Those are the chilling words uttered by President Donald Trump to El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele surreptitiously captured in a casual Oval Office conversation before the White House pool entered. read more
A Wall Street Journal columnist placed his bets on a future Trump impeachment after the president's chaotic tariff rollout sent markets spiraling last week. Holman W. Jenkins Jr., a columnist and editorial board member at The Journal, wrote in a blistering opinion piece Friday that President Donald Trump appears to be asking for impeachment with his "ill-founded trade war." "A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning," Jenkins said, referring to the day that Trump hit pause on his devastating tariffs following a historic stock market crash. "It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America's standing with creditors and trade partners."
U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high ... read more
The Guardian reporters Matt Berg and Joseph Gedeon write about multiple instances in U.S. federal government where they have outright been told by higher ups that they are being spied on or the employees have been notified of new monitoring software being installed on computers.
The U.S. government has pulled back from its plan to block Nvidia's H20 HGX GPU exports to China, following a meeting between the U.S. President Donald Trump and Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang at a $1 million-a-head dinner. read more
Even if you think Trump is right about this spectacular exercise in economic self harm, if you're a Republican politician, odds are strong that you disagreed with what he's claiming 10 years " and in some cases 10 hours " ago. Maybe you've been studying the flimsy protectionist literature of the last decade and been convinced. But you probably are just outsourcing your judgment to partisan or personality cult --------. And if you're not speaking out against this garbage you're passively supporting it. Congrats. You own this crap. " Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 2, 2025
I haven't owned/used a credit card in 25 years so this won't affect me but all the high debt mouth breathers that voted for him are in for an ugly surprise.