Donald Trump

  Only a few months into his second term, United States President Donald Trump is already shocking the American establishment, as well as politicians and media the world over. Even the conservatives and libertarians who supported him have been taken by surprise. Along with his advisor, entrepreneur Elon Musk, President Trump seems willing to profoundly […]

  The period from November 6 to now suggests that American politics has largely been shaped at Mar-a-Lago instead of the White House. Located in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago is President Donald Trump’s private club, where he has been actively “ruling,” making announcements and planning his next moves. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden seems to have faded into […]

  In 2018, during his first term in office, Donald Trump implemented the “America First” agenda, introducing new tariffs on various imports. These tariffs hit solar panels and washing machines with rates of 30-50 percent, while steel was taxed at 25 percent and aluminum at 10 percent. The tariffs extended beyond China, affecting imports from […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks on purchasing Greenland, as well as reclaiming the Panama Canal Zone and incorporating Canada as the 51st state, caused public consternation globally. The statements – unsurprising due to Mr. Trump’s nature – are widely considered as unbelievable, for some insulting and somewhat mad. Looking more closely, however, it is very probable […]

    For me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff’ and it is my favorite word   Donald J. Trump     Mercantilism Roughly by the beginning of the 15th century, Mercantilism began to replace the medieval ideas of Universalism and dominated economic thinking more or less to the end of the […]