Trump Sows Doubt About US Elections | Balance of Power 7/17/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discusses the latest from DC. On today’s show, J Street Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis and Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Bloomberg Wall Street Week Host David Westin, and CIBC Private Wealth Senior Equity Trader and Managing Director Rebecca Babin.

Chapters
00:00:00 Balance of Power: Early Edition 
00:02:00 Market Update: Oil Surges, Stocks Slide
00:04:25 Trump’s Election Speech & Iran Overshadowed
00:05:30 Is There a Way Out of the Iran Conflict?
00:09:55 Oil Prices, Strait of Hormuz & Global Energy Risks
00:12:00 U.S.-Israel Relations & Democratic Divide
00:14:20 Apple’s DOJ Antitrust Settlement Talks
00:16:35 Apple’s AI Strategy & Future Product Roadmap
00:19:00 Market Update: Apple, Oil & Semiconductors
00:21:10 Trump’s China Allegations & U.S.-China Relations
00:25:40 Political Panel Reacts to Trump’s Primetime Address
00:34:40 China’s New AI Model Challenges OpenAI
00:41:20 Oil Outlook: Could Crude Top $100 Again?
00:45:20 Russia Sanctions & Global Energy Markets
00:47:20 Refiners, Fuel Prices & Investment Outlook
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