Rolling Stone (September 4)
“Economic policy has become a centerpiece of both campaigns as Harris and Trump battle to win over anxious voters.” But Trump’s plan to “impose universal tariffs on all imported products” is not a hit with economists or Wall Street. Goldman Sachs has warned “that a victory by former President Donald Trump would likely lead to an economic downturn.” In contrast, the bank forecasts the Harris plan would provide a boost to GDP growth.
Tags: Boost, Campaigns, Centerpiece, Downturn, Economic policy, Economists, GDP growth, Goldman Sachs, Harris, Tariffs, Trump, Voters, Wall Street
Wall Street Journal (August 10)
“China was bruised by its trade war with the U.S. under President Donald Trump, but ultimately bounced back.” If he is re-elected “The economic damage to China would be much steeper than in Trump’s first term because the tariffs would be higher and China’s economy is much more vulnerable.”
Tags: Bruised, China, Economic damage, Economy, Re-elected, Tariffs, Trade war, Trump, U.S., Vulnerable
The Guardian (July 16)
“What the world needs is a period of stability after the repeated blows of recent years.” But that’s unlikely if Donald Trump prevails in November. “Anybody wondering what the next big economic shock might be… need look no further than the frontrunner to be in charge of the world’s biggest economy in six months’ time.”
Tags: Blows, Economic shock, Economy, Frontrunner, November, Prevails, Stability, Trump, World, World's biggest
Reuters (July 12)
“For Wall Street, the coming White House race, which currently pits Biden against former President Donald Trump, offers a singularly unappetizing menu. November’s election will present voters with a choice between two possible administrations, neither of which looks much like the moderate, business-friendly centrism under which the financial sector tends to thrive. It’s an unenviable choice.”
Tags: Biden, Business-friendly, Centrism, Election, Financial sector, Moderate, Thrive, Trump, Unappetizing, Voters, Wall Street, White House
Bloomberg (July 5)
“Donald Trump’s growing lead in the US presidential race has sparked a rush to identify the key winning trades in global markets. History suggests that Japanese stocks are a good bet.” Some strategists think “the boost from a weak yen will give Japanese shares a leg up, just as funds seek alternatives to Chinese equities in anticipation of a tougher Trump stance toward Beijing.”
Tags: Alternative, Chinese equities, Global markets, Good bet, History, Japanese stocks, Lead, Presidential race, Strategists, Trump, U.S., Weak yen, Winning trades
New Yorker (June 10)
Now that a New York jury has convicted former President Trump of thirty-four felony counts, “the American people will decide to what extent they care.” But the verdict is hardly the only key to understanding the impact of a second Trump term. “Even the most summary assessment of Trump’s rhetoric, actions, and intentions makes clear that the election in November is a matter of emergency. To return an unstable and malevolent authoritarian to the White House risks wounding American democracy in ways that would likely take decades to repair.”
Tags: Actions, Authoritarian, Convicted, Election, Emergency, Felony counts, Intentions, Jury, Malevolent, New York, President, Rhetoric, Trump, U.S., Verdict, White House
Time (May 30)
“There are moments in American history that we all know matter, even if we aren’t clear at the time about their weight.” These moments become “political inflection points” and one of them “just took place in lower Manhattan. Thursday’s decision by a dozen jurors to find former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony crimes is an era-defining event, but how it will shape the age remains entirely uncertain.”
Tags: Decision, Era-defining event, Felony crimes, Guilty, History, Inflection points, Jurors, Manhattan, Moments, Political, Trump, U.S., Uncertain
Wall Street Journal (May 30)
“Donald Trump became the first former president ever convicted of a crime, with a Manhattan jury finding him guilty Thursday of 34 felonies for falsifying records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star. The historic verdict… could threaten his 2024 bid to return to the White House.”
Tags: 34 felonies, Convicted, Cover up, Crime, Falsifying records, Guilty, Historic, Hush money, Jury, Manhattan, Porn star, President, Trump, Verdict
New York Times (April 21)
“The mundanity of the courtroom has all but swallowed Donald Trump, who for decades has sought to project an image of bigness and a sense of power…. For the next six weeks, a man who values control and tries to shape environments and outcomes to his will is in control of very little.”
Tags: Bigness, Control, Courtroom, Environments, Mundanity, Outcomes, Power, Project, Shape, Swallowed, Trump
Reuters (January 8)
“The world is full of danger. The planet starts 2024 with war in Gaza and Ukraine, superpower rivalry, climate change and slow growth. The possible return of Donald Trump as U.S. president is another risk…. It’s easy to see how the world’s multiple overlapping crises – what some observers have labelled the ‘polycrisis’—could feed on one another, creating a doom loop.” But none of this is inevitable. “There are more optimistic scenarios, and some silver linings in the pessimistic ones.”
Tags: 2024, Climate change, Danger, Doom loop, Gaza, Growth, Optimistic scenarios, Polycrisis, Risk, Rivalry, Superpower, Trump, U.S., Ukraine, War, World
