PRESIDENT TRUMP ON WEDNESDAY - ANNOUNCING SWEEPING NEW TARIFFS ON NEARLY ALL IMPORTS. WE ARE 'IN THE ARENA' FOR PERSPECTIVE. THE PODCAST IS ON A BRIEF BREAK BUT TWO OF OUR EXPERTS ARE HERE TO OFFER INSIGHT. PHIL HARRIMAN IS IN-STUDIO. ETHAN STRIMLING IS WITH US REMOTELY. ETHAN - THE MARKETS REACTED SHARPLY THURSDAY MORNING. WHAT'S THE IMPACT FOR CONSUMERS IN MAINE? PHIL - IF CONSUMERS ARE PATIENT THERE WILL BE WORTHWHILE BENEFITS DOWN THE LINE? DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE CALLING ON ACTING SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR LEE DUDEK TO RESIGN... THIS AFTER NEWLY UNEARTHED EMAILS TO STAFFERS SHOW THAT HE CALLED GOVERNOR MILLS A "PETULANT CHILD"... HE WAS REPORTEDLY UPSET "SEE YOU IN COURT" COMMENT TO THE PRESIDENT OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES. EARLY LAST MARCH - DUDEK BRIEFLY ENDED THE ENUMERATION AT BIRTH PROGRAM.....BUT BROUGHT IT BACK AND APOLOGIZED... PHIL, SHOULD DUDEK RESIGN? ETHAN, DUDEK HAS APOLOGIZED FOR MAKING SOME MISTAKES RESIGN? ETHAN, DUDEK HAS APOLOGIZED FOR MAKING SOME MISTAKES PROMISED TO LEARN FROM THEM. DOES HE DESERVE A LITTLE MORE TIME? REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED A BILL LAST WEEK THAT WOULD CHANGE TO THE MAINE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT REGARDING ATHLETICS... IT WOULD BAR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES - ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH - FROM PARTICIPATING IN GIRLS OR WOMEN'S SPORTS. PHIL, WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD THIS BILL FINDS ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PASS EITHER CHAMBER? GOVERNOR MILLS TOOK QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS THIS WEEK. SPEAKING WITH MAINE'S TOTAL COVERAGE WEDNESDAY, SHE STOOD FIRM IN HER OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SEVERAL ISSUES - TARIFFS, THE FIRING OF FEDERAL WORKERS RUNNING THE LIHEAP PROGRAM IN MAINE - BUT THE GOVERNOR SAID THIS ABOUT THE ONGOING TITLE IX DEBATE. "I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER THING IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT" - ADDING - "THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT. IT'S ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW." ETHAN, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HOW THE GOVERNOR PRESENTED HER ARGUMENTS? OK, THANK YOU BOTH. IN THE ARENA IS ON A BRIEF BREAK BUT RETURNS THIS SPRING. LOOK FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY ON W-M-T-W-DOT-COM