Markets, geopolitics, media, and business collide in today’s episode of Filtered with TJ Walker. From a rare triple sell-off sparked by Greenland tariff threats, to Europe’s debate over economic retaliation, to Mark Carney’s stark warning that the global order has “ruptured,” this episode breaks down what’s really happening beneath the headlines.

Plus: why modern media incentives are breaking politics, and how weight-loss drugs could save airlines hundreds of millions per year.

Today on Filtered with TJ Walker, we explore how communication breakdowns — not just ideology — are driving political instability at home and abroad.

From a viral influencer receiving an elite U.S. visa, to MAGA insiders sounding alarms about Elon Musk’s X, to President Trump’s escalating threats over Greenland and global trade, this episode traces how spectacle, grievance, and algorithmic incentives distort power.

We also examine growing international calls to boycott the 2026 World Cup and a New York Times warning that Democrats’ race-centric messaging may be strengthening the very identity politics they oppose.

This is news analysis focused on how messages are constructed, amplified, and weaponized — and why that matters.

China’s population is shrinking, births have collapsed to their lowest level since 1949, and experts say the damage may be irreversible. In this episode of Filtered with TJ Walker, we explain how decades of state-controlled family policy reshaped culture, and why financial incentives can’t fix it.

We also analyze a deadly train crash in Spain to explain how humans systematically misjudge risk, explore the rise of prediction markets in mainstream media, examine why fear of A.I. may be blocking better healthcare, and break down the geopolitical and psychological implications of the Greenland tariff dispute.

The episode closes with a sharp analysis of Frank Bruni’s argument that vulgarity and contempt are being normalized as leadership.