Tag: President Trump
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Trump is trying to shove the globalism toothpaste back in the tube and it’s making a mess
What a mess! To protect your sanity, and in the interest of keeping a cool head, I recommend you just don’t look at your portfolio this week… or maybe this month… heck maybe this year. The point is, don’t panic, don’t lose your cool, and if you have an investment strategy that plans for downturns…
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Trump’s tariffs and the rest of the world
I’m in Paris right now and decided to tune into some news channels in Paris. The coverage of the tariffs Trump announced yesterday is hilarious. The world is in panic and talking about economic collapse. What this should tell you, as an American, is the rest of the world not only is dependent on the…
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Trump’s deportation attempt of Khalil may not be an overstep after all
On March 10, I wrote about how Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil might be overreach. Punishing someone for speech is not allowed in this country… on most occasions. I knew Khalil was a green card holder and assumed he had the same free speech rights as citizens. I didn’t know he agreed to and…
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Trump may have just stepped over the totalitarian line
The First Amendment isn’t a suggestion. Why do so many people in power think it is? I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about ICE agents raiding an apartment near Columbia University, arresting Mahmoud Khalil, and starting the process of revoking his green card. His supposed crime is pro-Palestinian activism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Americanism.…
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The federal government is 99.975% unelected
The next time you hear anyone rant that Elon Musk is not elected show them this chart (numbers provided by ChatGPT). There are only 542 elected federal officials. Here is the breakdown. That’s it. The rest are either appointed or hired. The argument is absurd and meant to reframe Musk’s efforts as beyond or above…
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) failed before it began
I was fully behind the idea of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Especially when it was reported to be headed by Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. I was a supporter of Ramaswamy’s ideas of culling entire departments within the federal government and slashing regulations like never before. I thought the team of Ramaswamy, who…