The S&P 500 now trades at valuations last sustained during two catastrophic periods: the dot-com bubble and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both led to bear markets. This week started with futures plunging after President Trump’s latest tariff chaos—announcing a 10% global…
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen posted on Facebook Sunday: “It’s going to be a no thank you from here.” President Trump had announced Saturday that a “great hospital boat” was on its way to Greenland to treat people who are…
The Pentagon is threatening Europe with retaliation if the EU prioritizes European-made weapons in defense procurement—and the threat exposes exactly what Washington means by “transatlantic partnership.” According to Politico reporting, “The United States strongly opposes any changes to the Directive…
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that President Trump’s emergency tariffs are unconstitutional — and financial markets aren’t celebrating. They’re calculating the cost of discovering your own government’s signature economic policy was built on illegal emergency powers. When Chief Justice…
Levi Strauss just raised women’s jeans to $108—a price point that’s testing consumer tolerance as tariff-driven increases push iconic American brands toward pricing themselves out of competitive reach. Meanwhile, European fast-fashion companies manufacturing primarily in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Turkey face…
Ford Motor Company just shut down a $5.8 billion battery plant in Kentucky four months after production began, eliminating 1,600 jobs and writing off the entire investment. Meanwhile, Volkswagen is pouring concrete for North America’s largest battery facility in Canada—a…
The United States reportedly banned a French elected official from entering the country just two weeks after French authorities raided Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris. Eric Bothorel, a member of France’s National Assembly, was denied White House accreditation and…
The largest economic realignment since the Cold War is happening right now, and the United States is being systematically excluded. Canada is spearheading secret negotiations to merge the European Union with a 12-nation Indo-Pacific trade bloc, creating an economic alliance…
Something devastating just happened to the American economy, and Donald Trump is systematically lying about who’s paying for it. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released data proving that Americans—not foreign countries—paid nearly 90% of Trump’s tariffs in 2025.…
The Netherlands just publicly announced contingency plans to hack the F-35 Lightning II—the $1.7 trillion fighter jet program that represents the backbone of NATO air defense. When Dutch Defense Secretary Gijs Tuinman told national radio that European operators could “jailbreak…