CEOs stay mum but quietly fear Trump won’t pull off ‘Art of the Deal’ in trade war
The market loves Donald Trump’s latest 180 trade. He now appears to be softening about tariffs after the market rebelled against his previous hardline approach. But when it comes to money, business leaders (the people who decide to decide to spend on investments and hire and fire people) still have a lot more optimism about […]
Pete Hegseth’s Chief of Staff Joe Kasper out at Pentagon as ‘turf war’ rages
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses lost another member of his team on Thursday as former Chief of Staff Joe Casper reportedly left the Pentagon during the “Turf War.” Casper, who left his role as Chief of Staff last week, was expected to maintain a different capacity with the Pentagon, but according to Politico, he decided to […]
Asia-Pacific markets climb as investors assess a possible thaw in U.S.-China trade war – CNBC
Pedestrians walking through busy traffic at Shibuya intersection in Tokyo, Japan. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images The Asian market rose after Wall Street won for the third day in a row when tech stocks gathered. Investors are assessing the trade environment when the US reportedly overthrows tariff rhetoric and China will suspend tariffs. China […]
How DEI took a sledgehammer to the US military’s war ethos
American civic relations are based on fundamental contradictions. The United States operates as a liberal society. It was designed to protect individual rights and freedoms. However, the military defending society cannot function under the same liberal principles. To succeed, the military must remain effective. Liberal norms have not been translated into battlefield reality. Trust and […]
Civil war among Florida Dems breaks out after Senate Leader Jason Pizzo bails on ‘dead’ party
Knife has come out within the Florida Democrat, who has lost morale after Jason Pizzo, a state Senate minority leader, jumped over the ship, and has made headlines about his potential governor’s bid as an independent, declaring him the party “dead.” Pizzo, 48, lamented that Democrats, who his father volunteered in the 1960s, “not the […]
Trump Says Pressuring Russia To End Ukraine War, Claims Concessions
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is putting pressure on Russia to end the Ukrainian war, and argued that it was a “big concession” for Moscow to agree that he will not take over the entire country. Trump issued the unusual responsibilities of Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Moscow fired a barrage […]
US and China holding talks on trade war, Trump says after Beijing rebuttal | International trade
According to Donald Trump, the US and China held talks on Thursday to help resolve the trade war between the two biggest economies in the world. “We may reveal that later, but they’re meeting this morning and meeting with China,” the US president told White House reporters. China had previously fought back Trump’s previous claims […]
Trump knocks China for refusing to accept Boeing jets amid trade war
President Trump on Thursday knocked China for refusing to accept Boeing aircraft amid an ongoing trade war with the US, calling for rejection and calling another example of China using the US “Boeing needs to be in debt to China because it doesn’t take the beautifully completed plane that China has promised to buy. This […]
Will Trump's trade war usher in the end of dollar dominance?
Flights from US financial assets spurred by President Trump’s trade war have subsided as the White House appears to be increasingly keen on attacking new trade contracts with its top US trading partner China. However, the US dollar’s losses in its ability as the world’s leading reserve currency may already be incurred. This could bolster […]
Trump’s Trade War Ripples Through Business World, Hits Stocks Again
Washington: The ripple effects of Donald Trump’s world trade war are increasingly felt in many industries at once, and on Wednesday again pressured the US stock market, which had been hit for weeks by his volatile trade policies. Inventories have dropped significantly, and tech stocks have become particularly intense after warning that they have hit […]