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It appears that President Trump’s confrontation with Communist China over its unfair trade practices and the resulting increase in tariffs constitutes what is known as a “material change” in the environment for the CATL initial public offering (IPO) that must be disclosed to potential investors. Such a disclosure might very well kill the deal. Read More.

Seventy countries have responded to President Trump’s insistence on reciprocity in bilateral trade relations by seeking to negotiate with the United States. Communist China is not among them. While the Chinese Communist Party left the door to negotiations open a crack, its overwhelming response is belligerent retaliation. Read More.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would engage in “direct” negotiations with Iran next Saturday in a last-ditch effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program. As President Trump told Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business in early March 2025, "We’re down to final strokes with Iran. . . we’re down to the final moments. Final moments. Can’t let them have a nuclear weapon…" Read More.

Monday evening, the Supreme Court (in Trump v. J.G.G.) ruled by a vote of 5 to 4 that a district judge in D.C. did not have jurisdiction to issue temporary restraining orders that barred the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan nationals that it believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. However, as is often the case with the Roberts Court, the ruling did not resolve the core issues in the case. Read More.

President Trump has set the stage for further, dramatic tariffs on a recalcitrant Chinese Communist Party, possibly exceeding 100% on its imports. He is catalyzing an economic disengagement from that mortal enemy that is long overdue.  As it happens, the President has another source of leverage in the form of an “America First Investment Policy” he unveiled on February 21st. Read More.

FLASH: President Donald Trump rejected suggestions from European Union (EU) officials of a zero-for-zero tariffs deal with the U.S. on certain sectors, such as autos and industrial goods. Reacting to the offer Trump told reporters: "No, it's not [good enough]. The EU has been very tough over the years." Trump said the U.S. had been "paying them to guard them militarily" via NATO but "they're screwing us on trade, so that's not a good combination." Read More.

The Houthis have declared war on the United States. The Houthis are an Islamic Shia rebel group fighting against the Sunni central government of Yemen and control an area that borders the Red Sea. The US Navy spent over $1 billion and drew down missile stockpiles in defending western ships from Houthi attacks. What countries have benefited? Read More.

Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for the man President Trump has selected to be the Nation’s top military officer: Lieutenant General John Caine. This warrior’s replacement of Joe Biden’s "woke" Joint Chiefs Chairman, General C.Q. Brown, couldn’t be more welcome – or needed.  Read More.

As Milton Friedman said, “The stock market and economy are two different things.” And right now, it is a poor indicator of the overall health of the American economy. Investors will probably be wise to bet on America and against globalism as Trump’s policies squeeze the subsidies out of imported consumer goods, making manufacturing in America more attractive. Read More.

Friday marked a significant victory for President Trump and the rule of law.The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon put on hold an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts. This Supreme Court ruling vindicates what the Department of Justice has been arguing for months: local district judges do not have the jurisdiction to seize control of taxpayer dollars, force the government to pay out billions, or unilaterally halt President Trump’s policy agenda. Read More.

Just when it seemed the Chinese Communist Party’s penetration of America couldn’t get worse, it has. What could be more perilous than having, for example, 400 of China’s transformers in – and endangering – our electric grid? Well, decorated Green Beret veteran and newly minted Congressman Pat Harrigan has just revealed that there are GNC stores owned and operated by the CCP on eighty of our military bases. Read More.

Democrats and their media allies have been shouting from the rooftops that President Trump’s tariffs would drive up inflation and wreck the economy.  None of it was true. Commodities prices and interest rates collapsed across the board following President Donald Trump’s April 2 announcement of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trade partners and we've got the numbers here. Read More.

The United States Senate, the last outpost of Republican Trump Derangement Syndrome in Washington, DC, has regularly been the rocks upon which President Trump’s agenda has foundered. But today for a change there’s some good news from the Senate. The Senate is finally in the game on tax cuts, and their amendment to the House-passed budget goes BIGGER than the House version. Read More.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) yesterday introduced the "Abolish the TSA Act," which would dissolve the bloated and ineffective Transportation Security Administration while allowing America’s airports to compete to provide the safest, most efficient, and least intrusive security measures, under a new Office of Aviation Security Oversight.  Read More.

Let’s stipulate that it is always better to win than to lose, or as Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Packers put it, “"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." So, we find it very strange that Democrats and the establishment media (but I repeat myself) have trumpeted Tuesday’s election results, 3 victories to 1 loss for the GOP, as some kind of a disaster for President Trump, and Republicans in general. Here are the numbers. Read More.