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Rotten to the Heart: Authoritarian Chickens Roosting at Home
Rotten to the Heart: Authoritarian Chickens Roosting at Home Photo by T toes | CC BY 2.0 Yes, He’s Awful Much of what liberals say about Donald Trump and the chilling political moment the Trump presidency represents is true enough. Trump really is the arch-authoritarian malignant narcissist that liberals say he is. Trump thinks he […]
Trump Lashes Out At Macron, Trudeau Ahead Of “G6+1” Summit
Trump Lashes Out At Macron, Trudeau Ahead Of “G6+1” Summit Tomorrow’s G7, or rather G6+1 meeting, is shaping up to be one for the ages. As we reported previously, chancellor Merkel already was setting the ground for the Toronto showdown among the world’s top political leaders, vowing to challenge Donald Trump on virtually every issue, […]
Ben Bernanke: The US Economy Is Going To Go Off The Cliff In 2020
Ben Bernanke: The US Economy Is Going To Go Off The Cliff In 2020 It looks like Ben Bernanke is a Bridgewater client. Recall that earlier this week we reported that in the May 31 “Daily Observations” letter to select clients, authored by Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen, the world’s biggest hedge had an ominous, if […]
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate. With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it’s […]
Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices
Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices President Trump is stepping up his attack on Iran. He’s now planning the long-game for maximum pressure. The news that Trump quietly asked Saudi Arabia to ramp up output by 1 million barrels a day is the key. From the analysis at Oilprice.com: Saudi Arabia and […]
“The World Is On Fire”: Merkel Warns Of Unprecedented Disasgreement At G7 Summit
“The World Is On Fire”: Merkel Warns Of Unprecedented Disasgreement At G7 Summit Following last weekend’s G-7 meeting for the world’s most important finance ministers and central bankers in Whistler, Canada, at which the US was introduced as a “+1” to the G-6, and whose positioned was “condemned” by the rest of the Developed World, […]
Trump Asked Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Production By 1 Million Barrels Per Day
Trump Asked Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Production By 1 Million Barrels Per Day It all started on April 20, when having tweeted at and about virtually everything else, President Trump realized that surging oil and gasoline prices are wreaking havoc on his economic agenda and eating away at the benefits from his tax cuts, […]
Goldman: If Trump Wants To Win A Trade War, The Market Has To Crash
Goldman: If Trump Wants To Win A Trade War, The Market Has To Crash Now that the Trump global trade war ceasefire is over with both allies (Canada, EU, Mexico) and adversaries (China), the hot takes are coming in, and none more exhaustive than a note by Goldman Sachs released overnight, in which economist Alec […]
“Just Days Left” To Avoid Trade War France Says, As G-7 Condemn Trump
“Just Days Left” To Avoid Trade War France Says, As G-7 Condemn Trump With Trump refusing to back down and slapping Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico, which were enacted at midnight on June 1, the G-7 meeting taking place in Whistler, also known as Canada’s Davos, […]
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe
Trump Started a Global Trade War Today: Canada, Mexico Responded, So Will Europe Trump has been itching for a global trade war ever since he took office. He just confirmed one. The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union starting on Friday. Trump’s ill-advised Tariffs Provoked […]
The Real Revolution Has Nothing To Do With Donald Trump
The Real Revolution Has Nothing To Do With Donald Trump It’s been a weird last couple of days. I wrote an article about WikiLeaks’ dismissal of “QAnon”, the anonymous 8chan poster that hundreds of thousands of conspiracy newbies believe is sharing secret, coded information about Donald Trump’s heroic war against the US deep state. Ever since […]
Drones, Murder and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: the Cases of Reyaad Khan and Abdul Raqib Amin
Drones, Murder and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: the Cases of Reyaad Khan and Abdul Raqib Amin Photo by Debra Sweet | CC BY 2.0 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is 70 this year. But you wouldn’t know it from the impact it’s had on human lives. For example, Donald […]
The Tragic Record of American Regime Change
The Tragic Record of American Regime Change National security adviser John Bolton watches as President Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on Tuesday. (Evan Vucci / AP) We used to call him “Mookie.” God, we hated him. Back in 2006-07, while patrolling the streets of east Baghdad, Muqtada al-Sadr’s […]
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger
The “Axis of Gold” Just Got Stronger As you probably know by now, President Trump backed out of the nuclear deal with Iran and is re-imposing harsh sanctions. And just this morning, Trump announced that he’s canceling the much-anticipated nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because of Kim’s recent belligerent comments. What […]
