Tariffs USA
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jxrnl9xe2o
Trump tariffs list: The US global tariffs plan at a glance
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/liberation-day-trump-tariffs/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/trump-tariff-rollout-opens-new-era-of-risk-for-global-economy
https://archive.ph/POEUO
https://charter97.org/en/news/2025/4/3/635504/
Trump Starts Global Trade War: The World Reacts
https://ukrainetoday.org/trump-tariffs/
https://x.com/jpaternotte/status/1909165836863930645
Beurs Hong Kong 13% in de min, harder gedaald dan ooit sinds Aziëcrisis 1997.
AEX opent 5% in de min. Berlijn en Parijs nog lager.
Olieprijs gezakt tot laagste in vier jaar.
Om 15.30u gaat de Dow Jones open.
En toch: deze handelsoorlog is wat Trump al 40 jaar wilde doen.
https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1909425210006155351
It seems China is SELLING its U.S. treasuries.
If this is true and continues then American interest rates will skyrocket.
All forms of debt will become more expensive including car loans, mortgages and of course the national debt.
Trump does not want China to do this.
https://x.com/smalls2672/status/1909695654584360967
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong explains
https://x.com/SkylineReport/status/1909285739805749595
The Insane Origins of Trump's Tariffs: A Tale of Fake Economists and Nepotism
Alright, buckle up, because we're diving into the holy-hell, batshit-insane origins of Donald Trump's tariffs—a policy so absurd it'll leave you screaming "What the fuck?!" at the end. This isn't just a tale of economic incompetence; it's a goddamn clown show of epic proportions, starring a fake economist named Ron Vara—who doesn't even exist—and a nepotistic dimwit who stumbled into a $2 billion Saudi payday despite knowing jack shit about finance. Let's connect the dots and expose this mind-boggling farce.
First off, picture this: it's 2016, and Trump's campaign is a chaotic mess. Enter Jared Kushner, the golden boy son-in-law with zero qualifications to be anywhere near economic policy. This guy's claim to fame? Being born rich and marrying Ivanka. His experience in financial investment? About as deep as a kiddie pool. Yet Trump, in his infinite wisdom, tasks Kushner with finding an economic adviser to make him look "tough on China." So, what does Jared do? He doesn't consult experts, hit up Wall Street, or even crack open an economics textbook. No, this genius hops on Amazon—yes, the same place you buy dog food and cheap socks—and searches for a book with a badass title. He lands on Death by China by Peter Navarro, a fringe economist with a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas. Kushner cold-calls Navarro, and boom, this nobody becomes Trump's sole economic whisperer [3][9][15]. Are you fucking kidding me? The fate of U.S. trade policy began with an Amazon shopping spree by a guy who couldn't balance a checkbook if his life depended on it.
Now, let's talk about Navarro, the mastermind behind Trump's tariff obsession. This guy's got a PhD, sure, but his ideas are so far out of the mainstream that most economists wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. His big pitch? China's trade practices are killing America, and the answer is to slap tariffs on everything—consequences be damned. His book Death by China becomes the gospel for Trump's trade war, leading to the 2018–2020 U.S.-China showdown that jacked up prices for everyday Americans and tanked $1.7 trillion in stock market value at its peak [4]. Navarro gets a cushy White House gig—first as head of the National Trade Council, then as a senior trade advisor—where he bulldozes over saner voices like Gary Cohn, who quit in disgust over the tariff madness [6][7]. By Trump's second term in 2025, Navarro's back with even more influence, pushing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China like some deranged trade warlord [6][19]. But here's where it gets truly unhinged. Navarro's secret weapon? An "expert" economist named Ron Vara, whose dire warnings about China pepper his books. Vara's got some zingers: "Only the Chinese can turn a leather sofa into an acid bath," or "Import from China. Save money. Lose your life" [6][7]. Sounds legit, right? Except—holy shit—Ron Vara isn't real! He's a fucking figment of Navarro's imagination, an anagram of his own damn name! Navarro admits it's a "whimsical device" and "inside joke," but get this: he quoted this nonexistent bastard in six books, including Death by China, and even circulated a pro-tariff memo under Vara's name to D.C. insiders in 2019 [5][7]. His co-author, Glenn Hubbard—a legit Columbia economist—had no clue Vara was fake and was pissed when he found out [6]. Meanwhile, Navarro's feeding this garbage to Trump, who's eating it up like it's gospel from Adam Smith himself. So, Trump's tariff policy—the cornerstone of his economic "genius"—is based on a fictional character dreamed up by a guy who thinks he's Alfred Hitchcock pulling a cameo. You can't make this shit up! And the absurdity doesn't stop there. These tariffs? They're a regressive tax, screwing over American households to the tune of $1,277 a year by 2020 [4]. They've sparked market chaos, with stock volatility in 2025 echoing the 2008 crash [5]. All because Kushner's Amazon impulse buy led to Navarro's fever dream, propped up by a made-up economist. Meanwhile, Kushner—whose financial acumen is so laughable he once tanked a $1.8 billion real estate deal—walks away from the White House and lands a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund for his private equity firm, Affinity Partners [1][8]. Why? Because he cozied up to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, defending him after the Jamal Khashoggi murder. No experience, no track record, just pure nepotism and grift—and the Saudis hand him a billion-dollar golden parachute [18]. While Americans are left holding the bag for Navarro's tariff lunacy, Kushner's cashing checks he's got no business touching So, let's recap this shitshow: Trump's tariffs, his number-one economic tool, came from a book Kushner found on Amazon, written by a nutjob who invented a fake expert named Ron Vara to back up his wild ideas. Navarro rides this insanity into the White House, turns U.S. trade policy into a wrecking ball, and screws over the average American—all while Kushner, the clueless architect of this mess, gets a $2 billion Saudi payoff. If this doesn't make you yell "WTF?!" at the top of your lungs, nothing will. How the hell did we let this happen? Citations: [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68296877
[2] https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/07/all-the-ex-presidents-men-at-jared-kushners-affinity-partners/
[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/03/21/jared-kushners-2-billion-investment-from-saudi-arabia-what-to-know-after-republicans-delay-subpoena/
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html
[5] https://newrepublic.com/post/180559/sketchy-way-jared-kushner-investors
[6] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/massive-saudi-investment-raises-questions-about-jared-kushners-business-dealings
[7] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-kushner-post-white-house-business-moves-saudis-wealth-fund-mohammed-bin-salman-jamal-khashoggi/
[8] https://www.businessinsider.com/kushners-2-billion-investment-saudi-backed-fund-concealed-sec-rules-2023-2
[9] https://thedispatch.com/article/did-jared-kushner-take-2-billion-from-saudi-arabia/
[10] https://regtechtimes.com/democrats-scrutiny-foreign-payments-jared-kushner/
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/kushner-private-equity-saudi-arabia.html
[12] https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/16/the-lead-jared-kushner-saudis-tapper.cnn
[13] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/11/after-trumps-controversial-courtship-saudis-2b-jared-kushner/
[14] https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-investigation-of-kushner-firm-continues-new-letter-outlines-affinity-partners-fee-structure-lack-of-return-to-investors-questionable-deals-with-foreign-governments
[15] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jared-kushners-post-white-house-211939446.html
[16] http://robertgarcia.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-garcia-why-did-saudi-government-give-kushner-2-billion
[17] https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jared-kushner-private-equity-firm-affinity-senate-investigation-rcna172758
[18] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/house-oversight-investigating-2b-saudi-investment-in-jared-kushners-firm.html
[19] https://www.axios.com/2024/06/20/jared-kushner-senate-democrats-investigation
[20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nIhBZqZBmQ
United Nations Laughs At President Trump's Claim
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. Er zijn twee opties:
1. Wij steunen Oekraine, daardoor zijn zij in staat om met HUN militairen en ONZE wapens de Russen te verslaan. Wij hoeven zelf dus NIET mee te vechten.
2. Wij steunen Oekraine niet. Daardoor zijn ze niet in staat Rusland te stoppen, Oekraine wordt bezet, de mannen worden gemobiliseerd in het Russische leger en de oorlogsindustrie (4.5 miljoen drones per jaar) krijgt Rusland onder controle. Rusland heeft dan een productie van 6.5 miljoen drones per jaar (Europa zit op 125.000) en een leger van 2 miljoen militairen en een shell productie van 4.5 miljoen per jaar en kan vervolgens de Baltische staten aanvallen (NAVO-land) waardoor wij ZELF moeten gaan meevechten.
Oekraine steunen is daarom essentieel en voorkomt juist dat we zelf moeten vechten.
https://x.com/oorlog_monitor/status/1903033181248368936
https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1895523734272033148
Europe, together with the UK, is already a global power, but with Ukraine, it becomes a superpower. Our military capability is overwhelming against any threat. Source of data: IISS 2025 Report (At comments) Reality shows that there is a lot of misinformation.
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1896216008005931073
It's taking me a while to break down the U.S. defense budget. What's truly astonishing is how they spend more than anyone else, yet remain so weak and constantly in panic mode.
$842 billion, and for what?
EU does in a very different way.
https://www.csis.org/programs/defense-budget-analysis
so what I have being saying for years NATO is just a money$ource for USA not a defence at all?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393752/eu-military-defense-total-personnel-member-state/
That's why Europe is so calm; its citizens are already applying tariffs.
Governments are also cooperating by canceling their weapons orders.
In Spanish, we say 'he shot himself in the foot.' Something Putin has been doing for a while, now he has passed the virus to US.
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1901723614140826061
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1899530220610146421
This isn't about emotions, but numbers and logic.
Europe cannot allow Russia to stay in Ukraine.
The Special Peace Operation (SPO) is the more logical, cheapest, and fastest solution.
Russia will never be weaker and Ukraine is ready to finish the job with the help of its allies
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1903790794470776861
Why doesn't Putin want peace?
Putin knows the war ends with him.
Leave Ukraine? Lost.
Stay? Surrounded by NATO.
Either way, it's game over. Each day just digs russia deeper. But like every tyrant, he'd rather sink the ship than jump.
https://x.com/Doktor_Klein/status/1871286091145458008
The Kremlin knows it has already lost.
Ukraine will never be under its control.
Without Ukraine, the revival of a new USSR is economically unfeasible.
An already doomed project that already failed before.
Dugin, Putin's chief ideologue, understands this, and so do we all.
Frau Ribbentrop Merkel at it again, the gremlin of Kremlin says:"Don't ignore Russia's interests. It's a mistake that the West stopped discussing the Russian president's point of view on NATO expansion to the east" | The countries joined freely, russian bitch
https://fakti.bg/en/world/956823-merkel-don-t-ignore-russia-s-interests
https://x.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/1905314683021668420
Russians.
Welcome To Ukraine.
You came to the wrong place motherfuckers.
https://khpg.org/en/1608814553
With nine children killed in Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, why would the USA (again) avoid blaming Russia?
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukraine-is-undefeatable/
https://x.com/Naumov_Andrii/status/1909286612594290910
Russia is racing to build a military railway through occupied southern Ukraine—a steel artery meant to pump weapons from Donbas to Crimea.
https://www.intellinews.com/russia-s-budget-oil-breakeven-price-world-s-second-lowest-as-oil-revenues-recover-343171/ $77/$41 breakeven
Russia's budget oil breakeven price world's second lowest as oil revenues recover (september 2024, (breakeven $77/$41)
https://desk-russie.info/2025/03/30/the-black-sea-and-its-stakes-in-the-ukrainian-war.html
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/ukraine-v-russia-passage-through-kerch-strait-and-the-sea-of-azov/
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/ukraine-v-russia-passage-through-kerch-strait-and-the-sea-of-azov-2/
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/ukraine-v-russia-passage-through-kerch-strait-and-the-sea-of-azov-3/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Between_the_Russian_Federation_and_Ukraine_on_Cooperation_in_the_Use_of_the_Sea_of_Azov_and_the_Kerch_Strait
from 1994 ! when russians behave as russians? https://web.archive.org/web/20150205050359/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-16/news/9401160298_1_president-leonid-kravchuk-ukraine-russians Clinton's Policy On Ukraine's Nukes Is Not Good For Anyone
"I forced Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons" Bill Clinton.
https://vk.com/wall1035554798_1356
Trump claims his tariffs will bring the US $1 trillion.
In fact, the US has already lost $10 trillion in stock market value due to Trump's tariffs.
Deal maker, damn.
https://vk.com/wall95284946_1440
https://x.com/thexcapitalist/status/1909310367601209833
This man knows the market.
He predicted:
1) Dot-com Bubble (2000)
2) Great Recession (2008)
3) The COVID Bubble (2021)
Howard Marks just went on Bloomberg and said "tariffs are changing everything."
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/06/how-europe-hopes-to-turn-ukraine-into-a-steel-porcupine
https://x.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1909649535464292591
🤡 Russia accuses Ukraine of lacking legitimacy – from the seat of a dictatorship.
Russian UN envoy Nebenzya claims Moscow is ready for a "serious dialogue" on Ukraine but refuses to negotiate with what he calls the "illegitimate Kyiv regime."
Let's break this down:
🔻 No real elections in Russia — opposition candidates are jailed, poisoned, or killed.
🔻 Putin staged elections on Ukrainian territories he illegally invaded.
🔻 International law? Russia tore it to shreds by launching a war of aggression in 2014 and again in 2022.
🔻 Occupation forces commit daily war crimes — from Bucha to Kryviy Rih .
🔻 Ukraine has regular democratic elections, a vibrant civil society, and full international recognition.
So no, Russia is in no position to talk about legitimacy. A state that murders opposition leaders, abolishes democracy, and bombs children cannot lecture anyone on who's legitimate.
The only "bandits" here are the ones who sit in the Kremlin and pretend they're victims while invading their neighbors.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/casualties-rise-to-15-following-russian-drone-strike-on-dnipro/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/state-department-concerned-about-chinese-fighters-captured-in-ukraine/
https://x.com/JPLindsley/status/1909396184277696556
This 40-second video gives big insight into how the White House is thinking about Ukraine: US Treasury Secretary
@SecScottBessent
tells Tucker Carlson that Zelenskyy is heroic. For the first time ever, Carlson nods approvingly instead of insulting Zelenskyy!
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/want-to-know-how-foreign-aid-reaches-ukraine-frontlines-watch-no-sleep-til-kyiv-film/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1140-ukraine-captures-chinese-soldiers-fighting-for-russia-in-donetsk/
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50410
'They Even Ate Theraflu, Mom' – Intercept Reveals Russian Soldiers Starving on Front Lines
Russian soldiers are starving on the front lines, with some forced to eat Theraflu medications – and even dogs, as intercepted calls reveal total supply collapse and neglect by commanders.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50416
Ukraine Downs Russia's Priciest Recon UAV – The $300,000 'Merlin-VR'
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50414
White House May Pull 10,000 Troops From Eastern Europe, Opening Door for Putin
NBC reports the Trump Pentagon is considering cutting up to 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe – a move critics say could embolden Russia and leave NATO allies exposed.
https://www.uawire.org/former-ukrainian-armed-forces-chief-reveals-us-ukraine-joint-operations-hub-in-germany
https://www.uawire.org/ukrainian-drone-strike-destroys-russian-missile-stockpile-at-shaykovka-airbase
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukraine-offers-partners-the-opportunity-to-test-new-weapons-on-the-battlefield-ministry-of-defense/
https://ukrainetoday.org/chinese-military-in-ukraine-detected-ukraine-armed-forces-in-belgorod-vlog-1006-war-in-ukraine-video-commentary/
https://ukrainetoday.org/they-knew-too-much-the-strange-deaths-of-putins-people-continue/
https://ukrainetoday.org/in-kyiv-skepticism-about-ceasefire-reigns-as-russia-ramps-up-deadly-attacks-and-us-remains-mute/
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukrainian-forces-destroy-russian-command-and-observation-post-in-kursk-region/
https://jam-news.net/opinion-if-this-continues-west-really-will-want-to-change-government-in-georgia/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/08/irkutsk-bans-cryptocurrency-mining-in-regions-south-until-2031-a88657
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/08/zelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-captured-chinese-nationals-fighting-for-russia-a88656
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/08/state-duma-ratifies-strategic-partnership-treaty-with-iran-a88653
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/young-russians-shouldnt-be-treated-as.html
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/russian-opposition-at-times-more.html
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/invisibility-of-wives-of-top-russian.html
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/derbent-to-erect-synagogue-mosque-and.html
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/tens-of-thousands-of-russian-soldiers.html
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/tens-of-thousands-of-russian-soldiers-have-fled-the-warnbsp/427843
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1909651200225714536
Belgium's PM in Tears After Seeing Russian Atrocities in Bucha
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever was visibly shaken during his visit to Bucha, Kyiv region, after seeing photos of the horrific acts committed by Russian forces.
"It's so hard to look at these photos," he said, fighting back tears. He also shared his deep personal connection to Ukraine: "My father often traveled here after the USSR collapsed, and had many friends in Ukraine."
The images left De Wever speechless and devastated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/troops-europe-withdraw-cavoli-republicans-00007176
https://x.com/Nihonpolitics/status/1910096159835594786
According to Fox News, it was Japan whose sale of American bonds yesterday forced Trump's hand to announce a 90-day suspension of tariffs (except for China).
Ukraine had the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world before 1994. It had a sizable heavy bomber fleet until the mid-2000s. It had a stockpile of cruise missiles. But Western governments decided that all that hardware was posing a threat, so most of it was scrapped—but some especially deadly items were handed over to Russia.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/10/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1141-chinese-man-paid-to-join-russian-army-while-zelenskyy-offers-50-billion-for-us-defense-package/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/10/zelenskyy-ukraine-ready-to-spend-30-50-billion-to-buy-us-defense-package/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/forbes-ukraine-deploys-japans-mud-capable-vehicles-in-high-risk-defensive-construction/
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/09/frontline-report-ukraines-new-commander-appointment-transforms-eastern-battlefield/
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50487
Spartz Calls Zelensky 'Moron,' Rebuffs Telegraph Report
The Ukrainian-born US congresswoman claimed an article citing her saying Ukraine would have to cede land to Russia had twisted her words – but didn't directly clarify whether she thought it would.
https://www.uawire.org/ukraine-secures-third-eu-tranche-from-frozen-russian-assets-for-reconstruction-efforts
https://www.uawire.org/russian-media-claims-ukrainian-drones-flew-1-200-km-to-attack-military-airfield-in-orenburg-region
https://ukrainetoday.org/video-shows-4-captive-ukrainian-troops-killed-by-men-identified-as-russian-forces/
https://ukrainetoday.org/i-know-what-the-hell-im-doing-trump-abruptly-changed-course-on-tariffs-without-warning-advisers-nyt/
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukraine-is-making-fpv-drones-without-chinese-parts-and-at-lower-cost/
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukrainian-long-range-strikes-cut-russias-shell-fire-rate-by-nearly-half-syrskyi-says/
https://ukrainetoday.org/future-german-government-vows-support-for-ukraine-with-no-taurus-mention/
https://ukrainetoday.org/russia-is-seeing-first-massive-corporate-defaults/
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-diplomacy-talks-istanbul-embassy-darchiyev/33377660.html
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/09/russias-only-tv-manufacturer-discontinues-production-a88670
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/russias-regional-leaders-have-taken.html
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/young-russians-shouldnt-be-treated-as.html
https://x.com/joni_askola/status/1909926030057308373
russia is actually losing the war it started in Ukraine. Here's why:
https://kyivindependent.com/us-aid-has-dropped-main-support-comes-from-europe-syrskyi-says/
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/we-are-fighting-the-lies-and-propaganda-of-the-kremlin/427778
https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-shuts-airports-amid-overnight-drone-attack-video-50505006.html
https://english.nv.ua/nation/liberovs-document-pokrovsk-under-constant-russian-strikes-call-city-a-humanitarian-catastrophe-50505128.html
https://english.nv.ua/nation/coalition-led-by-uk-france-to-aid-ukraine-security-post-ceasefire-but-us-position-risks-stalling-50505113.html
https://snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-psychological-vulnerability?utm_source=substack&publication_id=310897&post_id=160967622&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1kglih&triedRedirect=true
Trump's Psychological Vulnerability And the Destruction of the American Economy
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climate
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/09/kill-them-all-stop-wasting-our-money-on-green-pipe-dreams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kill-them-all-stop-wasting-our-money-on-green-pipe-dreams
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op1xtxEgz_Y
Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) NL
https://www.lesoir.be/662595/article/2025-03-18/la-couche-dozone-atteint-des-niveaux-historiquement-bas-au-dessus-de-larctique
The ozone layer has reached historically low levels over the Arctic
Despite the low levels, however, it is not considered an "Arctic ozone hole."
https://unitedworld.earth/ban-airliners-from-jetstream-worlwide/
https://nos.nl/artikel/2329631-ozongat-boven-noordpool-en-straks-mogelijk-ook-boven-nederland
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