme by the day

Gun control marches take place locally and all around the country, The bad gun control arguments rely on the cognitive bias known as neglect of probability that is based more on emotion than logic, and gun control activists seem to get more extreme by the day

Stormy Daniels 60 Minutes interview seems to be a dud, White House staff shakeups continue as attorney Joe diGenova ends up not joing Trump’s legal team & VA Secretary, David Shulkin, could be shown the door soon, and within the GOP Trumpism & traditional conservative views battle it out as the midterms approach 

H.R. McMaster is out and John Bolton is in as President Donald Trump finds his neocon roots once again, John Dowd, Trump attorney, drops out in the middle of the case which can’t be a good thing, and as the GOP passes a spending bill that creates a trillion dollar budget deficit while simultaneously putting up tariffs to decrease the trade deficit which can happen without also decreasing the budget deficit, Despite there being no evidence to back up the Seth Rich conspiracy the conspiracy continues to persist in some parts of the conservative movement, and Val Bourdeau, the Car Doctor, joins Tyler in studio to talk about the durability or modern cars, the importance of checking and replacing the fluid in your car, and why it’s important to get a car looked at before buying

Great news from WDI about expanding investment in downtown Wilmington, March for Our Lives to take place acorss the country and in Wilmington tomorrow, NC House Select Committee on school safety met yesterday to begin the process of making our schools safer, Another GOP conspiracy that proved that the Russians did not hack the DNC falls apart, and Congress sends a 1.3 trillion dollar spending package to Trump’s desk

H.R. McMaster is out and John Bolton is in as President Donald Trump finds his neocon roots once again, John Dowd, Trump attorney, drops out in the middle of the case which can’t be a good thing, and as the GOP passes a spending bill that creates a trillion dollar budget deficit while simultaneously putting up tariffs to decrease the trade deficit which can happen without also decreasing the budget deficit…

President Donald Trump is threatens former Vice-President Joe Biden after Biden threatens Trump, If the President and Biden don’t end up in an octagon on pay-per-view within the month they have to shut up with the though guy talk, no one in Washington wants to point out that there is a direct correlation between our increasing budget deficit and the ongoing global trade deficit, and Dr Mike Adams joins Tyler to talk about Dr. Frank Turek speaking at UNCW on Friday

Ray Campbell, with Friends of NRA, joins Tyler in studio to talk about his organization and their upcoming fundraising dinner, The Azalea festival crew joins Tyler in studio to talk about the Queens court and coronation and the upcoming concerns on the main stage, NC state rep, Beverly Boswell, claims to to be nurse even though she isn’t one and, rightfully so, draws the ire of the state nursing board

Congress agrees to 1.3 trillion dollar omnibus spending package, House Freedom Caucus announces opposition to the spending bill and hopes to introduce amendments to stop some of the more controversial allocations, and no one in Washington wants to point out that there is a direct correlation between our increasing budget deficit and the ongoing global trade deficit

Kevin Hernandez, Policy Director for the Libre Initiative, joins Tyler to discuss the current spending debate in Washington, the lack of fiscal responsibility in Washington, the ongoing immigration debate, and the calls from the Koch Network that the President should accept the deal on immigration from Democrats, Trump congratulates Putin on winning a sham election and even though he is better on Russia than Obama he is still failing, and Grant Perry, founder of Pinehurst Capital joins Tyler to talk bout the importance of not staying in cash position as inflation becomes a bigger problem

  Senator Thom Tillis & the NC GOP respond to reports that they used Cambridge Analytica back in 2014, the Press over hypes this story because it makes Trump look bad and sinister, Joan Keston, from Keston Law, joins Tyler to talk about the ongoing elder abuse problem in southeastern North Carolina, and Jay Cost writes a good piece about how Trump constantly distratcs us from legit policy debates we should be paying attention too

Austin bomber dead after confrontation with Police in Texas, Media quickly drops school shooting story after narrative changes to heroic actions of school resource officer saving the day, Trump congratulates Putin on winning a sham election and as awful as that is it doesn’t give people the right to leak these phone calls with world leaders that hurts the USA, and it was a bad day for President Trump as lawsuits from two mistresses moved forward 

  Yuge upsets in the tournament blow up everyones bracket, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe Friday night hours before his pension was set to be fully vested, and GOP members of congress advise the President to not fire Bob Mueller

Governor Roy Cooper finally appoints 8 members to the state Board of Elections, Cooper travels to Japan in an act of desperation to win over Toyota which was obviously unsuccessful, Apparently state money that is supposed to be used by communities to revitalize downtowns is not being used to revitalize downtowns, and Trump’s tariffs are already hurting industries who rely on steel…

Yuge upsets in the tournament blow up everyones bracket, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe Friday night hours before his pension was set to be fully vested, and GOP members of congress advise the President to not fire Bob Mueller

Morning Joe hypes an interview with Stormy Daniels attorney where he argues that Daniels was physically threatened with violence for not staying quite about the affair, David French writes a great piece about the lawsuit filed by Seth Rich’s parents against Fox News because of their roll in pushing a conspiracy involving their son to help President Donald Trump, Kevin Williamson writes a great piece that explains that the general populations ignorance on policy leads to politics becoming more about tribe than policy

Leaked NCGOP email shows concern about the PA special election and the impact a blue wave could have on the GOP’s majority, Nate Silver says that the data is still to sporadic to know anything but the GOP should be concerned, southeastern North Carolina is pretty health except for the whole binge drinking problem, and Governor Roy Cooper finally appoints people to the State Board of Elections

The Washington Post reports that Trump has already decided to fire H.R. McMaster but the White House is pushing back saying it is not true, 4 Senators call for a special counsel to investigate the FBI’s usage of the Steel dossier, ProPublica retracts story about Gina Haspel’s running of CIA “black site” which leads many to wonder if Rand Paul will withdraw his opposition to her based on that story, and David French writes a great piece about the lawsuit filed by Seth Rich’s parents against Fox News because of their roll in pushing a conspiracy involving their son to help President Donald Trump

Dr. Craig Galbraith, UNCW Economist, joins Tyler to talk about trade, is a trade deficit inherently bad, is a trade surplus inherently good, the negatives and positives to a strong or weak dollar, and the national security and economic implications of China stealing our intellectual property.  Blair Ellis, National Deputy Press Secretary for the RNC, joins Tyler to talk about Trump picking Kudlow as his top economic advisor, the firing of Rex Tillerson, possible difficulty with confirming Mike Pompeo, the election results in PA-18, and March Madness

Tom Clifford joins Tyler in studio to talk about the Wrightsville Beach Madness this weekend, Gov Roy Cooper, to distract from his pipeline controversy, has decided to try and push gun control to get people to hate him for an entirely different reason, The President, Vice President, & the Executive Director of the Azalea Festival join Tyler in studio to talk about the 2018 Azalea Festival, and Larry Kudlow picked as top Trump advisor to be Director of the National Economic Council which could be interesting considering Kudlow disagrees with Trump on trade, a strong dollar, and budget deficits

Larry Kudlow picked as top Trump advisor to be Director of the National Economic Council which could be interesting considering Kudlow disagrees with Trump on trade, a strong dollar, and budget deficits, Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, by suing Buzzfeed may have inadvertently given Stormy Daniels an a opportunity to legally break her non-disclosure agreement… 

Former Press Secretary to VP Mike Pence & Special Assistant to President Trump, Marc Lotter, joins Tyler to discuss the special election in Pennsylvania, the November midterms, tariffs, GOP tax cuts, and the firing of Rex Tillerson, Students plan to walk out all across the country to support stronger gun control laws, and Grant Perry, founder of Pinehurst Capital, joins Tyler to discuss the mindset change that is important when someones transitions from working to retirement

President Donald Trump seems to be leaning towards picking Larry Kudlow as his top economic advisor, I’m not sure this is a good decision for Larry Kudlow, Evan Horowtiz at FiveThirtyEight writes a great piece that explains Trump’s tariffs could be successful if there is a proper plan, and the protectionist can win the argument if the tariff argument moves from economical to social

  The special election in Pennsylvania 18th district is too close to call but it is clear that GOP has a problem that needs to be fixed and students plan to walk out all across the country to support stronger gun control laws (I think)

House Intelligence Committee finds no evidence of collusion between the Trump or Clinton campaign and Russia and David Maciaone, from National Home Finance, joins Tyler to talk interest rates, the economy, and the impact that the libor surge could have on the housing market

Hillary continues to blame everyone else for her loss and could hurt the Democrats in the midterms with her dismissive attitude toward Trump voters and Steve Jennings writes a great piece for CNN that highlights that the current economy is helping disengaged workers reentering the workforce which is better for them and society

House Intelligence Committee finds no evidence of collusion between the Trump or Clinton campaign and Russia, Hillary Clinton argues that the reason she lost was because Trump voters were racist, that women were pressured by men in their lives to vote against her, and James Comey also is to blame(of course) because it’s never Hillary’s fault (duh)

Field of 64 set Tiger Woods is back as he finishes tied for 2nd this week and all eyers are on him as he heads to Bay Hill with The Masters just a week away, China runs a severe trade deficit with China so why is their economy worse off for ending trade with them according to Trump’s economic theory, and Reihan Salam says conservatives only have themselves to blame for this tariff debate

  White House releases a plan to make schools safer, Idiot NC pastor gets caught lying about having a crippling disease because of photos on Facebook, and The questions being raised about Duke Energy should really have us all reconsidering this current setup. Either open up the market to competition or have the government do it. This hybrid BS is not working for taxpayers…

Field of 64 set Tiger Woods is back as he finishes tied for 2nd this week and all eyers are on him as he heads to Bay Hill with The Masters just a week away, China runs a severe trade deficit with China so why is their economy worse off for ending trade with them according to Trump’s economic theory, and Greg Ip says Trump’s argument of “national security” is complete BS based on the evidence

Co-Chair of the RNC, Bob Paduchik, joins Tyler to talk about steel tariffs, carve outs for Canada & Mexico, our relationship with South Korea, the continued benefits of the GOP tax plan, and possible gun control legislation, 2 swat members in Florida have been for suspended for trying to help the students in Parkland without asking for permission, President Trump might exempt Canada & Mexico from the the steel and aluminum tariffs, and Steve Mihm writes a great piece for Bloomberg that explains the real reason the US squandered its steel supremacy

Young Democrats go after Rep. Duane Hall’s donors to try and get him to resign, DEX officials says pipeline permit was not connected to the slush fund, Senator Bill Rabbon wants a committee set up to investigate Cooper and the pipeline deal, and the state treasurer, Dale Folwell, joins Tyler to talk about the failed merger between Atrium health & UNC Health, why any deal involving state property should have to come before the Council of State, and how proper planning with medicare advantage has saved the state millions

DOJ sues California over immigration laws and David French writes a great piece explain how the Obama administration has made California’s argument much more difficult, President Trump might exempt Canada & Mexico from the the steel and aluminum tariffs, and Steve Mihm writes a great piece for Bloomberg that explains the real reason the US squandered its steel supremacy