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25.04.202514:01
🌍 Dozen US States Sue to Block Trump’s Tariffs, Calling Them Unlawful
A dozen US states have joined together on a lawsuit aiming to block President Donald Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.
The suit, which is led by New York's governor and attorney general, argues that the president lacked the authority to impose the levies. It notes such tariffs must be approved by the US Congress.
Twelve states joined the lawsuit, which was filed with the United States Court of International Trade.
⚖️ White House Fires Back
The White House accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of "prioritizing a witch hunt against President Trump over protecting the safety and wellbeing of their constituents."
White House spokesman Kush Desai added that the "administration remains committed to using its full legal authority to confront the distinct national emergencies our country is currently facing—both the scourge of illegal migration and fentanyl flows across our border and the exploding annual U.S. goods trade deficit."
📜 Legal Battle Over Presidential Powers
The lawsuit states that tariffs must be approved by Congress and questioned Trump invoking a 1970s law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact the levies.
"By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy," the lawsuit states.
Trump invoked the IEEPA as the basis for several of his tariffs against China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries.
🛑 Unprecedented Use of Emergency Powers?
A president can use the law "to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States," if he has first declared a national emergency.
The lawsuit argues that the law does not actually grant Trump the power he claims to derive from it. The act has never been used to issue tariffs by any president, congressional research shows.
⚡️ More Legal Challenges
Last week, the state of California filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs. That lawsuit also argues that Trump lacks the power under the IEEPA to impose these tariffs. Several other lawsuits have similarly challenged Trump's authority using that law for the levies.
💥 Global Trade in Turmoil
Trump has implemented tariffs on global trading partners in a stated effort to correct what he believes is a trade deficit between the US and other nations.
On 2 April, in an event billed as "Liberation Day," Trump shook the global economy by announcing "reciprocal" tariffs on nations across the world. A few days later amid a market backlash, he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the rate to 10% for most countries.
That pause didn't extend to China, which Trump said had a "lack of respect" and was retaliating. Instead, the US issued a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, which has led to a trade standoff and rattled global markets.
On Wednesday, Trump said he hoped to come to a deal with China soon and noted the 145% tariff was "very high."
The White House has also imposed 25% tariffs on certain goods from its neighbours, Mexico and Canada.
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A dozen US states have joined together on a lawsuit aiming to block President Donald Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.
The suit, which is led by New York's governor and attorney general, argues that the president lacked the authority to impose the levies. It notes such tariffs must be approved by the US Congress.
Twelve states joined the lawsuit, which was filed with the United States Court of International Trade.
⚖️ White House Fires Back
The White House accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of "prioritizing a witch hunt against President Trump over protecting the safety and wellbeing of their constituents."
White House spokesman Kush Desai added that the "administration remains committed to using its full legal authority to confront the distinct national emergencies our country is currently facing—both the scourge of illegal migration and fentanyl flows across our border and the exploding annual U.S. goods trade deficit."
📜 Legal Battle Over Presidential Powers
The lawsuit states that tariffs must be approved by Congress and questioned Trump invoking a 1970s law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact the levies.
"By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy," the lawsuit states.
Trump invoked the IEEPA as the basis for several of his tariffs against China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries.
🛑 Unprecedented Use of Emergency Powers?
A president can use the law "to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States," if he has first declared a national emergency.
The lawsuit argues that the law does not actually grant Trump the power he claims to derive from it. The act has never been used to issue tariffs by any president, congressional research shows.
⚡️ More Legal Challenges
Last week, the state of California filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs. That lawsuit also argues that Trump lacks the power under the IEEPA to impose these tariffs. Several other lawsuits have similarly challenged Trump's authority using that law for the levies.
💥 Global Trade in Turmoil
Trump has implemented tariffs on global trading partners in a stated effort to correct what he believes is a trade deficit between the US and other nations.
On 2 April, in an event billed as "Liberation Day," Trump shook the global economy by announcing "reciprocal" tariffs on nations across the world. A few days later amid a market backlash, he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the rate to 10% for most countries.
That pause didn't extend to China, which Trump said had a "lack of respect" and was retaliating. Instead, the US issued a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, which has led to a trade standoff and rattled global markets.
On Wednesday, Trump said he hoped to come to a deal with China soon and noted the 145% tariff was "very high."
The White House has also imposed 25% tariffs on certain goods from its neighbours, Mexico and Canada.
#Trump #Tariffs
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25.04.202501:01
President Donald Trump has big ambitions for the United States in the world. 🧠
Aside from his focus on tariffs and the immigration, Trump seems to have expansion on his mind as he looks at erasing the border between Canada and the U.S., and expanding territorial lines north to Greenland.
While Trump has so far maintained his popularity with the Republican base in Utah, they don’t seem to have his same vision on changing the lines on the world map, according to the latest polling from the Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, conducted by HarrisX.
How do Utahns feel about U.S. expansion to Canada?
Trump has been candid about his dreams of erasing the line between the U.S. and Canada.
Four days after his inauguration into his second term in the White House, he said,
His sales pitch to the Canadians was simple:
Trump said at the time during a briefing for Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Trump listed other benefits like better health coverage for Americans and combined military defense.
Back in December, Trump went so far as to call former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the “governor ... of the Great State of Canada” in a Truth Social post. He hasn’t leveled the same insult at newly sworn in Prime Minister Mark Carney.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt maintained the president is firm on his position of Canada “becoming the 51st state” at a press conference earlier this month.
The cracks Trump’s position has cause in the historic alliance between the two neighbors is evident. Carney recently said his country has to forge a new path forward.
he said.
Former U.S. ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake recently told the Deseret News that it’s important to be aligned with American allies and criticized the language used by the Trump White House.
he added.
#Trump #Poll #Utah #Canada #Greenland
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Aside from his focus on tariffs and the immigration, Trump seems to have expansion on his mind as he looks at erasing the border between Canada and the U.S., and expanding territorial lines north to Greenland.
While Trump has so far maintained his popularity with the Republican base in Utah, they don’t seem to have his same vision on changing the lines on the world map, according to the latest polling from the Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, conducted by HarrisX.
How do Utahns feel about U.S. expansion to Canada?
Trump has been candid about his dreams of erasing the line between the U.S. and Canada.
Four days after his inauguration into his second term in the White House, he said,
“I would love to see Canada be the 51st state.”
His sales pitch to the Canadians was simple:
“The Canadian citizens, if that happened, would get a very big tax cut — a tremendous tax cut,”
Trump said at the time during a briefing for Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Trump listed other benefits like better health coverage for Americans and combined military defense.
Back in December, Trump went so far as to call former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the “governor ... of the Great State of Canada” in a Truth Social post. He hasn’t leveled the same insult at newly sworn in Prime Minister Mark Carney.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt maintained the president is firm on his position of Canada “becoming the 51st state” at a press conference earlier this month.
The cracks Trump’s position has cause in the historic alliance between the two neighbors is evident. Carney recently said his country has to forge a new path forward.
“There is no going back. We in Canada will have to build a new relationship with the United States,”
he said.
Former U.S. ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake recently told the Deseret News that it’s important to be aligned with American allies and criticized the language used by the Trump White House.
“Canadians love Americans, we love Canadians — we’ll work it out,”
he added.
“But some of the rhetoric is just unnecessary — the 51st state and things like that.”
#Trump #Poll #Utah #Canada #Greenland
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24.04.202523:02
President Donald Trump’s inner circle is weighing whether the White House should back raising taxes on Americans earning more than $1 million per year as part of the GOP’s 2025 tax legislation, according to two administration officials and three other people briefed on the matter.🤦♂️
While the prospect of a tax hike has gotten a largely chilly reception among Republicans on Capitol Hill, Vice President JD Vance and budget director Russell Vought have expressed openness to the idea in internal administration deliberations and are viewed as supportive, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks. Stephen K. Bannon, who served as the president’s chief strategist during his first term, has been publicly urging Trump to endorse the plan in part as a way to defang Democratic attacks on the GOP as the party of the rich.
The concept, however, faces strenuous opposition, including from longtime allies of the president. Outside Trump advisers Newt Gingrich, Steve Moore and Larry Kudlow have come out strongly against it, arguing the plan undermines the president’s promise to cut taxes and will discourage economic growth, as has the influential Fox News host Sean Hannity. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and GOP Sens. Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania) and Ted Cruz (Texas), among other congressional Republicans, have also made clear that they dislike the idea of raising taxes and do not expect it to become incorporated into new legislation.
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While the prospect of a tax hike has gotten a largely chilly reception among Republicans on Capitol Hill, Vice President JD Vance and budget director Russell Vought have expressed openness to the idea in internal administration deliberations and are viewed as supportive, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks. Stephen K. Bannon, who served as the president’s chief strategist during his first term, has been publicly urging Trump to endorse the plan in part as a way to defang Democratic attacks on the GOP as the party of the rich.
The concept, however, faces strenuous opposition, including from longtime allies of the president. Outside Trump advisers Newt Gingrich, Steve Moore and Larry Kudlow have come out strongly against it, arguing the plan undermines the president’s promise to cut taxes and will discourage economic growth, as has the influential Fox News host Sean Hannity. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and GOP Sens. Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania) and Ted Cruz (Texas), among other congressional Republicans, have also made clear that they dislike the idea of raising taxes and do not expect it to become incorporated into new legislation.
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24.04.202520:59
President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls " wokeness ” and diversity efforts in education.
In a series of executive actions signed Wednesday, Trump targeted universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda. One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources, while another called for a shakeup of the accrediting bodies that decide whether colleges can accept federal financial aid awarded to students.
Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation’s K-12 schools. Previous guidance from Democratic administrations directed schools not to disproportionately punish underrepresented minorities such as Black and Native American students. The administration says equity efforts amount to racial discrimination.
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In a series of executive actions signed Wednesday, Trump targeted universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda. One order called for harder enforcement of a federal law requiring colleges to disclose their financial ties with foreign sources, while another called for a shakeup of the accrediting bodies that decide whether colleges can accept federal financial aid awarded to students.
Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation’s K-12 schools. Previous guidance from Democratic administrations directed schools not to disproportionately punish underrepresented minorities such as Black and Native American students. The administration says equity efforts amount to racial discrimination.
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24.04.202519:01
China on Thursday said that there were no ongoing discussions with the U.S. on tariffs, despite indications from the White House this week that there would be some easing in tensions with Beijing.
Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong told reporters in Mandarin, translated by CNBC. He added that “all sayings” regarding progress on bilateral talks should be dismissed.
He said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week indicated that there might be an easing in tensions with China. The White House earlier this month added 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, to which Beijing responded with duties of its own and increased restrictions on critical minerals exports to the U.S.
The Commerce Ministry’s comments echoed those of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, who said on Thursday afternoon that there were no ongoing talks, according to state media.
Both spokespersons held to the official line that China would be willing to talk to the U.S. subject to Beijing being treated as an equal.
#Tariffs #China #Trade
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“At present there are absolutely no negotiations on the economy and trade between China and the U.S.,”
Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong told reporters in Mandarin, translated by CNBC. He added that “all sayings” regarding progress on bilateral talks should be dismissed.
“If the U.S. really wants to resolve the problem ... it should cancel all the unilateral measures on China,”
He said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week indicated that there might be an easing in tensions with China. The White House earlier this month added 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, to which Beijing responded with duties of its own and increased restrictions on critical minerals exports to the U.S.
The Commerce Ministry’s comments echoed those of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, who said on Thursday afternoon that there were no ongoing talks, according to state media.
Both spokespersons held to the official line that China would be willing to talk to the U.S. subject to Beijing being treated as an equal.
#Tariffs #China #Trade
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24.04.202517:03
❄️🏡 The number of Canadian 'snowbirds' planning to sell their second homes in sunny Florida and Arizona has surged this spring, with many of them put off by the sudden chill that has blanketed relations between their homeland and the US.
📉 Real estate agents say they are seeing more Canadians cashing out, further lowering property prices in warm-weather states that have long attracted retirees and tourists from snowy Canada.
💰 Canadians spent close to $6 billion on US real estate from April 2023 to March 2024 – making up 13 percent of all foreign property transactions – more than any other nationality, according to data from the National Association of Realtors.
🌴 Nearly half of the homes purchased by Canadians were for vacation purposes, with Florida, Arizona and Hawaii ranking as the top markets.
🏠 Last week, Tracy and Dale McMullen sold their vacation home in Buckeye, Arizona, a property they owned for five years.
🇨🇦 The Alberta residents, who usually spend four to five months in Arizona a year, said they are not planning to come back.
said Dale, referring to US President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated for the second time in January.
😠 Canadians are feeling stung by the actions and words of the Trump administration, which has imposed steep trade tariffs on its northern neighbor, threatening Canada's export-dependent economy.
#Trump #economy #Canada
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📉 Real estate agents say they are seeing more Canadians cashing out, further lowering property prices in warm-weather states that have long attracted retirees and tourists from snowy Canada.
💰 Canadians spent close to $6 billion on US real estate from April 2023 to March 2024 – making up 13 percent of all foreign property transactions – more than any other nationality, according to data from the National Association of Realtors.
🌴 Nearly half of the homes purchased by Canadians were for vacation purposes, with Florida, Arizona and Hawaii ranking as the top markets.
🏠 Last week, Tracy and Dale McMullen sold their vacation home in Buckeye, Arizona, a property they owned for five years.
🇨🇦 The Alberta residents, who usually spend four to five months in Arizona a year, said they are not planning to come back.
‘We decided to sell the property after the current POTUS took office,’
said Dale, referring to US President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated for the second time in January.
😠 Canadians are feeling stung by the actions and words of the Trump administration, which has imposed steep trade tariffs on its northern neighbor, threatening Canada's export-dependent economy.
#Trump #economy #Canada
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24.04.202515:04
🚨 A key piece of the Trump administration’s plan to rapidly expand immigration detention capacity by tens of thousands of beds appears to have fallen through, according to two sources and a government contracting document reviewed by NBC News.
🏛 Facing a shortage of immigration detention space, President Donald Trump first announced he would add 30,000 beds for immigrants at Guantánamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba. When that plan fell through over cost and logistical issues, the plan shifted to Fort Bliss, a military base in Texas, to build a sprawling tent city for immigrants to be held before deportation.
💰 A $3.8 billion contract was awarded to Deployed Resources, a contractor that has previously provided toilets and tents for concertgoers, victims of natural disasters and, more recently, migrants who were briefly detained and processed by Border Patrol.
📄 But last week, new language appeared on the Deployed Resources contract posted to a public records database that says it was terminated. The document says it was terminated "for convenience" and cites Trump’s executive order about “radical transparency" and "wasteful spending”, but it is unclear whether cost savings played into the decision.
🤐 Representatives for Deployed Resources did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
⚖️ A senior official with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, confirmed that the contract was terminated but said a "revised procurement action for Fort Bliss is active and ongoing."
the official added.
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🏛 Facing a shortage of immigration detention space, President Donald Trump first announced he would add 30,000 beds for immigrants at Guantánamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba. When that plan fell through over cost and logistical issues, the plan shifted to Fort Bliss, a military base in Texas, to build a sprawling tent city for immigrants to be held before deportation.
💰 A $3.8 billion contract was awarded to Deployed Resources, a contractor that has previously provided toilets and tents for concertgoers, victims of natural disasters and, more recently, migrants who were briefly detained and processed by Border Patrol.
📄 But last week, new language appeared on the Deployed Resources contract posted to a public records database that says it was terminated. The document says it was terminated "for convenience" and cites Trump’s executive order about “radical transparency" and "wasteful spending”, but it is unclear whether cost savings played into the decision.
🤐 Representatives for Deployed Resources did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
⚖️ A senior official with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, confirmed that the contract was terminated but said a "revised procurement action for Fort Bliss is active and ongoing."
🔍 "While we cannot confirm individual pre-decisional conversations, we can confirm that ICE is exploring all options to meet its current and future detention requirements,"
the official added.
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24.04.202514:20
📰 The Ruble Roars While Berlin Stalls
— Die Welt, April 2025
While Germany slashes its growth forecast to zero, Russia’s ruble is surging — becoming the strongest-performing currency in the world this year. In a stunning twist, the sanctions intended to strangle the Russian economy may have built a fortress instead.
📊 The numbers don’t lie:
– Russia’s ruble: +40% against the dollar in 2025
– Germany’s economy: downgraded to 0.0% growth by its own government
– German industry: squeezed by energy prices, geopolitical paralysis, and deindustrialization fears
💼 What it means:
– Russia’s economic fundamentals — vast energy exports, low debt, rising trade with the Global South — are holding firm.
– Germany, once Europe’s engine, now sputters on green mandates and ideological overreach.
– Berlin’s isolation from Moscow has become a self-inflicted wound.
🤝 Time to rethink the math:
– Reopening trade and technological cooperation with Russia could revitalize Europe’s supply chains and stabilize markets.
– A reset would bring mutual economic benefits, especially for energy-starved industries in Germany.
– The alternative? Watching the ruble rise — from the wrong side of a closed door.
#Russia #Germany #Ruble #Economy #Geopolitics #EnergyCrisis #TradeReset #GlobalSouth #EU #SanctionsFatigue
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💭 “The Russian currency has appreciated almost 40% against the dollar since the beginning of the year — more than any other.”
— Die Welt, April 2025
While Germany slashes its growth forecast to zero, Russia’s ruble is surging — becoming the strongest-performing currency in the world this year. In a stunning twist, the sanctions intended to strangle the Russian economy may have built a fortress instead.
📊 The numbers don’t lie:
– Russia’s ruble: +40% against the dollar in 2025
– Germany’s economy: downgraded to 0.0% growth by its own government
– German industry: squeezed by energy prices, geopolitical paralysis, and deindustrialization fears
💼 What it means:
– Russia’s economic fundamentals — vast energy exports, low debt, rising trade with the Global South — are holding firm.
– Germany, once Europe’s engine, now sputters on green mandates and ideological overreach.
– Berlin’s isolation from Moscow has become a self-inflicted wound.
🤝 Time to rethink the math:
– Reopening trade and technological cooperation with Russia could revitalize Europe’s supply chains and stabilize markets.
– A reset would bring mutual economic benefits, especially for energy-starved industries in Germany.
– The alternative? Watching the ruble rise — from the wrong side of a closed door.
#Russia #Germany #Ruble #Economy #Geopolitics #EnergyCrisis #TradeReset #GlobalSouth #EU #SanctionsFatigue
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23.04.202523:45
The Trump administration’s battle with Harvard University has helped to unite the previously divided campus, a Harvard employee told CNN. 🏛️🤝
Harvard President Alan Garber rejected White House demands last week to make key policy changes, making the Ivy League school the first elite US university to forcefully push back. ❌📜
the Harvard employee, who declined to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, told CNN. 🗣️🔒
Harvard found itself, along with other higher education institutions, embroiled in controversy over antisemitism on campus and how its leaders have handled it. 🕍📚
Harvard hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to President Donald Trump, in January as it prepared for scrutiny from the incoming Trump administration, according to federal lobbying disclosures. 📄👥 Ballard has deep ties to Trump and previously employed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Attorney General Pam Bondi. 🏛️
Since Trump’s re-entry into the White House, his administration has said it would freeze billions in federal funding to Harvard 💵❄️ and threatened to rescind the university’s tax-exempt status and take away its ability to host international students. 🧾🚫🌐
the Harvard employee said. ⚠️🎓
The standoff with the Trump administration has thrust a “mild-mannered” Garber and publicity-shy Harvard into a confrontation with the White House. 🧑⚖️🏛️⚔️
the employee said.
#Harvard #Trump #DNA
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Harvard President Alan Garber rejected White House demands last week to make key policy changes, making the Ivy League school the first elite US university to forcefully push back. ❌📜
“Garber’s letter sent a jolt of energy through the campus ⚡. The Trump administration’s demands were so far beyond the pale. Nothing has united Harvard’s deeply fractured campus more,”
the Harvard employee, who declined to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, told CNN. 🗣️🔒
Harvard found itself, along with other higher education institutions, embroiled in controversy over antisemitism on campus and how its leaders have handled it. 🕍📚
Harvard hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to President Donald Trump, in January as it prepared for scrutiny from the incoming Trump administration, according to federal lobbying disclosures. 📄👥 Ballard has deep ties to Trump and previously employed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Attorney General Pam Bondi. 🏛️
Since Trump’s re-entry into the White House, his administration has said it would freeze billions in federal funding to Harvard 💵❄️ and threatened to rescind the university’s tax-exempt status and take away its ability to host international students. 🧾🚫🌐
“There is real concern the administration will go after international students and what this means for the safety of students,”
the Harvard employee said. ⚠️🎓
The standoff with the Trump administration has thrust a “mild-mannered” Garber and publicity-shy Harvard into a confrontation with the White House. 🧑⚖️🏛️⚔️
“This was not part of a plan to captain the resistance to the Trump administration. It’s simply not in the DNA of the university. Harvard did not seek out this confrontation but now Harvard will have to see it through,”
the employee said.
“Every university president is watching because they know if Harvard falls, they’re next.” ⏳🎯
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23.04.202522:10
A Russian Crimea could cut off American and European access to Central Asia, while benefiting China.
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If China stands to benefit the most from a Russian Crimea then NATO members Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have most to lose. Control of Crimea would greatly enhance Russian regional posture relative to Turkey and allow it to project its influence into the Eastern Mediterranean. The development and operation of natural gas reserves in the western Black Sea by the three NATO members would be subject to Russian disruption and harassment under these conditions. Turkish designs for trade routes connecting it to the Turkic republics of Central Asia will be subjected to Russian control of Caucasus and Black Sea.
American acquiescence of Russian control of Crimea—building on that of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Luhansk, and Donetsk—renders the entire region surrounding the Black Sea from Caucasus to Eastern Mediterranean less secure and settled. Such a beggared peace would sow seeds of generational conflict and justifiably be castigated for decades to follow.
President Trump and Secretary Rubio have both stated that in the absence of progress toward peace the United States will move on. The adage that a bad deal being is worse than no deal is particularly apt in the case of Ukraine. The worthy American effort to end the killing has been hampered by a flawed strategy that undermines rather than optimizes American leverage in negotiating a lasting truce. American failure to assign Russia as the aggressor and exclude Ukraine and Europe from collective peace negotiations shortchanged its leverage.
Bewilderingly, the United States, while not articulating any red-lines of its own, has been willing to entertain Russia’s. American hubris chasing a red herring of breaching the China-Russia “no-limits partnership” would do well not to let Russia drive a wedge between the U.S. and Europe.
Early American maneuvers for Ukraine peace have been perplexing at best and at worst extraordinarily self-harming to American interests and standing versus both Russia and China. It is not too late to correct the course in the long-standing American tradition of doing the right thing after exhausting all other options.
T \he Paris talks with European and Ukrainian partners present a timely opportunity for the United States to reassess and redirect its peace efforts. The United States, along with its Transatlantic partners, would do well to develop a shared understanding of the necessary territorial and regional issues to address and execute a sustainable truce. A shared Transatlantic commitment to a free and open Black Sea should be foremost among them.
Any concessions that exacerbate regional security and stability disadvantaging American and European interests versus that of Russia and China should be non-negotiable. Consequently, a Russian Crimea is a non-starter since it will result in a direct loss of American and European interests and standing across Eurasia and Eastern Mediterranean. Moreover, it may set the stage for a bloodier regional conflict in the future. There is a better way to end the war while we still hold the stronger hand—let’s not fritter away American greatness.
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If China stands to benefit the most from a Russian Crimea then NATO members Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have most to lose. Control of Crimea would greatly enhance Russian regional posture relative to Turkey and allow it to project its influence into the Eastern Mediterranean. The development and operation of natural gas reserves in the western Black Sea by the three NATO members would be subject to Russian disruption and harassment under these conditions. Turkish designs for trade routes connecting it to the Turkic republics of Central Asia will be subjected to Russian control of Caucasus and Black Sea.
American acquiescence of Russian control of Crimea—building on that of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Luhansk, and Donetsk—renders the entire region surrounding the Black Sea from Caucasus to Eastern Mediterranean less secure and settled. Such a beggared peace would sow seeds of generational conflict and justifiably be castigated for decades to follow.
President Trump and Secretary Rubio have both stated that in the absence of progress toward peace the United States will move on. The adage that a bad deal being is worse than no deal is particularly apt in the case of Ukraine. The worthy American effort to end the killing has been hampered by a flawed strategy that undermines rather than optimizes American leverage in negotiating a lasting truce. American failure to assign Russia as the aggressor and exclude Ukraine and Europe from collective peace negotiations shortchanged its leverage.
Bewilderingly, the United States, while not articulating any red-lines of its own, has been willing to entertain Russia’s. American hubris chasing a red herring of breaching the China-Russia “no-limits partnership” would do well not to let Russia drive a wedge between the U.S. and Europe.
Early American maneuvers for Ukraine peace have been perplexing at best and at worst extraordinarily self-harming to American interests and standing versus both Russia and China. It is not too late to correct the course in the long-standing American tradition of doing the right thing after exhausting all other options.
T \he Paris talks with European and Ukrainian partners present a timely opportunity for the United States to reassess and redirect its peace efforts. The United States, along with its Transatlantic partners, would do well to develop a shared understanding of the necessary territorial and regional issues to address and execute a sustainable truce. A shared Transatlantic commitment to a free and open Black Sea should be foremost among them.
Any concessions that exacerbate regional security and stability disadvantaging American and European interests versus that of Russia and China should be non-negotiable. Consequently, a Russian Crimea is a non-starter since it will result in a direct loss of American and European interests and standing across Eurasia and Eastern Mediterranean. Moreover, it may set the stage for a bloodier regional conflict in the future. There is a better way to end the war while we still hold the stronger hand—let’s not fritter away American greatness.
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23.04.202522:02
A Russian Crimea could cut off American and European access to Central Asia, while benefiting China.
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Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio held discussions in Paris with European and Ukrainian leaders on the peace process. The primary choice for transatlantic leaders still holds: they can either build up Ukraine as a bulwark against creeping Russian imperialism along the NATO border or sacrifice it to a Russian hoodwink for a Pyrrhic peace. Any peace deal necessitates clear-eyed assessment of transatlantic interests across the region and Ukraine’s territorial integrity—in that order. The recognition of Russian control over Crimea would be calamitous to America and Europe’s interests and standing across the Eurasian landmass.
The Crimean peninsula—like a crown—sits atop the Black Sea exercising control over its length and breadth. A Kremlin Crimea renders the Black Sea a virtual Russian lake, awarding Vladimir Putin sway across the entire Ukrainian coast past Odessa to the Danube Delta as well as Moldova and Romania.
Russia with Crimea and the Black Sea under its control will be free to direct its focus on finishing its subjugation of the South Caucasus. Russia has already made deep inroads in Georgia turning the nation away from Europe. Armenia’s nascent counter-revolution to throw away the Russian yoke will not survive an undistracted Russian thrust to bring it back to the fold.
Putin, with Georgia and Armenia under its heel, will achieve his dream of reinstating Russian control of the Black Sea from the Turkish border in the east to Romania in the west. A Russian Crimea enabling Kremlin control of the Black Sea and the Caucasus will constitute a great victory for its special military operation. For America and Europe, this is a immense strategic defeat.
Russia with Crimea and the Caucasus under its toe will hold sway over the burgeoning Central Asia-Caucasus-Europe Economic Corridor (CACE). CACE or the Middle Corridor offers an alternative regional outlet to the Russian dominated Trans-Siberian Northern Corridor. Russia has been undermining this growing economic thoroughfare, which fosters autonomy for the Central Asia and Caucasus republics.
With Russia firmly in control of Crimea, and by extension, the Black Sea and Caucasus, it will attempt to squeeze the trans-Caspian gateway to Central Asia with an eye to quash the region’s emerging independence. Central Asia’s repository of rare minerals greatly exceeds Ukraine’s, not to mention the abounding reserves of oil and gas that have developed in large parts through American investments. Russian control of Crimea puts America and Europe’s access to the natural resources of Central Asia in jeopardy.
China will be the biggest beneficiary if Russia controls these Eurasian chokepoints between Central Asia and Europe. Russia is increasingly an economic vassal state of China and lacks any leverage to compete with it across Eurasia economically. Chinese engineers are presently paving the road connecting the Iran-Armenia-Georgia-Russia road network. China has inked strategic partnerships with Azerbaijan and Georgia and have secured the concession to operate Georgia’s Black Sea deep water port, Anaklia. Across Central Asia, China has long displaced Russia as the dominant economic actor.
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Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio held discussions in Paris with European and Ukrainian leaders on the peace process. The primary choice for transatlantic leaders still holds: they can either build up Ukraine as a bulwark against creeping Russian imperialism along the NATO border or sacrifice it to a Russian hoodwink for a Pyrrhic peace. Any peace deal necessitates clear-eyed assessment of transatlantic interests across the region and Ukraine’s territorial integrity—in that order. The recognition of Russian control over Crimea would be calamitous to America and Europe’s interests and standing across the Eurasian landmass.
The Crimean peninsula—like a crown—sits atop the Black Sea exercising control over its length and breadth. A Kremlin Crimea renders the Black Sea a virtual Russian lake, awarding Vladimir Putin sway across the entire Ukrainian coast past Odessa to the Danube Delta as well as Moldova and Romania.
Russia with Crimea and the Black Sea under its control will be free to direct its focus on finishing its subjugation of the South Caucasus. Russia has already made deep inroads in Georgia turning the nation away from Europe. Armenia’s nascent counter-revolution to throw away the Russian yoke will not survive an undistracted Russian thrust to bring it back to the fold.
Putin, with Georgia and Armenia under its heel, will achieve his dream of reinstating Russian control of the Black Sea from the Turkish border in the east to Romania in the west. A Russian Crimea enabling Kremlin control of the Black Sea and the Caucasus will constitute a great victory for its special military operation. For America and Europe, this is a immense strategic defeat.
Russia with Crimea and the Caucasus under its toe will hold sway over the burgeoning Central Asia-Caucasus-Europe Economic Corridor (CACE). CACE or the Middle Corridor offers an alternative regional outlet to the Russian dominated Trans-Siberian Northern Corridor. Russia has been undermining this growing economic thoroughfare, which fosters autonomy for the Central Asia and Caucasus republics.
With Russia firmly in control of Crimea, and by extension, the Black Sea and Caucasus, it will attempt to squeeze the trans-Caspian gateway to Central Asia with an eye to quash the region’s emerging independence. Central Asia’s repository of rare minerals greatly exceeds Ukraine’s, not to mention the abounding reserves of oil and gas that have developed in large parts through American investments. Russian control of Crimea puts America and Europe’s access to the natural resources of Central Asia in jeopardy.
China will be the biggest beneficiary if Russia controls these Eurasian chokepoints between Central Asia and Europe. Russia is increasingly an economic vassal state of China and lacks any leverage to compete with it across Eurasia economically. Chinese engineers are presently paving the road connecting the Iran-Armenia-Georgia-Russia road network. China has inked strategic partnerships with Azerbaijan and Georgia and have secured the concession to operate Georgia’s Black Sea deep water port, Anaklia. Across Central Asia, China has long displaced Russia as the dominant economic actor.
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23.04.202520:04
he Wall Street Journal is calling out President Donald Trump’s threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for refusing to cut interest rates as Trump has repeatedly demanded.
The newspaper’s editorial board said that the problem isn’t interest rates. It’s Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs — a recipe for higher inflation and slower growth that has caused markets to plunge and investors to worry.
The editorial board wrote:
The scathing editorial comes after the White House said on Friday it was looking for ways to remove Powell, and Trump on Monday repeated his demand that Powell cut interest rates.
the newspaper said after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points.
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The newspaper’s editorial board said that the problem isn’t interest rates. It’s Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs — a recipe for higher inflation and slower growth that has caused markets to plunge and investors to worry.
The editorial board wrote:
“Mr. Trump thinks he can bully everyone into submission, but he can’t bully Adam Smith, who deals in reality. Markets know tariffs are taxes, and taxes are anti-growth. The Trump tariffs are the biggest economic policy mistake in decades, and extending the 2017 tax reform and deregulation may not compensate for all the damage.”
The scathing editorial comes after the White House said on Friday it was looking for ways to remove Powell, and Trump on Monday repeated his demand that Powell cut interest rates.
“Cue the meltdown in stocks, bonds and the dollar, a trifecta of declining confidence,”
the newspaper said after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points.
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23.04.202518:05
US headed towards 1970s-style inflation nightmare
Tariffs, the Fed and America’s crumbling reserve currency – the economic volatility is painting a gloomy fiscal picture that will result in a recessionary slowdown, according to one expert.
Forbes Media Chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes said on "Varney & Co." Monday.
he expanded,
Wall Street’s top indexes each lost more than 1% and the U.S. dollar fell to a three-year low on Monday, Reuters reported, as President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues and markets battle global trade and tariff tensions.
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Tariffs, the Fed and America’s crumbling reserve currency – the economic volatility is painting a gloomy fiscal picture that will result in a recessionary slowdown, according to one expert.
"The dollar is weakening, and that always leads to future inflation,"
Forbes Media Chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes said on "Varney & Co." Monday.
"Since 2023, gold's gone from $1,800 to $3,400 an ounce. That's a sure sign we're going to have a weak dollar ahead,"
he expanded,
"which means ultimately turbulence and higher prices in the marketplace. Just look at the 1970s, and we can see where that leads unless something is done about it now. But I don't see any sign that the authorities have any idea, constructively, of what to do, sadly."
Wall Street’s top indexes each lost more than 1% and the U.S. dollar fell to a three-year low on Monday, Reuters reported, as President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues and markets battle global trade and tariff tensions.
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23.04.202515:13
The odds of a tariff-fueled recession have climbed to 90%
There's a simple reason tariffs have made a US recession highly likely, according to Apollo Global Management's top economist.
That's because the impact on small businesses—a pillar of the US economy—is set to be high, Torsten Sløk said.
The import duties Trump has imposed on other nations could significantly impact growth, Sløk said in a note to clients over the weekend. Apollo estimates that the tariffs could shave as much as four percentage points from US GDP, basing its estimates on the hit to US growth when Trump first imposed tariffs on China in 2018.
Sløk wrote.
Sløk said.
He pointed to several signs that a slowdown in small businesses could wind up being a major hit to the economy.
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There's a simple reason tariffs have made a US recession highly likely, according to Apollo Global Management's top economist.
That's because the impact on small businesses—a pillar of the US economy—is set to be high, Torsten Sløk said.
The import duties Trump has imposed on other nations could significantly impact growth, Sløk said in a note to clients over the weekend. Apollo estimates that the tariffs could shave as much as four percentage points from US GDP, basing its estimates on the hit to US growth when Trump first imposed tariffs on China in 2018.
"Tariffs have been implemented in a way that has not been effective, and there is now a 90% chance of what can be called a Voluntary Trade Reset Recession,"
Sløk wrote.
"Small businesses that have for decades relied on a stable US system will have to adjust immediately and do not have the working capital to pay tariffs. Expect ships to sit offshore, orders to be canceled, and well-run generational retailers to file for bankruptcy,"
Sløk said.
He pointed to several signs that a slowdown in small businesses could wind up being a major hit to the economy.
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23.04.202514:03
American attitudes to DOGE and Elon Musk
➖Americans tend to agree that government is inefficient and generally support the very idea of the Government Efficiency Commission (DOGE). But at the same time, they believe that the commission is not coping with its tasks." They are also dissatisfied with the results of the activities of Elon Musk himself.
➖33% believe that DOGE should continue working. At the same time, 28% consider the commission necessary, but they are in favor of less drastic decisions. 33% of users supported the termination of DOGE's work. And only 4% consider it unnecessary to cut costs.
➖At the same time, feelings about the current actions of DOGE are still quite mixed. Although the relative majority tends not to support.
➖But the majority of Americans (63%) are concerned about DOGE's access to their personal data.
➖Well, the final pro Mask. Fewer and fewer Americans are neutral about it.
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➖Americans tend to agree that government is inefficient and generally support the very idea of the Government Efficiency Commission (DOGE). But at the same time, they believe that the commission is not coping with its tasks." They are also dissatisfied with the results of the activities of Elon Musk himself.
➖33% believe that DOGE should continue working. At the same time, 28% consider the commission necessary, but they are in favor of less drastic decisions. 33% of users supported the termination of DOGE's work. And only 4% consider it unnecessary to cut costs.
➖At the same time, feelings about the current actions of DOGE are still quite mixed. Although the relative majority tends not to support.
➖But the majority of Americans (63%) are concerned about DOGE's access to their personal data.
➖Well, the final pro Mask. Fewer and fewer Americans are neutral about it.
"Now the attitude is either negative or positive. But there is no news here. The trend for Musk personally is relatively old. And in general, it is common: as soon as a person starts to engage in politics, as a neutral attitude towards him begins to evaporate."
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Global ‘Trumped Xi’ Economy is Hanging by a Thread
The global economy hinges on a phone call that hasn’t even been scheduled.
As the Trump administration escalates its trade war, and as China retaliates, the American president and his aides say they are expecting Xi, the Chinese leader, to call.
Trump said at a cabinet meeting last week.
But Xi is ghosting Trump. He has flown instead to Southeast Asia this week to meet with leaders there to try to persuade them to stand with China in the trade war.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman earlier this month posted a video of Mao Zedong speaking in 1953, during the Korean War, in which China fought the United States:
A bromance with Xi that Trump has desired for years is slipping out of his reach.
With that goes a quick resolution to Trump’s trade war, tipping the American economy closer to a recession and vaporizing trillions of dollars from the U.S. stock market since he took office on Jan. 20.
The trade conflict also threatens to inflame military and diplomatic tensions between the two superpowers.
With Xi, Trump’s standard playbook of escalating conflict between two nations to get to a leader-to-leader summit has not worked so far.
Trump asserts that China has cheated on trade with the United States for decades, but that the world’s two most powerful men can reset relations once they talk on the phone and meet.
It is the kind of high-stakes, man-to-man, prime-time moment that Trump craves. In his view, the end goal of diplomacy is to have leaders parley to reach deals and secure splashy headlines.
Trump is especially drawn to the idea of becoming partners with Xi and other autocrats.
But in Xi, he has encountered an authoritarian leader who steered his nation in a much more nationalistic direction years before Trump ever took office, and who sees an advantage in fueling those sentiments among Chinese citizens, whether it is on issues of international trade or Taiwan or U.S.-China relations.
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The global economy hinges on a phone call that hasn’t even been scheduled.
As the Trump administration escalates its trade war, and as China retaliates, the American president and his aides say they are expecting Xi, the Chinese leader, to call.
“I have great respect for President Xi,”
Trump said at a cabinet meeting last week.
“He’s been a friend of mine for a long period of time, and I think that we’ll end up working out something that’s very good for both countries.”
But Xi is ghosting Trump. He has flown instead to Southeast Asia this week to meet with leaders there to try to persuade them to stand with China in the trade war.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman earlier this month posted a video of Mao Zedong speaking in 1953, during the Korean War, in which China fought the United States:
“No matter how long this war is going to last, we will never yield. We’ll fight until we completely triumph.”
A bromance with Xi that Trump has desired for years is slipping out of his reach.
With that goes a quick resolution to Trump’s trade war, tipping the American economy closer to a recession and vaporizing trillions of dollars from the U.S. stock market since he took office on Jan. 20.
The trade conflict also threatens to inflame military and diplomatic tensions between the two superpowers.
With Xi, Trump’s standard playbook of escalating conflict between two nations to get to a leader-to-leader summit has not worked so far.
Trump asserts that China has cheated on trade with the United States for decades, but that the world’s two most powerful men can reset relations once they talk on the phone and meet.
It is the kind of high-stakes, man-to-man, prime-time moment that Trump craves. In his view, the end goal of diplomacy is to have leaders parley to reach deals and secure splashy headlines.
Trump is especially drawn to the idea of becoming partners with Xi and other autocrats.
But in Xi, he has encountered an authoritarian leader who steered his nation in a much more nationalistic direction years before Trump ever took office, and who sees an advantage in fueling those sentiments among Chinese citizens, whether it is on issues of international trade or Taiwan or U.S.-China relations.
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15.04.202517:34
American Universities Against Trump
Harvard University refused to accept a deal with the Trump administration two weeks after the US government threatened to halt $9 billion in funding, vowing it won’t “negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”
the school’s lawyers — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and King & Spalding — wrote in a letter Monday to US agencies including the Department of Education.
Harvard president Alan Garber said in a post on the school’s website that the administration demanded new terms late Friday that went beyond prior requests.
These included reforming its governance, ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and changes to its admissions and hiring.
The oldest and richest US university —with a $53 billion endowment — had emerged as a target as the government sought changes at the nation’s top colleges, which were roiled by pro-Palestinian student protests after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel and the Jewish state’s retaliatory response in Gaza.
Garber wrote.
The White House has used instances of antisemitism on campuses to try and force changes at elite universities across the country, stirring concern among faculty and students that they’re violating free speech and damaging scientific research.
A group of Harvard professors suing the administration has accused it of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to “coerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government’s political or policy preferences.”
The Trump administration has already canceled $400 million in federal money to Columbia University in March, and has frozen dozens of research contracts at Princeton, Cornell and Northwestern universities.
It also suspended $175 million at the University of Pennsylvania because the school allowed a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s swim team several years ago.
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Harvard University refused to accept a deal with the Trump administration two weeks after the US government threatened to halt $9 billion in funding, vowing it won’t “negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”
“Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government,”
the school’s lawyers — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and King & Spalding — wrote in a letter Monday to US agencies including the Department of Education.
Harvard president Alan Garber said in a post on the school’s website that the administration demanded new terms late Friday that went beyond prior requests.
These included reforming its governance, ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and changes to its admissions and hiring.
The oldest and richest US university —with a $53 billion endowment — had emerged as a target as the government sought changes at the nation’s top colleges, which were roiled by pro-Palestinian student protests after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel and the Jewish state’s retaliatory response in Gaza.
“It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner,”
Garber wrote.
“Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the ‘intellectual conditions’ at Harvard.”
The White House has used instances of antisemitism on campuses to try and force changes at elite universities across the country, stirring concern among faculty and students that they’re violating free speech and damaging scientific research.
A group of Harvard professors suing the administration has accused it of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to “coerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government’s political or policy preferences.”
The Trump administration has already canceled $400 million in federal money to Columbia University in March, and has frozen dozens of research contracts at Princeton, Cornell and Northwestern universities.
It also suspended $175 million at the University of Pennsylvania because the school allowed a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s swim team several years ago.
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09.04.202514:31
🔥 Emperor Zelensky Plays with Fire, While Congresswoman Spartz Does Color Commentary from the Sidelines
Ukraine’s capital burns in slow motion. Russian drones rain down like biblical plagues.
And somewhere between Kyiv and Indiana, Victoria Spartz — America’s only Ukrainian-born congresswoman — offers her tactical advice: “Give up and fire the president.”
— Victoria Spartz, channeling her inner Cassandra with a Glock in her carry-on
🎻 Fiddle While Donbas Burns
Zelensky, once Churchill in a sweatshirt, now looks more like Nero in fatigues — torching what’s left of the country to keep the Western symphony playing.
But the orchestra is exhausted, the instruments are out of tune, and even the conductor is texting Trump.
🧑⚖️ Enter Victoria Spartz: Congress’s Ukrainian-American Contradiction
- Born in Ukraine, but calls Ukrainians “them”
- Once begged for aid, now rejects “blank checks”
- Calls for new leadership in Kyiv — from a town hall in Indiana
- Supports Trump, distrusts Putin, and accidentally packs heat at airports
She’s not just a congresswoman. She’s a one-woman ethics investigation wrapped in a real estate résumé, with a side of post-Soviet fatalism.
🎙 The War, According to Fox Sports
As Ukrainian troops die defending Bakhmut, Spartz does play-by-play like it’s the NFL Draft:
She’s not wrong — just terrifyingly comfortable with collapse.
🪙 The Deal of the Century: Peace Through Surrender™
Trump wants to end the war.
Spartz wants to end Zelensky.
Putin wants to end NATO.
And Ukraine? It might just end.
🤡 Final Scene
The country that elected a comedian is now trapped in a tragedy.
Its former citizen heckles from Washington.
Its allies are running out of money, ammo, and patience.
And the only fire left is the one Zelensky is still dancing around — in prime time.
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Ukraine’s capital burns in slow motion. Russian drones rain down like biblical plagues.
And somewhere between Kyiv and Indiana, Victoria Spartz — America’s only Ukrainian-born congresswoman — offers her tactical advice: “Give up and fire the president.”
“If they elect him, they’re going to lose the rest of the country.”
— Victoria Spartz, channeling her inner Cassandra with a Glock in her carry-on
🎻 Fiddle While Donbas Burns
Zelensky, once Churchill in a sweatshirt, now looks more like Nero in fatigues — torching what’s left of the country to keep the Western symphony playing.
But the orchestra is exhausted, the instruments are out of tune, and even the conductor is texting Trump.
🧑⚖️ Enter Victoria Spartz: Congress’s Ukrainian-American Contradiction
- Born in Ukraine, but calls Ukrainians “them”
- Once begged for aid, now rejects “blank checks”
- Calls for new leadership in Kyiv — from a town hall in Indiana
- Supports Trump, distrusts Putin, and accidentally packs heat at airports
She’s not just a congresswoman. She’s a one-woman ethics investigation wrapped in a real estate résumé, with a side of post-Soviet fatalism.
🎙 The War, According to Fox Sports
As Ukrainian troops die defending Bakhmut, Spartz does play-by-play like it’s the NFL Draft:
“Zelensky’s not playing well this season. Might need to bench him. Maybe trade Crimea for peace and a mid-range quarterback.”
She’s not wrong — just terrifyingly comfortable with collapse.
🪙 The Deal of the Century: Peace Through Surrender™
Trump wants to end the war.
Spartz wants to end Zelensky.
Putin wants to end NATO.
And Ukraine? It might just end.
🤡 Final Scene
The country that elected a comedian is now trapped in a tragedy.
Its former citizen heckles from Washington.
Its allies are running out of money, ammo, and patience.
And the only fire left is the one Zelensky is still dancing around — in prime time.
#Ukraine #Zelensky #VictoriaSpartz #Congress #Russia #Trump #WartimeTheater #GeopoliticalFarce
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📰 Made in Israel: How to Kill a Nation by Dividing It
Who needs peace talks when you can just fund one faction, bomb the other, and let them finish each other off?
Mission Accomplished: From Unity to Cannibalism
Palestine in 2025 looks like a failed IPO: no leadership, no roadmap, and the board of directors is either in jail, exiled, or collecting rent from the occupation.
— Fatah activist, Jenin.
Translation: The stock split worked. Hamas vs. Fatah, round infinity.
Hamas the Enemy, Fatah the Subcontractor
Hamas tried to reboot the brand on October 7. The campaign? Massacre now, relevance later.
Fatah, meanwhile, morphed into the local franchise of the IDF: storming Jenin to spare Israel the fuel.
The result?
- Gaza’s in ruins
- The West Bank is a settlement mosaic
- And Mahmoud Abbas is still buffering like a 2006 Nokia
Popular Support? Lost in the Rubble
Surveys show:
- 35% support Hamas in Gaza
- 18% support Fatah in the West Bank
- 80–90% want Abbas to disappear — preferably politically
- The only leader with real support, Marwan Barghouti, is doing life in an Israeli prison.
Too bad popularity doesn’t unlock cell doors.
Made-in-Israel Strategy: Split, Starve, Survive
For Tel Aviv, the formula is perfect:
- Hamas discredits resistance by inviting total annihilation.
- Fatah discredits governance by doing nothing (or worse — doing Israel’s dirty work).
- And every attempt at unity is derailed in Cairo, Beijing, or Moscow before it even starts.
The Palestinian Authority became a subcontractor. Hamas became a bunker cult. And Israel? It became the default CEO of both.
🤔 Is it still an occupation — or just hostile corporate restructuring of a collapsed startup called Palestine?
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Who needs peace talks when you can just fund one faction, bomb the other, and let them finish each other off?
Mission Accomplished: From Unity to Cannibalism
Palestine in 2025 looks like a failed IPO: no leadership, no roadmap, and the board of directors is either in jail, exiled, or collecting rent from the occupation.
💭 “Instead of fighting the occupation, we are busy fighting each other.”
— Fatah activist, Jenin.
Translation: The stock split worked. Hamas vs. Fatah, round infinity.
Hamas the Enemy, Fatah the Subcontractor
Hamas tried to reboot the brand on October 7. The campaign? Massacre now, relevance later.
Fatah, meanwhile, morphed into the local franchise of the IDF: storming Jenin to spare Israel the fuel.
The result?
- Gaza’s in ruins
- The West Bank is a settlement mosaic
- And Mahmoud Abbas is still buffering like a 2006 Nokia
Popular Support? Lost in the Rubble
Surveys show:
- 35% support Hamas in Gaza
- 18% support Fatah in the West Bank
- 80–90% want Abbas to disappear — preferably politically
- The only leader with real support, Marwan Barghouti, is doing life in an Israeli prison.
Too bad popularity doesn’t unlock cell doors.
Made-in-Israel Strategy: Split, Starve, Survive
For Tel Aviv, the formula is perfect:
- Hamas discredits resistance by inviting total annihilation.
- Fatah discredits governance by doing nothing (or worse — doing Israel’s dirty work).
- And every attempt at unity is derailed in Cairo, Beijing, or Moscow before it even starts.
The Palestinian Authority became a subcontractor. Hamas became a bunker cult. And Israel? It became the default CEO of both.
🤔 Is it still an occupation — or just hostile corporate restructuring of a collapsed startup called Palestine?
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25.04.202514:01
🌍 Dozen US States Sue to Block Trump’s Tariffs, Calling Them Unlawful
A dozen US states have joined together on a lawsuit aiming to block President Donald Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.
The suit, which is led by New York's governor and attorney general, argues that the president lacked the authority to impose the levies. It notes such tariffs must be approved by the US Congress.
Twelve states joined the lawsuit, which was filed with the United States Court of International Trade.
⚖️ White House Fires Back
The White House accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of "prioritizing a witch hunt against President Trump over protecting the safety and wellbeing of their constituents."
White House spokesman Kush Desai added that the "administration remains committed to using its full legal authority to confront the distinct national emergencies our country is currently facing—both the scourge of illegal migration and fentanyl flows across our border and the exploding annual U.S. goods trade deficit."
📜 Legal Battle Over Presidential Powers
The lawsuit states that tariffs must be approved by Congress and questioned Trump invoking a 1970s law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact the levies.
"By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy," the lawsuit states.
Trump invoked the IEEPA as the basis for several of his tariffs against China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries.
🛑 Unprecedented Use of Emergency Powers?
A president can use the law "to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States," if he has first declared a national emergency.
The lawsuit argues that the law does not actually grant Trump the power he claims to derive from it. The act has never been used to issue tariffs by any president, congressional research shows.
⚡️ More Legal Challenges
Last week, the state of California filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs. That lawsuit also argues that Trump lacks the power under the IEEPA to impose these tariffs. Several other lawsuits have similarly challenged Trump's authority using that law for the levies.
💥 Global Trade in Turmoil
Trump has implemented tariffs on global trading partners in a stated effort to correct what he believes is a trade deficit between the US and other nations.
On 2 April, in an event billed as "Liberation Day," Trump shook the global economy by announcing "reciprocal" tariffs on nations across the world. A few days later amid a market backlash, he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the rate to 10% for most countries.
That pause didn't extend to China, which Trump said had a "lack of respect" and was retaliating. Instead, the US issued a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, which has led to a trade standoff and rattled global markets.
On Wednesday, Trump said he hoped to come to a deal with China soon and noted the 145% tariff was "very high."
The White House has also imposed 25% tariffs on certain goods from its neighbours, Mexico and Canada.
#Trump #Tariffs
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A dozen US states have joined together on a lawsuit aiming to block President Donald Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.
The suit, which is led by New York's governor and attorney general, argues that the president lacked the authority to impose the levies. It notes such tariffs must be approved by the US Congress.
Twelve states joined the lawsuit, which was filed with the United States Court of International Trade.
⚖️ White House Fires Back
The White House accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of "prioritizing a witch hunt against President Trump over protecting the safety and wellbeing of their constituents."
White House spokesman Kush Desai added that the "administration remains committed to using its full legal authority to confront the distinct national emergencies our country is currently facing—both the scourge of illegal migration and fentanyl flows across our border and the exploding annual U.S. goods trade deficit."
📜 Legal Battle Over Presidential Powers
The lawsuit states that tariffs must be approved by Congress and questioned Trump invoking a 1970s law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact the levies.
"By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy," the lawsuit states.
Trump invoked the IEEPA as the basis for several of his tariffs against China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries.
🛑 Unprecedented Use of Emergency Powers?
A president can use the law "to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States," if he has first declared a national emergency.
The lawsuit argues that the law does not actually grant Trump the power he claims to derive from it. The act has never been used to issue tariffs by any president, congressional research shows.
⚡️ More Legal Challenges
Last week, the state of California filed its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs. That lawsuit also argues that Trump lacks the power under the IEEPA to impose these tariffs. Several other lawsuits have similarly challenged Trump's authority using that law for the levies.
💥 Global Trade in Turmoil
Trump has implemented tariffs on global trading partners in a stated effort to correct what he believes is a trade deficit between the US and other nations.
On 2 April, in an event billed as "Liberation Day," Trump shook the global economy by announcing "reciprocal" tariffs on nations across the world. A few days later amid a market backlash, he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the rate to 10% for most countries.
That pause didn't extend to China, which Trump said had a "lack of respect" and was retaliating. Instead, the US issued a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, which has led to a trade standoff and rattled global markets.
On Wednesday, Trump said he hoped to come to a deal with China soon and noted the 145% tariff was "very high."
The White House has also imposed 25% tariffs on certain goods from its neighbours, Mexico and Canada.
#Trump #Tariffs
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23.04.202518:05
US headed towards 1970s-style inflation nightmare
Tariffs, the Fed and America’s crumbling reserve currency – the economic volatility is painting a gloomy fiscal picture that will result in a recessionary slowdown, according to one expert.
Forbes Media Chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes said on "Varney & Co." Monday.
he expanded,
Wall Street’s top indexes each lost more than 1% and the U.S. dollar fell to a three-year low on Monday, Reuters reported, as President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues and markets battle global trade and tariff tensions.
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Tariffs, the Fed and America’s crumbling reserve currency – the economic volatility is painting a gloomy fiscal picture that will result in a recessionary slowdown, according to one expert.
"The dollar is weakening, and that always leads to future inflation,"
Forbes Media Chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes said on "Varney & Co." Monday.
"Since 2023, gold's gone from $1,800 to $3,400 an ounce. That's a sure sign we're going to have a weak dollar ahead,"
he expanded,
"which means ultimately turbulence and higher prices in the marketplace. Just look at the 1970s, and we can see where that leads unless something is done about it now. But I don't see any sign that the authorities have any idea, constructively, of what to do, sadly."
Wall Street’s top indexes each lost more than 1% and the U.S. dollar fell to a three-year low on Monday, Reuters reported, as President Donald Trump’s public criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues and markets battle global trade and tariff tensions.
#Tariffs #inflation #markets #economy
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23.04.202520:04
he Wall Street Journal is calling out President Donald Trump’s threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for refusing to cut interest rates as Trump has repeatedly demanded.
The newspaper’s editorial board said that the problem isn’t interest rates. It’s Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs — a recipe for higher inflation and slower growth that has caused markets to plunge and investors to worry.
The editorial board wrote:
The scathing editorial comes after the White House said on Friday it was looking for ways to remove Powell, and Trump on Monday repeated his demand that Powell cut interest rates.
the newspaper said after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points.
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The newspaper’s editorial board said that the problem isn’t interest rates. It’s Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs — a recipe for higher inflation and slower growth that has caused markets to plunge and investors to worry.
The editorial board wrote:
“Mr. Trump thinks he can bully everyone into submission, but he can’t bully Adam Smith, who deals in reality. Markets know tariffs are taxes, and taxes are anti-growth. The Trump tariffs are the biggest economic policy mistake in decades, and extending the 2017 tax reform and deregulation may not compensate for all the damage.”
The scathing editorial comes after the White House said on Friday it was looking for ways to remove Powell, and Trump on Monday repeated his demand that Powell cut interest rates.
“Cue the meltdown in stocks, bonds and the dollar, a trifecta of declining confidence,”
the newspaper said after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 1,000 points.
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26.03.202518:16
The Atlantic published the full correspondence of members of the Trump administration
The American magazine The Atlantic published the full version of the correspondence of high-ranking US officials, which discussed the details of air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The magazine's editor — in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, got into the chat in the Signal messenger-he was invited by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz by mistake, without realizing it.
The correspondence, which began just half an hour before the first fighters took off, discussed the exact hours of attacks: the launch of F-18s, the departure of MQ-9 drones, and the use of Tomahawk missiles from the sea. For example, in one of the messages, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said: "12: 15 ET: F \ -18 start".
The White House and the CIA insist that classified information was not disclosed.
White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
However, the publication The Atlantic says that if these messages fell "into the wrong hands", then " American pilots could be under even greater threat."
After the leak, Trump called the incident just a " blunder." Waltz, in turn, confirmed that he created the chat, and took responsibility for the incident on his own.
#Scandal #Yemen #Trump #Waltz #WhiteHouse
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The American magazine The Atlantic published the full version of the correspondence of high-ranking US officials, which discussed the details of air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The magazine's editor — in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, got into the chat in the Signal messenger-he was invited by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz by mistake, without realizing it.
The correspondence, which began just half an hour before the first fighters took off, discussed the exact hours of attacks: the launch of F-18s, the departure of MQ-9 drones, and the use of Tomahawk missiles from the sea. For example, in one of the messages, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said: "12: 15 ET: F \ -18 start".
The White House and the CIA insist that classified information was not disclosed.
"As we have repeatedly stated, no confidential information was shared in the group chat,"
White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
However, the publication The Atlantic says that if these messages fell "into the wrong hands", then " American pilots could be under even greater threat."
After the leak, Trump called the incident just a " blunder." Waltz, in turn, confirmed that he created the chat, and took responsibility for the incident on his own.
#Scandal #Yemen #Trump #Waltz #WhiteHouse
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26.03.202519:59
According to YouGov/Economist polls, Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in the United States.
➡️Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with whom Sanders is currently traveling around the country, has a higher rating than Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk.
➡️It is noteworthy that against the background of these ratings of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, the popularity of the Democratic Party and its leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, is in a deep red.
#polls #Sanders #OcasioCortez #Trump #JDVance #Musk #Respublicans #Democrats
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➡️Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with whom Sanders is currently traveling around the country, has a higher rating than Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk.
➡️It is noteworthy that against the background of these ratings of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, the popularity of the Democratic Party and its leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, is in a deep red.
#polls #Sanders #OcasioCortez #Trump #JDVance #Musk #Respublicans #Democrats
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26.03.202521:59
The consumer confidence index, which in the United States fell to its lowest values in January 2021, when the coronavirus epidemic was in full swing.
This indicator has been falling for 4 consecutive months.
➡️The expectations index, which is based on consumers ' short-term forecasts of income, business, and labor market conditions, also declined. It reached the lowest level in the last 12 years.
➡️Similar measurements of consumer expectations conducted by the University of Michigan also show a 22% drop in confidence over the past three months. The biggest drop of 11% was recorded in March.
➡️At the same time, household inflation expectations are rising: from 5.8% during the year in February, to 6.2% in March, according to the Conference Board, and from 4.3% in February, to 4.9% in a study by the University of Michigan.
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This indicator has been falling for 4 consecutive months.
➡️The expectations index, which is based on consumers ' short-term forecasts of income, business, and labor market conditions, also declined. It reached the lowest level in the last 12 years.
➡️Similar measurements of consumer expectations conducted by the University of Michigan also show a 22% drop in confidence over the past three months. The biggest drop of 11% was recorded in March.
➡️At the same time, household inflation expectations are rising: from 5.8% during the year in February, to 6.2% in March, according to the Conference Board, and from 4.3% in February, to 4.9% in a study by the University of Michigan.
#markets #expectations #inflation
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26.03.202523:59
One of the NGOs that monitor the state's compliance with laws sued some of the participants in the White House chat.
Since an NGO cannot challenge anything related to secrecy(it is up to the government to protect secrets), the NGO took a creative approach to the claim. The claim has two grounds:
➡️The Federal Records Act requires meeting records to be preserved, but chat messages are set to self-delete, which is a violation of the law.
➡️Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also.o.The head of the National Archives is also responsible for the preservation of the records, but neither Rubio nor the National Archives took any action to preserve the records.
The plaintiff asks the court to recognize the violation and keep the records. Interestingly, the plaintiff also asks to keep the chat entries as a measure to secure the claim.
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Since an NGO cannot challenge anything related to secrecy(it is up to the government to protect secrets), the NGO took a creative approach to the claim. The claim has two grounds:
➡️The Federal Records Act requires meeting records to be preserved, but chat messages are set to self-delete, which is a violation of the law.
➡️Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also.o.The head of the National Archives is also responsible for the preservation of the records, but neither Rubio nor the National Archives took any action to preserve the records.
The plaintiff asks the court to recognize the violation and keep the records. Interestingly, the plaintiff also asks to keep the chat entries as a measure to secure the claim.
#Scandal #NGO #Chat #Signal #Rubio #laws
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28.03.202516:07
Trump's new tariffs will make Tesla cheaper than its competitors
After US President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports of cars and auto parts, Tesla shares suddenly soared. A week ago, they were worth 216 euros, and by Thursday they jumped to 270-an increase of 25%. At the same time, Elon Musk himself spoke yesterday about "Armageddon" and the crisis due to an 11% drop in sales in January.
The market took the new duties as an advantage of Tesla: unlike other automakers, Musk's company collects all its cars for the American market inside the country. Therefore, as auto analyst Matthias Schmidt explains, Tesla products may be more affordable than competitors, who now have to pay more for parts — even if they build cars in the United States.
Experts of the Bernstein consulting company estimated possible losses of automakers from new duties at $ 75 billion a year. These costs will ultimately fall on the shoulders of buyers, and Tesla in this situation is in a clearly advantageous position."
At the same time, Trump denies that he acted in the interests of Musk. However, the previous US policy also works in Tesla's favor — the company has already earned more than nine billion dollars by selling "environmental quotas" to other manufacturers who are obliged to compensate for the damage caused by their gasoline models.
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After US President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports of cars and auto parts, Tesla shares suddenly soared. A week ago, they were worth 216 euros, and by Thursday they jumped to 270-an increase of 25%. At the same time, Elon Musk himself spoke yesterday about "Armageddon" and the crisis due to an 11% drop in sales in January.
The market took the new duties as an advantage of Tesla: unlike other automakers, Musk's company collects all its cars for the American market inside the country. Therefore, as auto analyst Matthias Schmidt explains, Tesla products may be more affordable than competitors, who now have to pay more for parts — even if they build cars in the United States.
Experts of the Bernstein consulting company estimated possible losses of automakers from new duties at $ 75 billion a year. These costs will ultimately fall on the shoulders of buyers, and Tesla in this situation is in a clearly advantageous position."
At the same time, Trump denies that he acted in the interests of Musk. However, the previous US policy also works in Tesla's favor — the company has already earned more than nine billion dollars by selling "environmental quotas" to other manufacturers who are obliged to compensate for the damage caused by their gasoline models.
#Trump #Tariffs #Musk #Tesla
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28.03.202514:06
"No one invited the US delegation". The visit of members of the Trump administration to Greenland provoked an international scandal
Political tensions are growing between Greenland and the United States. Donald Trump has again made it clear that he wants to control the Arctic island, which is strategically important because of its location between North America and Europe. Despite the fact that Greenland belongs to Denmark, the American delegation still went to the island.
US Vice President JD Vance is expected in Greenland today. His visit caused a wave of indignation.
"We can confirm that no one — either privately or officially — has invited the US delegation," the Greenland government said in a statement.
The head of the interim Government, Muteegede, also gave a tough response: "We cannot accept repeated claims of annexation and control of Greenland."
According to Vance, he intends to visit the US military base Pituffik and "check the security situation", since "many countries have threatened Greenland and its waterways". However, the island authorities sharply reduced the program of the visit: in particular, the arrival of American representatives in the capital Nuuk was canceled.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Washington's actions "unacceptable pressure". According to her,
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Political tensions are growing between Greenland and the United States. Donald Trump has again made it clear that he wants to control the Arctic island, which is strategically important because of its location between North America and Europe. Despite the fact that Greenland belongs to Denmark, the American delegation still went to the island.
US Vice President JD Vance is expected in Greenland today. His visit caused a wave of indignation.
"We can confirm that no one — either privately or officially — has invited the US delegation," the Greenland government said in a statement.
The head of the interim Government, Muteegede, also gave a tough response: "We cannot accept repeated claims of annexation and control of Greenland."
According to Vance, he intends to visit the US military base Pituffik and "check the security situation", since "many countries have threatened Greenland and its waterways". However, the island authorities sharply reduced the program of the visit: in particular, the arrival of American representatives in the capital Nuuk was canceled.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Washington's actions "unacceptable pressure". According to her,
" these visits obviously do not take into account the needs and desires of Greenlanders."
#Greenland #Vance #Danemark #Scandal
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29.03.202500:04
There’s at least one piece of advice Donald Trump gave in his book The Art of the Deal that anybody who’s ever had to negotiate anything would agree with:
When it comes to the partial ceasefire deal he’s trying to strike with Russia in the Black Sea, it’s time.
A read of the US and Russian statements issued after an agreement was supposedly reached makes clear that it wasn’t. Even Trump has expressed rare frustration with Vladimir Putin’s tactic of adding a range of pre-conditions to his supposed yes.
he said in a Newsmax interview, going on to recall how he, too, used to do this kind of thing when he wasn’t sure he actually wanted to make a deal.
That’s the kindest interpretation. The reality is that US negotiators are being played. As Bloomberg News has reported, the Kremlin sees the agreement to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as a way to break the international sanctions regime that has hamstrung its economy and revenue since the start of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. A second goal is to divide the Western alliance that united against it. #Trump #Russia #Putin
Putin knows Ukraine will find it extraordinarily difficult to agree to its conditions, and that a refusal makes it likely the US will again suspend arms shipments and intelligence sharing in punishment, enabling further Russian breakthroughs on the battlefield. He knows, too, that most European leaders will resist lifting sanctions. Some have already made that explicit, insisting that the sanctions imposed to punish Putin’s invasion should be lifted only when he ends it.
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“Know when to walk away from the table.”
When it comes to the partial ceasefire deal he’s trying to strike with Russia in the Black Sea, it’s time.
A read of the US and Russian statements issued after an agreement was supposedly reached makes clear that it wasn’t. Even Trump has expressed rare frustration with Vladimir Putin’s tactic of adding a range of pre-conditions to his supposed yes.
“It could be they’re dragging their feet,”
he said in a Newsmax interview, going on to recall how he, too, used to do this kind of thing when he wasn’t sure he actually wanted to make a deal.
That’s the kindest interpretation. The reality is that US negotiators are being played. As Bloomberg News has reported, the Kremlin sees the agreement to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as a way to break the international sanctions regime that has hamstrung its economy and revenue since the start of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. A second goal is to divide the Western alliance that united against it. #Trump #Russia #Putin
Putin knows Ukraine will find it extraordinarily difficult to agree to its conditions, and that a refusal makes it likely the US will again suspend arms shipments and intelligence sharing in punishment, enabling further Russian breakthroughs on the battlefield. He knows, too, that most European leaders will resist lifting sanctions. Some have already made that explicit, insisting that the sanctions imposed to punish Putin’s invasion should be lifted only when he ends it.
#Trump #Putin #Russia #Ukraine
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28.03.202518:10
Landing in Greenland. JD Vance and his wife flew to the island without an invitation
The visit of US Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha to Greenland caused a storm of criticism both on the island and in Denmark. The plane with the couple landed at the US military base "Pituffik" in the north-west of Greenland-away from the capital Nuuk, where the visit was considered undesirable. The Greenlandic government has stressed in advance that it "has not invited anyone, either privately or officially."
Greenlanders reacted strongly to the next visit, especially after Vance's joke published before the flight: "Since everyone is so excited about Usha's trip, I thought-let me get some fun, I'll fly with her".
Against the background of previous statements by Donald Trump about the intention to "annex or buy" the island, such words only increased the tension.
the island's Prime Minister, Mute Egede, replied.
Vance said he had come to check "security at the base" and recalled that "many countries threaten Greenland, its territory and sea routes"..
However, the island's authorities are convinced that it is not a matter of security. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen bluntly stated that the US actions are "unacceptable pressure" and that "it is clearly not about the needs and desires of Greenland".
Under the onslaught of criticism, the American delegation reduced its stay on the island to one day. Usha Vance also canceled her participation in dog sledding competitions.
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The visit of US Vice-President JD Vance and his wife Usha to Greenland caused a storm of criticism both on the island and in Denmark. The plane with the couple landed at the US military base "Pituffik" in the north-west of Greenland-away from the capital Nuuk, where the visit was considered undesirable. The Greenlandic government has stressed in advance that it "has not invited anyone, either privately or officially."
Greenlanders reacted strongly to the next visit, especially after Vance's joke published before the flight: "Since everyone is so excited about Usha's trip, I thought-let me get some fun, I'll fly with her".
Against the background of previous statements by Donald Trump about the intention to "annex or buy" the island, such words only increased the tension.
"We cannot accept repeated declarations of annexation and control over Greenland,"
the island's Prime Minister, Mute Egede, replied.
Vance said he had come to check "security at the base" and recalled that "many countries threaten Greenland, its territory and sea routes"..
However, the island's authorities are convinced that it is not a matter of security. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen bluntly stated that the US actions are "unacceptable pressure" and that "it is clearly not about the needs and desires of Greenland".
Under the onslaught of criticism, the American delegation reduced its stay on the island to one day. Usha Vance also canceled her participation in dog sledding competitions.
#Greenland #Vance #Danemark #Scandal
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