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No one knows. I doubt Trump even knows at this point.
Trump holds the levers of power and he is going to pull them just to prove he can.
Trump holds the levers of power and he is going to pull them just to prove he can.
Most revealing thing abt the trade front. EU trade chief left Monday's meeting in DC not just without making any progress. He couldn't get a clear idea of what the US even wanted. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
European Union Sees a Long US Trade War
Get caught up.
www.bloomberg.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No one knows. I doubt Trump even knows at this point.
Trump holds the levers of power and he is going to pull them just to prove he can.
Trump holds the levers of power and he is going to pull them just to prove he can.
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"with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent" - could have called that before the case even got to SCOTUS
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent
April 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent" - could have called that before the case even got to SCOTUS
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The USA is running out of patience with Ukraine for being bombed by Russia.
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The USA is running out of patience with Ukraine for being bombed by Russia.
Reuters: "The former reality-TV host spent a week claiming other governments were clamoring to make a deal, and yet he folded without extracting any visible concessions from even penguin-populated trading partners."
The penguins have met and decided. They will not pay a single silverfish.
The penguins have met and decided. They will not pay a single silverfish.
April 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reuters: "The former reality-TV host spent a week claiming other governments were clamoring to make a deal, and yet he folded without extracting any visible concessions from even penguin-populated trading partners."
The penguins have met and decided. They will not pay a single silverfish.
The penguins have met and decided. They will not pay a single silverfish.
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Trump's tariff rules are like Fizzbin...
Each nation has 6 sectors tariffed, except for the nation on the right, who gets 7. Tariffs are applied, except on Tuesdays, when Trump deals out two more tariffs which are a "half-fizzbin". With a half-fizzbin, one can get pause, except at night, ...
Each nation has 6 sectors tariffed, except for the nation on the right, who gets 7. Tariffs are applied, except on Tuesdays, when Trump deals out two more tariffs which are a "half-fizzbin". With a half-fizzbin, one can get pause, except at night, ...
April 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump's tariff rules are like Fizzbin...
Each nation has 6 sectors tariffed, except for the nation on the right, who gets 7. Tariffs are applied, except on Tuesdays, when Trump deals out two more tariffs which are a "half-fizzbin". With a half-fizzbin, one can get pause, except at night, ...
Each nation has 6 sectors tariffed, except for the nation on the right, who gets 7. Tariffs are applied, except on Tuesdays, when Trump deals out two more tariffs which are a "half-fizzbin". With a half-fizzbin, one can get pause, except at night, ...
The first blink. The anger of donors/supporters, and those who will face the voters in 2026, must have finally gotten through.
He will claim some sort of victory, of course, but he's responsible for all of the pain and damage.
China is going to remain a big problem.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
He will claim some sort of victory, of course, but he's responsible for all of the pain and damage.
China is going to remain a big problem.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
Trump announces 90-day tariff pause for at least some countries
Trump in a social media post also said that he "substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately. "
www.cnbc.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The first blink. The anger of donors/supporters, and those who will face the voters in 2026, must have finally gotten through.
He will claim some sort of victory, of course, but he's responsible for all of the pain and damage.
China is going to remain a big problem.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
He will claim some sort of victory, of course, but he's responsible for all of the pain and damage.
China is going to remain a big problem.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
Here we go.
Trump had an off-ramp over the weekend; all he had to do was pause things and negotiate.
Now the positions of the big players have hardened and the real damage starts. My guess is the recession starts now, if it hasn't already.
I hope I'm terribly wrong.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/b...
Trump had an off-ramp over the weekend; all he had to do was pause things and negotiate.
Now the positions of the big players have hardened and the real damage starts. My guess is the recession starts now, if it hasn't already.
I hope I'm terribly wrong.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/b...
Tariffs on China set to rise to at least 104% on Wednesday, White House says | CNN Business
President Donald Trump is set to impose an additional 84% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday. That will mean all goods...
www.cnn.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Here we go.
Trump had an off-ramp over the weekend; all he had to do was pause things and negotiate.
Now the positions of the big players have hardened and the real damage starts. My guess is the recession starts now, if it hasn't already.
I hope I'm terribly wrong.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/b...
Trump had an off-ramp over the weekend; all he had to do was pause things and negotiate.
Now the positions of the big players have hardened and the real damage starts. My guess is the recession starts now, if it hasn't already.
I hope I'm terribly wrong.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/b...
More of this clean coal BS.
No. 2 Republican Senator holds up lump of black "clean" coal on Senate floor. Calls for burning more of it "far into the future."
April 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
More of this clean coal BS.
FFS. Chris Wright has to be kidding.
Maybe we could take a 21st Century approach, rather than the 19th Century approach, and work on bringing more large-scale sustainable clean energy online.
Don't any of these people have kids/grandkids they don't want poisoned?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/u...
Maybe we could take a 21st Century approach, rather than the 19th Century approach, and work on bringing more large-scale sustainable clean energy online.
Don't any of these people have kids/grandkids they don't want poisoned?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/u...
U.S. needs to keep coal plants open to meet growing electricity demand, energy secretary says
The Trump administration wants to expand electricity output by 25%, said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
www.cnbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
FFS. Chris Wright has to be kidding.
Maybe we could take a 21st Century approach, rather than the 19th Century approach, and work on bringing more large-scale sustainable clean energy online.
Don't any of these people have kids/grandkids they don't want poisoned?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/u...
Maybe we could take a 21st Century approach, rather than the 19th Century approach, and work on bringing more large-scale sustainable clean energy online.
Don't any of these people have kids/grandkids they don't want poisoned?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/u...
I suspect there will be quite a brain drain from the US over the next few years. Scientists want to science.
“Donald Trump is trying to purge United States research institutions of scholars…
The European Union is tripping over itself to take them in.”
The European Union is tripping over itself to take them in.”
Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in
The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.
www.politico.eu
April 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I suspect there will be quite a brain drain from the US over the next few years. Scientists want to science.
Stagflation recipe: US import tariffs raise prices while foreign reciprocal tariffs cut US exports, economic activity & jobs.
I bought a car during all of this, refusing to close the deal unless the dealer agreed to deliver it with a full gas tank. Times were bad.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I bought a car during all of this, refusing to close the deal unless the dealer agreed to deliver it with a full gas tank. Times were bad.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
This Economic Paradox Nearly Took Down Three Presidents. Is Donald Trump Next?
The economic crisis of the 1970s was a disaster for multiple presidents. It could be worse for Trump.
www.politico.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Stagflation recipe: US import tariffs raise prices while foreign reciprocal tariffs cut US exports, economic activity & jobs.
I bought a car during all of this, refusing to close the deal unless the dealer agreed to deliver it with a full gas tank. Times were bad.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I bought a car during all of this, refusing to close the deal unless the dealer agreed to deliver it with a full gas tank. Times were bad.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Again, History is there for you to learn from. It is not yours to erase. It belongs to all of us.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/p...
Why is Trump rewriting US economic history? Anyone? | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump wants Americans to see history his way, historians be damned.
www.cnn.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Again, History is there for you to learn from. It is not yours to erase. It belongs to all of us.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/p...
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There's no question that today's tariff announcement will give the United States the highest tariff rates of any industrialized country. And it's not even close.
April 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There's no question that today's tariff announcement will give the United States the highest tariff rates of any industrialized country. And it's not even close.
Well, at least Booker shows some fight.
“And I’ll go even further. If you ask Democratic senators right now, who’d they rather have lead them over the next three years? They would choose Cory Booker over Chuck Schumer. That’s how significant today was.” gop operative
April 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Well, at least Booker shows some fight.
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I hear the Internet loves waterfalls on Wednesday, so here’s a Wednesday waterfall for you!
#waterfallwednesday #landscapephotography #photography #on1pics #photographersunited
#waterfallwednesday #landscapephotography #photography #on1pics #photographersunited
April 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I hear the Internet loves waterfalls on Wednesday, so here’s a Wednesday waterfall for you!
#waterfallwednesday #landscapephotography #photography #on1pics #photographersunited
#waterfallwednesday #landscapephotography #photography #on1pics #photographersunited
Trump told Europe to be militarily self-sufficient, saying that the US might not be there if something happens.
This is what securing a tariff-proof supply chain looks like, one that can't be cut off if a single erratic supplier suddenly decides to stop shipments.
www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
This is what securing a tariff-proof supply chain looks like, one that can't be cut off if a single erratic supplier suddenly decides to stop shipments.
www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump told Europe to be militarily self-sufficient, saying that the US might not be there if something happens.
This is what securing a tariff-proof supply chain looks like, one that can't be cut off if a single erratic supplier suddenly decides to stop shipments.
www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
This is what securing a tariff-proof supply chain looks like, one that can't be cut off if a single erratic supplier suddenly decides to stop shipments.
www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
The world is moving on.
This was the three Asian countries' first economic dialogue in FIVE YEARS
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom
South Korea, China and Japan held their first economic dialogue in five years on Sunday, seeking to facilitate regional trade as the three Asian export powers brace from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
www.reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The world is moving on.
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It took just two months to drive two of our closest and most important allies into China's arms.
* CHINESE STATE MEDIA: CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA REACH A CONSENSUS THAT THREE SIDES WILL JOINTLY RESPOND TO THE U.S. TARIFFS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It took just two months to drive two of our closest and most important allies into China's arms.
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...
theonion.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
Import tariffs function like a federal sales tax and are paid by US consumers and importers, not by the exporters.
They are most certainly not a tax cut.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/e...
They are most certainly not a tax cut.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/e...
Trump side says tariffs will raise $6 trillion, which would be largest tax hike in US history | CNN Business
White House aide Peter Navarro said Sunday that he expects President Donald Trump’s tariffs to bring in $6 trillion in revenue in the next decade, which could amount to the largest tax hike in US hist...
www.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Import tariffs function like a federal sales tax and are paid by US consumers and importers, not by the exporters.
They are most certainly not a tax cut.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/e...
They are most certainly not a tax cut.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/e...
Let's see...
Direct threats against Canada, Mexico, Greenland/Denmark, and Panama.
Now Iran. Remember that Trump in 2018 pulled out of the JCPOA that was containing Iran, who then restarted their nuke program.
For someone who claimed he didn't like stupid wars, Trump seems eager to start one.
Direct threats against Canada, Mexico, Greenland/Denmark, and Panama.
Now Iran. Remember that Trump in 2018 pulled out of the JCPOA that was containing Iran, who then restarted their nuke program.
For someone who claimed he didn't like stupid wars, Trump seems eager to start one.
March 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Let's see...
Direct threats against Canada, Mexico, Greenland/Denmark, and Panama.
Now Iran. Remember that Trump in 2018 pulled out of the JCPOA that was containing Iran, who then restarted their nuke program.
For someone who claimed he didn't like stupid wars, Trump seems eager to start one.
Direct threats against Canada, Mexico, Greenland/Denmark, and Panama.
Now Iran. Remember that Trump in 2018 pulled out of the JCPOA that was containing Iran, who then restarted their nuke program.
For someone who claimed he didn't like stupid wars, Trump seems eager to start one.
He isn't joking. We have been warned.
“There are methods which you could do it,” the president responded, when asked if there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another presidency.“
I’m not joking,” Trump told NBC News, but reiterated, “It is far too early to think about it.”
“There are methods which you could do it,” the president responded, when asked if there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another presidency.“
I’m not joking,” Trump told NBC News, but reiterated, “It is far too early to think about it.”
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
He isn't joking. We have been warned.
“There are methods which you could do it,” the president responded, when asked if there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another presidency.“
I’m not joking,” Trump told NBC News, but reiterated, “It is far too early to think about it.”
“There are methods which you could do it,” the president responded, when asked if there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another presidency.“
I’m not joking,” Trump told NBC News, but reiterated, “It is far too early to think about it.”
In 1939, after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Marian Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin, she sang before an audience of 75,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
This is that sort of moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
This is that sort of moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration
After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
www.cbsnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In 1939, after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Marian Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin, she sang before an audience of 75,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
This is that sort of moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
This is that sort of moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...
I don't blame them at all.
Future flight bookings between Canada & the US have collapsed.
Comparing total bookings held at this point last year with those recorded this week for the upcoming summer season show bookings are down by *over 70%* in every month through to the end of September.
www.oag.com/blog/canada-...
Comparing total bookings held at this point last year with those recorded this week for the upcoming summer season show bookings are down by *over 70%* in every month through to the end of September.
www.oag.com/blog/canada-...
March 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't blame them at all.