By Steffi Cole I cannot even begin to quantify how many people I have seen accusing Justin Amash of owning a business in China that is being hurt by Trump’s tariffs. This gossip has spread like wildfire! Did you know: Justin Amash owns a manufacturing company in China called Dynamic Source International Instead of supporting…
When he first took office, President Trump pledged to eliminate 75 to 80 percent of all Food and Drug Administration regulations. A recent deregulatory effort is a small step in this direction. It also serves as a comical (and a little concerning) example of how far the agency’s regulatory authority extends. The FDA recently committed to deregulating…
Past comments from Donald Trump indicate his threats and initiation of tariffs are part of a long term strategy to reduce restrictions from trading partners. In the below tweet, for instance, he also implies equal tariffs between countries is “fair”. Taking for granted that Trump’s actual purpose with tariffs is to force other countries to…
By Max Gulker America’s trade war has entered its second year, with a resolution between the U.S. and Chinese governments looking further away than ever. A bilateral freeze in tariff hikes in December brought some hope that the already costly conflict would not continue to snowball. The 2018 tariffs imposed by President Trump on imports…
A lot of people labor under a misconception that President Donald Trump opposes the Federal Reserve. While the president has leveled a great deal of criticism at the central bank in recent months, he has never opposed the Fed in principle. He’s merely expressed frustration that the central bankers won’t implement the monetary policy he…
On Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to announce that he would more than double tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Indeed, he may introduce further tariffs beyond that. This is the latest shot in a trade war with China. On Monday, the president explained the underlying logic for this on Twitter. The…
Michael Bastasch Republish Reprint Can climate change worry hurt one’s mental health? That’s what CNN is claiming about “climate anxiety” and also linking to the election of President Donald Trump. Trump’s “lack of political will” is making “climate anxiety” worse for many people, CNN reported Tuesday, citing experts. One professor claimed a student spent two hours crying…
Jason Hopkins Republish Reprint Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that the U.S. government is prepared to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in a multitude of ways, leaving open the possibility of military intervention. “Oh, make no mistake, we have a full range of options that we’re preparing for,” Pompeo said Sunday on ABC’s…
Jason Hopkinson Republish Reprint President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to give law enforcement officials the authority to conduct interviews with asylum seekers arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border. Under the upcoming plan, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers would train Border Patrol agents deployed on the southern border on how to perform “credible fear…
For the past couple of years, when I’ve criticized Trump, I’ve often heard “but Obama…” It was annoyingly irrelevant. He was no longer President. Whether or not he was “worse” or “better” than Trump didn’t change whether any specific Trump-led policies were positive or negative. The same people who rightly criticized Obama supporters for continuing…