Like a lot of folks, I was puzzled as to why Donald “America First” Trump had begun advocating for the Commerce Department to intervene on behalf of a Chinese telecom company – especially one that stands accused of espionage by members of our intelligence community – demanding that we act fast in order to save […]
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Trump intervenes on behalf of a Chinese state-owned telecom days after a $500 million Chinese government investment in a Trump property is announced
Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Abraham Denmark, America First, bribes, Commerce Department, corruption, cybersecurity, Donald Trump, espionage, Indonesia, Iran, Kevin Wolf, MAGA, Make America Great Again, national security, North Korea, sanctions, self-dealing, telecommunications, ZTE 73 Comments
Ripping up the Iran deal… And why Trump can’t answer the very simple question, “How does this make us safer?”
About a week and a half ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, where he stood in front of an enormous “Iran lied” graphic, and talked of the country’s covert nuclear arms program. What wasn’t clear to everyone watching, however, was that none of […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, anti-Muslim, AT&T, Benjamin Netanyahu, bribery, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, fast food, fat shaming, Hassan Rouhani, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, JCPOA, Jean Henry, John Brennan, John Kerry, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, lies, Lynn, madness, McDonald’s, Michael Cohen, national security, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, post-truth, quotes, Russia, sanctions, Valerie Plame, Viktor Vekselberg 122 Comments
When markets thrive on stability, what did you think was going to happen when you elected Donald Trump?
As I know very little about how the economy works, or the extent to which the stock market effects the economy, or, really, anything else about money related matters, I try to steer clear of such subjects here on the site. For those of you who might be interested in discussing the Dow Industrial Average’s […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ali Velshi, Amazon, Donald Trump, Dow Industrial, Great Depression, Jeff Bezos, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, post office, Richard N. Haass, securities fraud, social security, stability, stock market, tariff, trade war, uncertainty, Velshi and Ruhle, Washington Post 23 Comments