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Trump said / lied: “We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we’ve been meeting with China,” Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson He Yadong said: “currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the United States”. www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...

Great work everyone

Good morning world . May April 5th start the clock for Donald

I think Trump missed the class on Ricardo's comparative advantage theory. Must have been out fighting his personal Vietnam that day.

It's not so much that Trump doesn't know how tariffs work,it's that he doesn't know what tariffs are.

Does Trump know that King Charles is Canada's head of state? Does Charles ? Why arrange a state visit for Trump who wants to absorb Canada and is waging economic warfare as the opening round of hostilities? Trump should be shunned, not vindicated www.reuters.com/world/uk/kin...

The 80/20 rule of dating is nonsense. So why do so many people believe it? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

When Trump & Musk swing the DOGE wrecking ball do they know what they are doing? Probably not, but the people behind them do...it is reducing the United States to the States. The robber-baron fiefdoms are being prepared for the oligarchs. www.facebook.com/share/r/18eY...

Something to think about

Message to MAGA: Trade is complicated. Global supply chains are very complicated Raising barriers to trade with your biggest markets will cost you dearly. Exhibit A: Brexit strangling UK- EU trade www.theguardian.com/business/202...