Can Trump Re-Industrialize America Without Blowing-Up The World?
Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, The G-7 Blues What’s at stake in all these international confabs like the G-7 are the tenuous supply lines that keep the global …
Zero Hedge
“I’m Not Going Nuts”: Biden Swears He’s Sane Amid Senior Moments And Gaffes Galore
While the anti-Trump media has pivoted back to the whole ‘Trump is crazy’ / 25th Amendment impeachment fantasy revived by GOP challengers Bill Weld and Joe Walsh, former Vice President Joe Biden’s stumbling senior …
Macron & Trump Suggest Direct Meeting With Iran’s Rouhani Possible “In Weeks”
Speaking at the close of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France on Monday, President Trump said he’s “open” to meeting with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. This was in response to French …
We Are Being Warned That This Last Week Of August “Could Be Highly Volatile” For Global Financial Markets
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Are things about to break loose in a major way? At the end of last week, the trade war between the …
Trader Rages How Market Is “Haplessly Complicit In Allowing Itself To Be Manipulated”
Dow futures rose 700 points from overnight lows, shrugging off dismal German sentiment data in favor of some (denied) comments from Trump that talks continue with China… But, since the …
“Call Or No Call?” Mnuchin Explains What “Really” Happened
Dow futures plunged 200 points early this morning after China denied a call had taken place with Trump’s team (a headline that had juiced US equity futures 700 Dow points …
Tesla Scrambles To Hike Prices In China, Blames Yuan Weakness
Tesla plans on once again raising prices in China – marking yet another shift in pricing strategy overseas. Changes to pricing overseas (in the case of earlier this year, a barrage of …
Dazed Traders Wake Up To Stock Surge After Surreal Night
US traders went to bed last night with US equity futures down about 30 points from their Friday close. They woke up with the Emini as much as 40 points …
Trump Says China “Called”, Wants To Restart Trade Talks; China Denies, Has No Idea What Trump Talking About
We have reached the “hallucination” phase of the trade war. With Trump making it clear on Sunday night that he was looking at the plunging US equity futures in sheer …
Will Europe Ever Shake Its Dependence On Russian Energy?
Authored by Wenyuan Wu via OilPrice.com, Much of the current discourse over Europe’s economic “independence” has revolved around its increasingly-tense relationship with the Trump administration over foreign policy issues such …