Richard Bammer: Is the Trump team violating our Fourth Amendment rights?

Richard Bammer: Is the Trump team violating our Fourth Amendment rights?

Almost all economics and world trade experts on the right, left and in the center are saying “What the —-?” about President Trump’s tariff policies. The gripes and gasps are in plain sight and within earshot in stories in The Reporter, on nightly TV newscasts, and online. Even fellow Republicans who confide anonymously with Capitol Hill journalists have weighed in with disbelief and expletive-filled commentary. Based on false assumptions, incohe…

'Failing on every count': Ex-GOP insider heaps dirt on Trump's 'obviously stupid' policy

President Donald Trump is using "obviously stupid" economics, David Frum, a former George W. Bush speechwriter, complained Thursday on Bluesky. "There are two economic ideas behind the Trump tariffs. One is obviously very stupid. The other is also very stupid, but less obviously so," Frum wrote in a thread about the tariffs and what at least one major corporation is referring to as "economic uncertainty." He alleged that the Trump administration…

Paul Krugman: 'Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak'

Anyone who thinks Trump's policies are helping "should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery," the economist said.

Donald Trump’s new policies are 'stupid' —  according to stupidity researchers

Before he stepped down as Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau called Donald Trump’s tariff policies “very dumb.” This might be an accurate description of many Trump administration policies — but the more objectively correct word is “stupid.” In fact, Québec’s largest newspaper, Le Journal de Montréal, published a front-page photo of Trump in early February with the word “stupid” in 350-point type. Some may call this an opinion, but the scien…

Donald Trump’s policies are more than dumb — they’re stupid, according to stupidity researchers

Before he stepped down as Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau called Donald Trump’s tariff policies “very dumb.” This might be an accurate description of many Trump administration policies — but the more objectively correct word is “stupid.” In fact, Québec’s largest newspaper, Le Journal de Montréal, published a front-page photo of Trump in early February with the word “stupid” in 350-point type. Some may call this an opinion, but the scien…

In recent days and weeks, we have been able to convince ourselves many times that we live in truly stupid times. The leader of the Orange Revolution in Washington has started a trade war, his vice president for upholstered furniture has humiliated Volodymyr Zelensky live on camera instead of saying thank you, and co-chairman Musk has realized with horror that by supporting Trump, he has financed his own business collapse.