The southern neighbor of the U.S., Mexico, is a source for much tension due to illegal immigration, political tension and drugs. Trump has promised to change the situation by closing the border, be tougher towards Mexico, impose tariffs and fight the Mexican criminal cartels. A few days ago, the Trump administration formally designated eight Latin…
Trump has been starting his presidency in full force, creating much global friction, as it relates to Ukraine, the Middle East and with tariffs. In his first term as president, Trump was predominately focused on China, but this term he is also turning his head across the Atlantic, to deal with Europe and what he…
Nothing could better describe the difference between Trump’s America and the main powers in Europe, Germany, France and the UK, as divergence, a difference or conflict in opinions, interests, and wishes, simply a fundamental divergence of attitude. Many other European countries fall in the same categories, but some do not, like Italy, Hungary, Poland and…
Trump has started his presidency in a furious tempo with more than 200 executive orders and a packed agenda with trade, peace efforts and finalizing his nominations. He has, not surprisingly, stirred the pot and managed to anger many with his threats of tariffs towards China, Mexica, Canada and Europe, and created tension by annoying…
On February 12th, inflation hit 3% for the first time in seven months. The continued stalled progress on taming price growth will keep central bank officials from lowering interest rates and could even raise the specter of rate hikes. The latest reading widens the gap to the Fed’s 2% inflation target. The report is based…
