Things got crazy awkward during an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, when a reporter asked Trump why he hadn't warned Japan before attacking Iran. "One thing, you don't want to signal too much," Trump said. "Who knows better about surprise than Japan, okay? Hey, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" read more
Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. read more
The Tisza Party (opposition) is currently ahead of Fidesz (Orban's party) by 11 percentage points among the entire voting-age population, and has already reached a 20-point lead (55-35) among decided voters with a party preference, according to a Medin poll as reported by HVG.
The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit and more warships to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from Centcom for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines and sailors, according to three U.S. officials.
As President Donald Trump warns Iran against using mines to threaten oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy's purpose-built minesweepers are sitting stateside thousands of miles away with no plans to put them to use while the war rages on. read more
You're right.....Trump measures success by the stock market......but he's not alone.
Posted by eberly
He is alone in using the stock market as a gauge for how well the economy is doing.
Other presidents have focused on GDP, employment, wage growth, inflation indexes, etc. Things that matter to the middle class.