Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 2, 2026
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All right, let's talk about Kim Jong-un. Well what we know about that is that we don't know anything about it. We don't know anything about Kim Jong-un. So if you think he is dead or you think he's brain dead or you think he's alive, it's just a guess. The best evidence we have is that he didn't attend one event. But it's possible he's not attending events just to stay away from coronavirus. Someb…

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I hear Apple is planning to build their new iPhones in Brazil, which I think means moving at least some of their production out of China. Apple is the one I've been watching because people have been saying that there's not going to be decoupling unless Apple does it. Because as long as Apple is happy to make their iPhones in China, I think every other company has cover. Apple does a really good job of positioning themselves as kind of a moral company. You could argue whether that's true or false but they do a really good job of positioning that way. And if Apple is looking to move their supply chain out of China, it doesn't have to be for political reasons. It could be just to reduce their risk. Then that kind of makes it safe for everybody else to do it. So the decoupling is on. Nothing will happen. Nothing could stop it now.

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Let's talk about Trump's stopping of immigration from the political standpoint. I think the Democrats are going to say, oh he's gonna win this round because his base will love it because it looks like they'll be thinking, well maybe it'll be permanent. It won't be permanent but it may be his base will think so, or some of them. So it might help his popularity. His popularity with his base might go…

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