On 7 August, new U.S. tariffs took effect on goods arriving in the U.S. from more than 90 countries. U.S. businesses and consumers now pay an average tariff rate of about 18 percent, economists have calculated, the highest rate in 90 years and eightfold more than the 2.3 percent when Donald Trump took office.
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DOES DONALD TRUMP REALLY “RUN THE WORLD”?
United States President Donald J. Trump, who somewhat hubristically claims that he “runs both the country and the world”, has created a political machine called MAGA, which stands for Make America Great Again.
PUTIN’S MEETING WITH TRUMP: THE TRIUMPH OF DELUSION OVER REALITY
A couple of days ago Trump said it wasn’t worthwhile meeting with Putin, but suddenly ordered his aides to arrange a meeting with Putin in a week.
THE NEW GULAG: MENTAL HEALTH DETENTIONS AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT
The government’s war on homelessness—much like its war on terrorism, its war on drugs, its war on illegal immigration, and its war on COVID-19—is yet another Trojan Horse.
SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR
The U.S. treasury has raked in an additional $55 billion so far in Donald Trump’s tariff war and most of it has come out of Corporate America’s pocket, The Wall Street Journal reported.
TRUMP AI ACTION PLAN UNLEASHES AMERICAN AI INNOVATION, FOR BETTER AND WORSE
The clear object of a new AI action plan articulated as an overall framework this past week by the Trump administration, is to win what we have long termed in these pages “The AI Ams Race.”
VERSAILLES ON THE POTOMAC
From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant.
TRUMP’S “AI ACTION” PLAN (5 DOCTRINES) WITH A FULL—BREAKDOWN
Chief AI Officers in Major Agencies—Executive Order 14110 mandates large federal departments to appoint Chief AI Officers, including GSA, DOE, DHS, Veterans Affairs, and Education.
SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP CALLS FOR MAJOR U.S. PUSH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
On 23 July, Donald Trump signed three executive orders calling for the accelerated expansion of the U.S.’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry and announced an “AI Action Plan.”
‘PEACEMAKER’ TRUMP HAS LAUNCHED NEARLY AS MANY AIRSTRIKES IN FIRST 5 MONTHS AS BIDEN DID IN 4 YEARS
U.S. President Donald Trump billed himself as a peacemaker during his campaign in 2024, and crystallized his message on 6 November 2024, just after winning the presidency.