Morning Wire - Evening Wire: Trump’s Indonesian Deal & Flash Floods Hit NYC | 7.15.25

Episode Date: July 15, 2025

Russia thumbs their nose at Trump’s tariff threats, the administration is officially searching for a new fed chair, and the big apple navigates severe flash flooding. Get the facts first with Evening Wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russia scoffs at Trump's tariff threats. The administration says it's officially searching for a new Fed chair and the Big Apple navigates severe flash flooding. I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, July 15th, and this is Evening Wire. President Trump is turning up the heat on Moscow, but according to Russian officials, they don't care. This comes after the president announced he's going to make sure Ukraine is armed to the teeth and that Russia has 50 days to make peace or face sweeping tariffs. Here's Trump.

I'm disappointed in President Putin because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn't seem to get there. So based on that, we're going to be doing secondary tariffs. If we don't have a deal in 50 days, it's very simple. And they'll be at 100%. Russian security councilman Dimitri Medvedev called the move theatrical. Meanwhile, European leaders expressed mixed reactions, some praising the strong stance, others warning 50 days is too long as civilian casualties mount.

Putin has not directly responded yet. Trump announced that he's made a trade deal with Indonesia, calling it a great deal for everybody. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest. The president said on truth social that he negotiated directly with Indonesia's president. The move comes just days after Trump threatened a steep 32% tariff on the country's exports. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country exports agricultural goods and textiles, though it ranks outside the top 20 U.S. trade partners. This is the latest in a string of ongoing tariff negotiations following deals in principle

with China, Vietnam, and the UK, all carrying elevated tariff rates compared to pre-2020 levels. Those still without agreements include the EU, Japan, and South Korea. Inflation inched up in June, coming in just slightly hotter than expected. The Consumer Price Index climbed 2.7% year over year and 0.3% from May. Economists had predicted it would be 2.6%. The White House called the numbers a win, noting that core inflation has met or beaten forecasts every month since Trump returned to office. The Fed meets in two weeks where they're expected to once again hold rate steady. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says the process of finding a new Federal Reserve Chair is underway.

The news comes two years before current Fed chair Jerome Powell's term is set to end. There are a lot of great candidates, and we'll see how rapidly it progresses. It's President Trump's decision, and it will move at his speed. Bassett, a close Trump ally and key architect of the administration's tariff strategy, is widely seen as a top contender, though he stopped short of confirming interest. President Trump has publicly pressured Powell to resign early, criticizing him over interest rates and federal spending. Inflation jitters and underwhelming bank earnings weighed on markets today as the Dow fell over 300 points.

Wells Fargo and Black Rock dragged financials while Citigroup bucked the trend rising 4%. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ edged up 0.3% due to a 3% jump in Nvidia, which announced it may soon resume chip sales to China. The latest inflation numbers in Trump's tariffs loomed large, causing some minor investor hesitation. Apple has struck a deal to buy U.S. made rare earth magnets for their products starting in 2007. The deal with MP materials follows the Pentagon's $400 million investment in MP and works to cut reliance on China for critical minerals. MP will expand its Texas facility and build a second plant to meet demand. Shares of MP surged 28% Tuesday, marking a major industrial win for the Trump administration. It's a great time to

grab a pint of ice cream. More than 90% of all ice cream sold in the U.S. will soon be made without artificial dyes. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins made the announcement on Monday. I don't want to get too far ahead of the big announcement today, but I just want to commend all the dairy farmers and ice cream producers they represent for taking on this voluntary, proactive effort to eliminate the use of artificial colors and ice cream products by the end of 2020.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. also spoke at the event, highlighting the sea change in the U.S. food industry. And with this edition today, the dairymen and the dairy food producers, we now have about 35 percent of American food industry that has made commitments. The director of Camp Mystic reportedly received an emergency alert about 45 minutes before beginning evacuation. 47 girls and counselors lost their lives at the camp amid the devastating central Texas floods nearly two weeks ago. Camp director Dick Eastland allegedly received the emergency alert about life-threatening flash floods at 11.m. He began relocating campers to higher ground around 2 a.m. Eastland died while attempting to rescue campers in the flood. According to a family spokesperson,

he immediately began communicating about the alert via walkie-talkie. The camp leadership started moving campers to higher ground when they saw floodwaters. Record-setting rain caused flooding in the Big Apple last night. Flash flooding trapped subway goers and stalled traffic in the second wettest hour of rainfall in the city's history. More than two inches of rain fell between 7 and 8 p.m. causing subway lines and flights to be delayed or suspended. At least two people were killed in similar sudden rainfall in New Jersey when their cars were swept away. Several other major northeastern cities, including Washington, Baltimore, and Hartford were under flash flood warnings last night. Zoran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, abruptly ended a press

conference yesterday when a campaign aide pulled him off stage. Thank you for your question, Mr. I think we're done here. We're going to go. We're wrapping up, sorry, folks. Momdani accepted the endorsement of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, and answered a few questions from reporters. A female campaign staffer can be seen grabbing Mom Donnie by the arm as the band starts to play. Lawmakers have moved to keep the star-spangled banner in the English.

Oklahoma Republicans introduced the bill after a singer performed the song in Spanish at an L.A. Dodgers baseball game. When lawmakers slammed the no-name singer, who she said chose to make a political statement when singing the song, she added the anthem should never be used for political theater. The singer said she performed the song in Spanish, even though the Dodgers asked her to sing in English. We are going to do the song today, so I'm not sure if that wasn't trans or if that wasn't real. Influential pastor John MacArthur has died. He was 86.

Daily Wire reporter, Amanda Prestajakamo, has the details. McArthur pastored Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California for 56 years. The pastor wrote more than 400 books, including. including the best-selling book, The Gospel According to Jesus. He and his church attracted national attention after reopening in defiance of local COVID rules. A legal battle resulted in the county and state, each paying the church $400,000. McArthur appeared multiple times on the Ben Shapiro Show Sunday special. On his most recent appearance, MacArthur said that skeptics of Christianity should just read the Bible.

Read the Bible. Just read the Bible. It has the ring of truth. It defends itself. lion. You don't defend it. You don't defend a lion. You open the cage and let it out. It'll be okay. And the scripture is like that. It's like that even morally. There's something in the heart of people that resonates with biblical morality. Star Slugger for the Seattle Mariners call Raleigh won his first All-Star home run derby. He defeated Tampa Bay's junior Comanero 18 to 15 during the final round on

Monday night. Raleigh's father, who is a former coat for both Tennessee and Western Carolina, did the pitching, while his younger brother did the catching. Raleigh, who's nicknamed Big Dumper, is the first switch hitter and first catcher to take the win, having reached the All-Star break with a whopping 38 home runs. Oh yeah, and he also just happened to be a star at my alma mater, Florida State before going pro. Raleigh is just the sixth Florida State alumni to make the All-Star game. The first was Dick Houser way back in 1961. And Daily Wire editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro reacted to making a cameo appearance on Family Guy. He wrote on X, quote,

Happy to hear I was on Family Guy last night, but bummed the entire scene didn't make the cut. So watched the end of the clip. In the episode, Brian the Dog, who is a liberal, becomes angry after realizing his book is only selling because it's being promoted by conservatives, including Shapiro. My book is being co-opted by the right. It's gross. And it's selling. It's number two.

the neo-Nazi bestseller list behind Ben Shapiro's tyranny, how the radical left made me bad at sex. Oh, God. It's that kid and his dog again. Never as good as The Simpsons, not nearly as smart as South Park. I wonder how Seth still writes this from inside the closet. Shapiro's new book, Lions and Scavengers, releases on September 2nd. I really want an animated version of myself. Those are your drive-home updates.

To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump's warning to Russia, Biden's auto-pin controversies, plus the potential headwinds facing the GOP in the midterms. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.