Category Archives: Economy

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 […]

ZOMG, Congressional Republicans Look To Reign In Trump On Tariffs

Orange Man Bad! Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs The fallout from President Donald Trump’s aggressive new tariffs has spurred Congress into action, with a growing number of Republicans joining Democrats to express interest in using their power to restrain him. After the GOP-led Senate delivered a rare rebuke to […]

Trump Implements Mostly 10% Tariffss

Though, some nations get higher ones Trump imposes 10 percent universal tariff, higher for top trade partners President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will impose a baseline 10 percent tariff on imports from all countries in the coming days, with a higher tariff on dozens of other countries the United States believes have the […]

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