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MSN (May 21)

2025/ 05/ 23 by jd in Global News

“Donald Trump may be doing the world a big favor.” The “chaos” he has unleashed has “inadvertently produced an opportunity to create a better world.” And that “world where American and western power is limited and contained could not only end up being more peaceful but, over time, more prosperous.” Trump has loosened “the American grip on global power… an essential first step towards achieving a more just and balanced international order.”

 

Minnesota Star Tribune (May 21)

2025/ 05/ 23 by jd in Global News

“The world changed” in 2020 when “a police officer murdered George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner.” Corporations put money and muscle into doing things better. In 2025, however, “a national backlash has slammed the brakes on investments aimed at improving deep-seated socioeconomic disparities…. President Donald Trump issued executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the public and private sectors.” U.S. corporations fell in line “by stepping back their public-facing efforts.”

 

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