BLOG Post #475: Trump Upends the International Economic Order 11 Sep 2025 Protectionism by Another Name Tariff hikes across the board, political interference through trade threats, pressure on US multinational corporations, supply chain disruptions—these are among the ways the Trump administration is…
BLOG Post #472: Honeymoon Over: Trump Divorces India 23 Aug 2025 Friends No More In 2019, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi paraded their bromance with a 50,000-person “Howdy Modi” rally in Houston. They followed that up with a “Namaste Trump” 100,000-person…
BLOG Post #461: In Trump’s Trade War, It’s Advantage China 9 May 202516 May 2025 Without Rhyme or Reason “We welcomed the Chinese Communist Party into this global order. And they took advantage of all its benefits. But they ignored all its obligations and responsibilities.…
BLOG Post #458: Tariff Delusions 11 Apr 202511 Apr 2025 Mindless Tariffs It takes a certain kind of person who celebrates when something occurs that she had predicted would not happen. Likewise, it takes a certain kind of person who…
BLOG Post #442: Donald Trump’s Tariff Fantasies 15 Nov 202415 Nov 2024 Tariff Man Donald Trump thinks the world of tariffs. “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Trump said in September at a town hall event in Michigan. On another…
BLOG Post #434: Project 2025, part 2 21 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 Last week I explored the politics of Project 2025, the far right’s plan for dismantling the so-called Deep State and replacing it with a President-centered authoritarian system designed with Donald…
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