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All over the map.
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 51 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“"Last time I went to Saudi Arabia, they put up $450 million," Mr. Trump told reporters in March, while pledging to make the visit again should...”
President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia this morning, beginning a three-nation visit to the middle east and the first international trip of his second administration. Saudi Arabia is the first stop on a historic four-day trip, and he was greeted on the tarmac at the airport in Riyadh by Saudi's...
A disastrous legacy
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 61 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday ensured 'Morning Joe' viewers that we are witnessing the best "verison" of Joe Biden: "I don't know if...”
In 1994 there was a movie called "The Hudsucker Proxy." It was a comedy about a corporation that deliberately installed a not so bright employee (from the mailroom) as the president of a manufacturing company. He was somebody that the board of directors could control. Recently Joe Biden has come...
Trump Vows US Drug Price Cuts of Up to 80% in Industry Blow
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Trump said his plan would see the US “pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World.” While predicting that...”
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he plans to order a cut in US prescription drug costs by mandating that Americans pay no more than people in countries that have the lowest price. In a social media post, Trump said that he’ll sign an executive order at 9 a.m. Monday in Washington to...
Trump team announces trade agreement with China after ‘productive’ talks in Geneva
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
““It’s important to understand how quickly we were able to come to agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not so large as maybe...”
The United States has reached a preliminary trade deal with China after the two countries met for negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend, the Trump administration announced. The news follows Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer meeting with their...
A plea for leniency
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 150 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
““So the karma is crushing here. But the greatest irony, of course, is to hear her counsel and her spokesperson say ‘This is just wrong because...”
The Department of Justice has now opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led the state’s case against President Donald Trump in 2022 for fraud and falsifying business records according to the Washington Post. The investigation is a result of the director of the...
Once again, Trump delivers
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 64 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Deutsche Bank analyst Jim Reid said "given that full trade deals take years to negotiate, this will likely be a framework and it will be...”
At 10:00 AM EST today, President Trump will announce that he has the framework for his first trade deal. The New York Times and Politico reported that the agreement would be with the UK, citing their "sources." The Wall Street Journal was much more cautions noting that it would be a "framework"...
Trump to Announce Trade-Deal Framework With Britain
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“The announcement, which Trump teased late Wednesday on Truth Social as being with a “big, and highly respected country,” is expected to be a...”
WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to announce a framework of a trade deal with the U.K. on Thursday, the first in what the White House hopes is a series of trade agreements since it imposed tariffs against allies and adversaries, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The...
Houthis surrender to US in five-word plea to Donald Trump
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 28 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“"We had some very good news last night. The Houthis have announced that they are not, or they've announced to us at least that they don't want to...”
At a press event today, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Houthis have agreed to stop bombing ships and the U.S. will stop their retalitory air strikes. "We had some very good news last night. The Houthis have announced that they are not, or they've announced to us at least that...
American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 30 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Jergens Inc., a midwestern toolmaker with less than 500 employees, says it’s “going like gangbusters” trying to keep up with demand, The Wall...”
American manufacturers are seeing a surge in demand as President Donald Trump’s tariffs force companies to reconsider doing business in China. Trump’s tariffs, including a 145% levy on Chinese goods, are causing American-made products to be more competitive in the market. As a result, many small...
China caves on 125% tariff for major US export
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 75 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“"I think that over time we will see that the Chinese tariffs are unsustainable for China," Bessent told reporters. "I've seen some very large...”
The world's greatest manufacturer has begun to cave in to the world's greatest marketplace. Last week, China waived a 125% tariff on ethane imports from the U.S. It seems that there are things that China needs from the US. Ethane joins a growing list of products that China has granted tariff...