Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Governors Nervous About Tariff Endgame
As state leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Washington, few understood the real reasons for ramping up a North American trade war.
Posted inTAP
A Sloppy Valentine for Big Tech
Today on TAP: A new White House effort to block domestic and foreign rules on data security is at odds with the U.S. government’s long-standing efforts to shield data from China.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Musk and Trump Are Causing the Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History
Empires have fallen before. But it’s never been this purely idiotic.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada’s Conservatives Crash With Onset of Tariff War
With elections upcoming, the Conservatives had started measuring the drapes, but didn’t anticipate America’s new president shattering their country’s politics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump, Man of Steel (and Aluminum)
The new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, directed mainly at China, are partially worthwhile, but were undercut by allowing Nippon Steel to buy into U.S. Steel.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Canada Braces for Two-Step Trade War
Michigan and Ontario will be on the front lines of serious economic disruptions if and when the Trump tariffs finally materialize.
Posted inTAP
How China Dominates Global Shipbuilding
Today on TAP: And the strategic challenge facing the always-conflicted Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics
The Essential Incoherence of the End of the Biden Presidency
One reason the president goes out with low approval ratings is that his agenda was internally contradictory.
