President Donald Trump intends to launch his much-awaited tariff program on Wednesday. The administration is labeling this “Liberation Day” on the theory that tariffs will bring manufacturing back to the United States, thereby liberating us from dependence on foreign companies and labor. It’s not at all clear, however, that Trump or his team understand how […]
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Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) compared President Trump's suggestion he could run for a third term to Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently in his fifth term, saying Trump is not "imagining a democratic election." “I don't think, by the way, that he's imagining a democratic election for his third term. He is trying to be Vladimir...
Team Trump seems to have concluded that Social Security is no longer the “third rail of American politics” — that they can touch it and live to tell the tale. It will be up to voters to prove them wrong.
President Trump weighed in on French far-right leader Marine Le Pen being barred from seeking office for five years after being convicted of embezzlement, telling reporters that it is a “very big deal” and that it sounds “like this country.” "That big deal, that's a very big deal. I know all about it. And a...
President Trump's proposal to replace the IRS with an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and duties from foreign countries to enrich American citizens is not feasible as the IRS has never accounted for more than 2% of total federal revenue from tariffs.