Economists surveyed by the Financial Times said the financial markets have not “fully priced in” the issues that could arise from U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against the central bank, which may result in the bank becoming a “puppet of the government.”
President Donald Trump billed himself as the country’s first pro-crypto leader, and his sons are reaping the benefits—this time with a bitcoin mining company that was just listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market last week that saw its shares pop by about 17 percent—after jumping by as high as 110 percent on the day.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the lack of progress in a ceasefire in Ukraine even after last month’s summit in Alaska.
U.S. President Donald Trump has positioned naval assets in international waters off the coast of Venezuela to ostensibly prevent the flow of drugs from the South American country into America, but the move was seen as more of an effort to create instability in Caracas in hopes of destabilizing Nicolás Maduro’s grip on the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of a speedboat with 11 passengers that was suspected of delivering drugs from Venezuela to the U.S., and said the strike should be seen as a warning for future drug smugglers that they will be met with lethal force by federal forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave an interview earlier this month where he repeated his previous claim that no president in history has done more for Israel, while warning that the influence of the pro-Israel lobby is waning in Washington, D.C.
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced last week that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles in response to new Russian strikes across the country, all while peace talks between Moscow and Washington have stalled.
Ray Dalio, the hedge fund billionaire, said in an interview with the Financial Times last week that the U.S. under President Donald Trump, and considering the wealth gap in the country, is “analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a security cabinet meeting last week that U.S. President Donald Trump encouraged him to go all out in Gaza and to avoid seeking “partial deals” with Hamas to receive some of the remaining 50 hostages—20 of whom are believed to be alive—still inside the enclave.
The U.S. military has been building up its forces off the coast of Venezuela under the auspices of fighting drug cartels in the region and appears to be preparing for a military confrontation with the South American country.