The Economist (August 9)
2025/ 08/ 11 by jd in Global News
“With every passing day, America’s new trading order comes into sharper relief. In place of rules, stability and low tariffs is a system of imperial preference. Duties are not just higher, they are set by presidential whim.” While President Trump “thinks America is winning. It is not.”
Tags: Duties, Imperial preference, Low tariffs, New trading order, Presidential whim, Relief, Rules, Stability, System, Trump, U.S., Winning
New York Times (November 16)
2020/ 11/ 16 by jd in Global News
“Donald Trump lost the election. He knows it. But he won’t admit it.” The outgoing president is “the Absolute Worst Loser. He has spent his life gaming the system, so it’s no surprise that he can’t accept defeat.”
