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Economic Storm Trump Will be Blamed For Because of Bad Advisers
Economic Storm Trump Will be Blamed For Because of Bad Advisers There is a very Dark Cloud hovering over the world economy and at the center of this cloud lies not just Europe, but Germany – the strongest economy holding up all of Europe. The German manufacturing sector is in freefall. Trump will be blamed […]
Trump’s Blockade Begins: Venezuela Says Food Shipment Blocked In Panama Canal
Trump’s Blockade Begins: Venezuela Says Food Shipment Blocked In Panama Canal Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has denounced what state media is describing as a ship seizure by the US in the Panama Canal Wednesday. The ship is reportedly packed with 25 thousands tons of Soya and was entering the narrow vital central America waterway, when its […]
Fourth Turning Economics
Fourth Turning Economics “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses […]
Top Scientist Says He Quit USDA Because Trump Admin Tried to Bury His Study on Climate and Nutrition
Top Scientist Says He Quit USDA Because Trump Admin Tried to Bury His Study on Climate and Nutrition Rep. Chellie Pingree tweeted, “Once again, the Trump admin is silencing our scientists.” Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska quit the U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday. (Photo: Peggy Greb/USDA Agricultural Research Service via sciencenewsforstudents.org) The exodus of federal scientists in the era […]
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Future History
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Future History In Donald Trump’s go-back-to-where-you-didn’t-come-from America, where the fear of immigrants (as well as their grotesque mistreatment) still seems on the rise, just wait. There’s so much more to come. Climate change has barely begun to hit this planet big time and yet, while there’s much writing about the grim circumstances (including gangs, drugs, and […]
US Navy Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Strait Of Hormuz: Trump
US Navy Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Strait Of Hormuz: Trump President Trump announced on Thursday that the amphibious assault ship, the USS Boxer, shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz in a defensive action. ✔Replying to @tictoc MORE: Trump said that the Iranian drone’s actions were “the latest of many provocative and hostile […]
De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire
De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire Guest: Michael Hudson Economist Michael Hudson continues his discussion of Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with a focus on US monetary imperialism; President Trump’s demand for lower interest rates undercuts America’s requirement for foreign investment to fund its domestic and balance of payments deficit, increases the carry […]
Weekly Commentary: History Rhymes
Weekly Commentary: History Rhymes President Trump and President Xi are meeting in Osaka as I write. We’ll know much more in the morning. Pre-meeting reports had the two sides agreeing to a “truce.” Heading into the meeting, President Trump said progress was made in Friday trade talk preparations, as he seeks to “even it up” […]
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices Two big events over the next two weeks will determine the trajectory for oil prices in the second half of the year. One of those events will take place in Japan, the other in Austria. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jingping on the sidelines […]
More US Warships Arrive In The Mideast Even As Trump Signals Draw Down
More US Warships Arrive In The Mideast Even As Trump Signals Draw Down Despite Trump taking to Twitter Monday morning to question, “why are we protecting the shipping lanes for other countries (many years) for zero compensation,”and asserting further that “All of these countries should be protecting their own ships” — the US naval build-up in the Persian Gulf region […]
Starvation Sanctions Are Worse Than Overt Warfare
Starvation Sanctions Are Worse Than Overt Warfare “We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday,” President Trump tweeted today. “I look forward to the day that Sanctions come off Iran, and they become a productive and prosperous nation again – The sooner the better!” Iran’s economy is already floundering due to the steadily mounting sanctions that the Trump administration has been […]
The Coming Sino-American Bust-Up
The Coming Sino-American Bust-Up Whether or not US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agree to another truce at the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, the Sino-American conflict has already entered a dangerous new phase. Though a negotiated settlement or a managed continuation of the status quo are possible, a sharp escalation […]
The New Tanker War – Trump Pampers the US Shale Oil Industry
The New Tanker War – Trump Pampers the US Shale Oil Industry The situation in the Gulf of Oman is getting worse. After the attacks on two tankers, Khamenei said that he would never sit at the negotiating table with the US again.1)So Iran will continue its nuclear program till the Israeli strategists interpret its […]
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report More dramatic details have trickled out this morning surrounding last night’s US military strike operations on Iran, which were reportedly called off at the last moment by President Trump even as American ships and missile batteries were in position, even including planes in the […]
