Don’t (Just) Hate the Tariffs, Hate the Institutions

AI Dummy Press Secretary On Full Display

Trump's White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continues to perform like an AI Barbie doll, void of any substance or humanity, while spinning nonsense. Trump denigrated the office of the presidency by not going to the funeral of our fallen soldiers. instead playing golf over the weekend and preening to his adoring sycophants. He played golf while destroying Americans’ savings and 401(k)s. Every question she was asked, Leavitt gave a ridicu…

Don’t (Just) Hate the Tariffs, Hate the Institutions

An overwhelming majority of economists agree: protectionist tariffs harm the very nations that impose them. The notion that taxing Americans for buying foreign goods somehow strengthens our nation is no less absurd now than when Adam Smith dismantled it in the eighteenth century, when Frédéric Bastiat ridiculed it in the nineteenth, or when Milton Friedman disposed of it yet again in the twentieth (subsequently uploaded to YouTube for all of pos…

US senator unveils bipartisan bill to end Trump's global tariffs

'Congress has the chance to stop him by passing my bipartisan bill. Let's get this done,' says Ron Wyden - Anadolu Ajansı

Trump Press Secretary Says Everyone Is Lying About Hating the Tariffs

The Trump administration is desperately trying to save its image as the president’s reciprocal tariff scheme tanks global markets and sparks fear of a recession.“Everybody in Washington, whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this president is right when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to trade,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday.That’s not true. Even Republicans are turning on Donald Trump over …

Democratic Senator to Force Vote on Repealing Trump Tariffs

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden said Tuesday he will force a vote on repealing the sweeping global tariffs Donald Trump announced last week, testing political support for the president’s trade war. The Democrat’s gambit will require his Republican colleagues to take a public stand on a tariff…