Trump v Elon; Switch 2 review; CA trucking & tariff impacts; Truckstop shake-up | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

On Episode 846 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about the news that broke that internet: the Trump versus Elon feud. Musk now says Trump’s tariffs will cause a recession this year. What does the falling out mean for freight? We’ll take a look.

With over 30% of truckers identifying as gamers, is the Switch 2 their new lifeline from boredom during layovers? Is it good for the kids, the dads and the Chads? Dooner has his sons help him review Nintendo’s latest console release.

Big news out of Truckstop as Kendra Tucker steps down as CEO. The company’s founder returns to the CEO desk. Is the loadboard headed toward founder mode? 

We’ll take a look at trucking and tariffs north of the border with Luka Korosec, president at 1% Logistics.

Loadsmart COO Geoff Kelley on how to scale a world-class freight brokerage. 

Plus, are port futbol teams any good?

Chapters

1:52 Switch 2 review | The Dooner Boys

14:51 Elon v Trump

19:40 Truckstop shakeup

21:35 How to scale a world-class brokerage | Geoff Kelley

29:32 Port futbol teams

31:17 Canadian trucking | Luka Korosec

35:44 Load security | Luka Korosec

39:35 Tariffs and markets | Luka Korosec

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.