Like it or not, President Trump was elected on a platform of major economic reform; disrupt the status quo. The daily frenzied media tariff melodrama (trying to keep score) is wearing me out! Chuck Butler regularly reminds readers about the Smoot-Hawley tariffs causing a major trade war deepening the Great Depression. Hoover thought tariffs would help protect American jobs – […]
» Read moreIs the European Union (EU) on the brink of splitting apart? When the British voted to leave the EU (Brexit), I was surprised when I compared promises versus the real results. This EU website outlines their grandiose plans: “From resistance fighters to lawyers and parliamentarians, the EU pioneers were a diverse group of people who held the same ideals: a […]
» Read morePresident Trump is threatening EU tariffs, hoping for better trade deals. It’s business as usual; politicians threaten, talk big in front of the camera, then end up at the negotiating table…. Ukraine leader Zelensky came to Washington to conclude a deal designed to end the war, and it blew up with Trump lamenting, “President Zelensky is not ready for peace…(and) […]
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