Donald Trump is declaring victory in his trade war with China. Of course he is….
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Trump is losing his trade war and what’s worse is that he’s clueless about the…
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Remember about a month and a half ago when Donald Trump claimed China had called…
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This is what happens when you make a septic spleen president of the United States. Donald…
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Trump has been counting on four things to get him re-elected: The economy Winning the…
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At a G7 breakfast meeting, Donald Trump appeared to show a moment of reflection and…
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Donald Trump likes to pretend that the American steel industry is one of the few…
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You can tell when Donald Trump is upset about something — his lies and non sequiturs…
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How did this wee-brained little man ever graduate from high school, much less Wharton? Betraying…
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So if your administration’s policies had screwed one of your boss’s key constituencies sideways, do…
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As the trade war limps along exactly as you’d expect a policy launched by a…
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Donald Trump said today that he believes China may seek to delay trade negotiations until…
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Trucking and shipping are the lifeblood of our economy, just as lard and cheap Christmas…
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Well, that’s karma — or whatever the Christian equivalent of karma is. Eternal perdition? Because that’s…
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Winning Michigan is vital to Donald Trump’s hopes in 2020. In fact, the Midwest as…
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Like almost every Republican who doesn’t look and act like a golem made of stale…
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Trump’s decision to slap new tariffs on Mexico until Mexico stops airdropping Mexicans onto American…
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I wouldn’t be so sure about farm country coming out in droves for Donald J….
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Donald Trump is fond of saying we lose billions of dollars to China each year…
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Donald Trump, write this 100 times on your left moob: China does not pay our…
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In an interview today with Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace, former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen…
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Remember when Trump said the world was laughing at us? It wasn’t true then, but…
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So this happened today: Given the volatility in the stock market of late, today’s 300-point pratfall…
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Two reports today, one from The Wall Street Journal and another from NPR, point to…
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It’s important to remember that the stock market is not the economy. That said, for…
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Early this morning, Donald Trump tweeted some homespun wisdom: The negotiations with China have already…
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Smells like winning. From The Washington Post: General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and…
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Openly. Corrupt. From The Washington Post: Ivanka Trump-branded semiconductors and voting machines? In China? That’s…
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Donald Trump is illiterate in nearly every conceivable way, and economics is no exception. If…
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I used to think a million monkeys banging on typewriters could come up with better…
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Just to be specific, when I refer to Trump's “supporters” in the title, I'm not…
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This is what happens when you get into a perpetual nut-kicking contest with everyone on…
