What could get more expensive if Trump launches a new trade war with Mexico and Canada During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, America launched an all-out trade war with China to boost US manufacturing, secure US national security interests and resolve what Trump believed was ... 11/26/2024 - 8:13 am | View Link
As Trump Vows Larger China Tariffs, How Did His Trade War Play Out the First Time Around? As President-elect Donald Trump vows larger tariffs on imported Chinese goods, how did his trade war with China play out the first time? 11/26/2024 - 5:55 am | View Link
Trump’s New Trade War Will Make the Old One Look Quaint Just the threat of tariffs is sowing confusion, with ramifications for more than just U.S. and China, Brian P. Klein writes in a guest commentary. 11/25/2024 - 12:45 pm | View Link
Donald Trump’s trade war strategies in 2025: Winners and losers As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to implement his 2025 trade policies, the global economy braces for significant shifts. Trumps America First agenda emphasizes aggressive tariff measures aimed ... 11/21/2024 - 8:25 pm | View Link
“Sen. George Helmy (D-NJ), a caretaker appointee whose days in the Senate were numbered from the moment he was sworn in, will step down on Sunday, December 8, with Senator-elect Andy Kim (D-NJ) slated to take his place the following day,” the New Jersey Globe reports.
“Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that he wants to pass a reconciliation package within the first 30 days of Donald Trump taking office,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Thune told GOP senators at a closed-door policy retreat that the measure, which he described as ‘highly impactful,’ would include non-tax policy items like border security, defense and energy.”
“This is a highly ambitious timeline, and it will be difficult to convince the Senate parliamentarian that all of these provisions would fall under the reconciliation rules.
“President-elect Donald Trump offered billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary, said people familiar with the matter, a decision that could elevate a longtime political supporter with investments in defense companies that maintain lucrative Pentagon contracts,” the Washington Post reports.
Garrett Graff: “It goes almost without saying that Kash Patel, whom Donald Trump picked over the weekend to lead the FBI, is supremely unqualified to direct the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency…”
“Yet the Patel selection stands out as more concretely dangerous and worrisome than many of the other questionable Trump choices.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who lost his reelection bid last month, is not particularly interested in addressing the latest D. C. drama surrounding President Biden’s pardon of his son, Mediaite reports.
Said Tester: “I’m about to get the fuck out of here. Ask somebody else.”