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by Mike Shedlock Trump announced no details, but I believe I have a good idea of what he means. Many charts tell the story. Balance of trade data from census department through 2024, chart by Mish Reciprocal Tariffs Reuters reports Trump Says He Will Announce Reciprocal Tariffs on Many Countries Next Week. President Donald Trump said …
🚨 JUST IN: Jordan is prepared for WAR with Israel if Palestinian refugees are resettled within its borders. Jordan has expressed strong opposition to Palestinians, viewing them all as terrorists, and has made it clear they will not accept even a single refugee. pic.twitter.com/kYOyceLqw2 — Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) February 5, 2025 NEW – Jordan is …
by James Hickman It was early spring in the year 1171 AD when Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos decided to go to war against his much smaller ally– Venice. And the historical record shows that it was a really bad idea. The Byzantine Empire was still a vast and powerful state by the late 12th …
President Trump made it clear during his presidential campaign that tariffs will be a part of his policy-making. He has followed through on that. But tariffs are very risky business. Yes, you can get lucky with them being a political tool at times. But tariffs can also turn… pic.twitter.com/wcEr7HYHXy — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 3, …
Bitcoin’s timeline since tariffs began. Why is Bitcoin falling on trade war concerns? byu/IAmNotAnEconomist inFluentInFinance Bitcoin’s about to implode—get ready for the bloodbath. pic.twitter.com/6NZuEx1XKg — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) February 2, 2025
🇨🇳ALIBABA FIRES BACK AT DEEPSEEK – CHINA’S AI WAR GOES NUCLEAR Alibaba just dropped Qwen 2.5-Max in a direct challenge to DeepSeek’s meteoric rise, claiming it crushes GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, and Llama-3.1-405B. DeepSeek’s shockwave through Silicon Valley has investors panicking… https://t.co/0gL7tjDTgu pic.twitter.com/Ib9TbXd1Ns — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 29, 2025 Here comes $BABA AI. Supposedly the best …
TRUMP TO PUTIN: "Let's get this war over with. We can do it the easy way… or the hard way." pic.twitter.com/YFyZBoTiZR — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 22, 2025 pic.twitter.com/WpWwDdf7kb 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 | Trump says he sees new sanctions against Russia as "likely" if Putin rejects negotiations. "Zelensky told me he wants to make a deal, I don't …
The last significant trade conflict between the U.S. and Canada was indeed during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 led to increased tariffs on thousands of imported goods, which resulted in retaliatory tariffs from Canada and other countries, exacerbating the economic downturn. The last big trade war between the …
Poland is still seeking compensation for victims of the German invasion in World War II, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in Berlin on Friday. After attending the opening of the new Polish Embassy in the German capital, Sikorski said Germany could express its “regret at the horrible events” of the Nazi occupation by focusing …
Trump says he’s arranging a meeting with Putin pic.twitter.com/udhsOyiLWI — Acyn (@Acyn) January 10, 2025 Trump's Ukraine/Russia envoy Keith Kellogg says he's aiming for a "solvable solution" in Ukraine within 100 days of Jan 20. pic.twitter.com/nsl3BU837f — Alex Marquardt (@MarquardtA) January 8, 2025
via Angelo Giuliano: HUGE China trade surplus. The problem (for the US) ? China is not taking any more US debt anymore, instead China is recycling its US trade surplus into > – Belt and Road initiative – Gold – tangible assets investments We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium …
Donald Trump has ordered his Cabinet nominees not to post on social media without approval. In a stunning move, Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles told those who will become his top lieutenants to get anything they put on X, or other networks, cleared first. It came after a MAGA ‘civil war’ erupted this week …
China Has Limited Firepower to Counter U.S. Tariffs While Beijing has already brandished the ways it could hit back at Trump’s levies, such retaliation risks boomeranging SINGAPORE—In the weeks since the election, China has flaunted the ways in which it could hit back at the U.S. in the event of a new trade war with …
The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and fukc YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend. …
President Trump just posted this on Truth Social. The Ukraine war will likely have a ceasefire declared soon after January 20th. Trump will force Zelensky (or his replacement if Zelensky flees into exile) into peace talks. pic.twitter.com/lCwOQvCGtv — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 26, 2024
by Michael Sticking our heads in the sand and pretending that everything is okay isn’t going to do anyone any good. Chaos has been erupting all over the globe, and global events are likely to accelerate even more in 2025. But as I write this article, most Americans have shifted into “vacation mode” and are …
Breaking! Elon Musk Has Declared War On The Deep State As We Learn Over Ten Government Agencies Funneled Billions To Reuters To Manufacture Hit Pieces Against The Space X Leader. I was the test case for this type of Deep State / Main Stream Media Collusion Psyop. Live Reports… pic.twitter.com/O3ZVIsJ84l — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) December …
Good! pic.twitter.com/yFut2gzQyR — White TRASH Gold (@JohnRotte2) December 16, 2024 I’m tired of this fool btw. All he does is beg for money. h/t NextDoorJimmy
Actor Daniel Baldwin claims that representatives for several Hollywood celebrities are engaged in a “bidding war” to secure possession of secret video tapes made of some of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ notorious parties. Baldwin did not name the celebrities involved in this activity, but he hinted that they are trying to buy the tapes in …
Today's hotter-than-expected #inflation data, following similar news yesterday, is putting more downward pressure on #gold. But gold will soar when investors realize the Fed will keep cutting rates despite inflation, and return to QE, sending both inflation and gold much higher. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) December 13, 2024 Agricultural commodities have surged nearly 30% year-over-year, …
by Michael The Russians keep warning us that launching long-range missiles provided by NATO into Russia could spark a nuclear war, but that hasn’t done any good. In fact, more ATACMS missiles provided by the United States were just fired at the Russian city of Taganrog. By approving these long-range missile strikes, Joe Biden has literally …
By Egon von Greyerz As we approach what usually should be a blissful holiday period, the treacherous path the world is now on does not bode well for 2025 and beyond. Two global crises will dominate the world for at least several years and possibly decades. FINANCIAL CRISIS The crisis I have been discussing and …
BREAKING: Israeli ground forces have crossed into Syria's territory for the first time since the 1973 October War – The New York Times — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 8, 2024 Israeli ground forces advanced beyond the demilitarized zone on the Israel-Syria border over the weekend, marking their first overt entry into Syrian territory since the …
The al-Assad regime has fallen in Syria. Rebels claimed on Sunday they had taken Damascus. The new leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani is the former leader of Al-Qaeda. This area of Damascus is key to a proposed pipeline route that would run to Europe. Israel is bombing areas within Damascus as I Type. They are obviously …
SPEAKER SAYS NO NEW UKRAINE FUNDING IN NEW CONGRESS. However, congress already approved a huge funding package, that still has $7 billion remaining — and those weapons will be sent.pic.twitter.com/dXELRXEsCs — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 4, 2024
Experts say Putin’s 2022 Ukraine invasion marked the start of a new global conflict. This isn’t tanks and trenches—cyberattacks, fake news, and space threats are now key weapons. Russia’s Wagner Group fuels coups in Africa, trolls spread disinformation, and hypersonic missiles target Ukraine. In the Middle East, Iran backed Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel, while …
🚨🇬🇧🇷🇺 “ Are you saying Britain is now directly involved with this war?” “Absolutely – Britain & UK is now directly involved with this war”. – Russia ‼️ pic.twitter.com/OcWK9mcEYZ — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) November 21, 2024 The British government are but the people aren’t. AC
President Biden quietly tasked his National Security Council to warn Iran that the US would view any Tehran-backed assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump as an act of war, according to a report. Behind the scenes, the Harris-Biden administration has reportedly pressed Iran to halt its plottings against Trump and other former members of …
by Michael All of a sudden, everything has changed. Israeli troops have entered southern Lebanon, Iran has fired hundreds of missiles into the land of Israel, and it appears that all-out war has arrived. This war doesn’t seem to have a commonly accepted name yet, and so I am just going to start calling it …
