Category Archives: Economy

Surprise: 2nd Quarter GPD Grew 3%

Let’s start with the NY Times U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown. The chaotic start to President Trump’s second term roiled the economy at the beginning of the year, […]

NY Times Seems Upset That Trump Made A Big Deal With The EU

One would think that Democrats and the NY Times would be happy for America to get a great trade deal. Nope Europe Cuts a Trade Deal With Trump, Worried About Other Global Issues Survive and advance. That phrase, favored by sports teams in big tournaments, sums up Europe’s approach to the trade negotiations it just […]

Court Says Trump Cannot Impose Tariffs On World

While I agree with the concept of imposing reciprocal tariffs on countries which put tariffs on US exports, I’ve said that this is primarily the function of Congress. The US needs to do something to deal with the trade imbalances that make it harder and more expensive to for US companies to get their products […]

Winning: Senate Unanimously Approves “No Taxes On Tips”

Another win for The Donald. I wonder, though, will this lead to people asking for more tips Senate votes unanimously to eliminate federal taxes on tips The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to pass legislation that would eliminate the collection of federal taxes on tips, moving a step closer to fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s […]

Trump – China Announce Interim Tariffs Deal

Oh, this must be giving Democrats a serious case of heartburn US, China announce reduced tariffs for 90 days after trade talks The U.S. and China announced on Monday that tariffs against one another will be reduced for a 90-day period after officials held trade negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. The tariffs President Donald Trump announced […]

Good News: Trump Will Announce Trade Deal With UK At 10am

I’m sure this is giving all those Trump hating Credentialed Media outlets a big sad. Like the Washington Post Trump expected to announce trade agreement with United Kingdom President Donald Trump will announce a trade agreement with the United Kingdom on Thursday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal is the […]

NY Times Attempts To Scaremonger On Recession Fears Despite Data

It’s so hilarious, and expected. You knew that a big media outlet would be required to do this at some point due to Trump Derangement Syndrome. But, it is also funny because the data and all the measures, such as consumer sentiment, rising food, housing, medical, auto, gas and energy prices were all skyrocketing, and […]

Good Grief: Washington Post Editorial Board Chooses “Authoritarian” China Over Trump’s America

One would think that an American news outlet would try and support America, but, the WP editorial board is telling us who they are This U.S.-China trade war might not end well President Donald Trump’s climbdown from his sweeping and ill-considered worldwide tariffs brought temporary relief to global markets on Wednesday. But his escalating import levies against […]

Washington Post Goes TDS Over Trump’s “New Economy Behind Wall Of Tariffs”

The front webpage headline adds “What if” to the beginning and a question mark to the end of the below headline as read in the single page. Because what looks to be straight opinion is now how the WP writes news Trump is serious about building a new economy behind a wall of tariffs President […]

Politico Seems Upset That America May Win With Tariffs

They really, really do not want Trump to win. The thing is, if Trump wins, America wins. Too many countries have high tariffs on American goods, yet, America has low or no tariffs on imports. One would think the American news media might root for America Why Trump May Get Away With His Tariff Trauma […]

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