It was at the height of the Cold War that the CIA and the American government began subsidizing Protestant missions, mostly of Pentecostal denomination, with the intent of diluting Catholic presence and preventing the spread of Marxist ideals through religion.
Unless President Trump reverses course, the “Lower Prices Bigger Paychecks” banner that hung behind him at his “affordability” speech this month will be remembered as being to economic policy what President George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner was to foreign policy.
On the economy, Trump gives himself a grade of “A+++++,” which is reminiscent of Hoover and other politicians who interpreted their economic failures as successes.
Precedents for sovereign default exist, but they are double-edged.
President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.
Economist Daniel Lacalle hosted me on his YouTube channel this morning to talk about monetary inflation, government spending, and their effects on the middles classes in Europe and the United States.
Congress has the authority to stop Secretary Hegseth from killing people on the high seas. It should do so without delay.
With its use of extrajudicial killings, the US regime is now on the same moral level as the Saudi regime.
