“Let’s be clear: President Trump’s claim that the U.S. government collected $600 billion from tariffs in 2025 is incorrect,” The true amount is closer to $289 billion. 

The Monroe Doctrine occupies an unusual place in American political discourse. It is often invoked as though it announced a permanent rule of hemispheric governance, capable of being revived or enforced by later administrations. In contemporary usage, it is frequently treated as a declaration of American authority over the Western hemisphere or as a justification for intervention against foreign powers and regional governments. This understanding does not reflect the document as written, the circumstances that produced it, or the limits its authors assumed.

“If Donald Trump goes forward, the status of the US will go from adversary or rival to the one of enemy,” [French Prime Minister] Villepin stated. “It’ll be a huge historical change.”

Britain’s relative decline is no longer a speculative talking point but a measurable trajectory. If current income, productivity, and cost-of-living trends continue, Lithuania is on course to overtake the United Kingdom in average living standards by 2030, with Poland following by roughly 2034.

The Constitution already grants far too much power to the central government. But Trump can’t even be bothered with his oath to uphold the Constitution’s few limits on war-making powers.  

Imagine yourself sailing on a boat through a serene and breathtaking sea. The waters shine around you, inviting and attractive, but they hide grave dangers ahead. This is “listening to the mermaid’s song”—being deceived by something that, while it sounds charming, leads to ruin. The expression comes from Greek mythology, where mermaids lured sailors with their mesmerizing song, leading them to destruction. Figuratively, “listening to the mermaid’s song” means being deluded by something that seems irresistible but leads to destruction.