On April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump did what he does best—disrupted the status quo. With the flourish of a press conference and a tweetstorm to match, he announced a sweeping new tariff policy that stunned both friend and foe: a 90-day pause on new tariffs for most countries, reducing the general tariff rate to […]
In a move that’s equal parts economic warfare and national security imperative, President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order to yank the U.S. shipbuilding industry out of its decades-long slump. The target? China’s maritime dominance, which has transformed American ports into parking lots for foreign-built ships while domestic shipyards rust away. The plan is […]
March 2025 – It’s happening again. The markets are in freefall, the suits are sweating, and the news anchors are cycling through their greatest hits of recession panic. This time, the crisis du jour is a combination of Wall Street’s economic slowdown fears, fresh signs of a weak U.S. economy, and a never-ending trade war […]
A Trade War Nobody Asked For In a move that shocked exactly no one, former President and current Reality TV Villain Donald J. Trump decided that the best way to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration was to slap a 25% tariff on all Mexican goods and a casual 10% levy on Chinese imports. Because […]
The Economy Teeters While Politicians Play Trade War Games It’s 2025, and here we go again. The folks in Washington, armed with their bottomless appetite for economic meddling, are threatening another round of tariffs—this time aimed at Canada, Mexico, and China. Meanwhile, the people who actually power the economy—workers, small businesses, and investors—are left bracing […]
Trump’s Gaza Gamble: A High-Stakes Game of Monopoly My family has been knocking it out of the park when it comes to my birthday recently! This is in part due to a little bit of nagging and a lot a bit of love from hubby and the big kids. Knowing I love to play games, […]