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Swiss Pharma Company Announces $23 Billion U.S. Investment Days After Trump Pledged ‘Major Tariff’ on Drug Imports. Just think about how many job and how many taxes will this provide! [Hidden Content] @UT alum @CardinalBacker

From the article: "This weekend, the US and Iran will hold their first semi-direct talks in years, despite the previous insistence of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in barring such talks. What changed? First, the Iranian security situation has degraded rapidly over the last few months, thanks to their stupidity in attacking Israel directly as well as indirectly through their proxies. That has left the mullahs more exposed than ever before in their 46-year run as theocratic tyrants in Iran. That's not the only reason, the New York Times reports today. The Iranians may have finally realized that Donald Trump returned to office with the goal of settling scores -- and that a squadron of B-2 Stealth bombers in Diego Garcia aren't waiting around just for show. The government pressured Khamenei to end the ban and allow them to try to talk their way out of destruction:" [Hidden Content]

And if you want to know where the real problem lies, pay attention to who is complaining about what DOGE is doing.

Trump went to the Wharton School of Finance. Wharton is exclusive. It has produced the highest number of US billionaires. Only a few in Washington have the economic foundation that Trump has! [Hidden Content] @Big girl @UT alum @Boyz N Da Hood @CardinalBacker

Nicholas is 0-13 on the road,should be a relatively laid back weekend for the Cards!

Yeah, right.😃😃😃

Yep, he was looking for trouble and found it. I don’t think that a knife at school is a crime though. It can be a justification for suspension or expulsion.

We could tell the houthis what and when and they couldn’t stop it. The mobile missile launchers are another thing.

You can thank Biden...... DOGE......They are laying off unnecessary workers and cutting unnecessary spending..... Let them work..... "raise taxes" - spoken like a true Democrat...

What happened? Did he pause some more tariffs? Heck no!!!!

Yep.

Stocks at 439. How can that be?

4/10/25 Kelly- 13 Legacy Prep Christian- 3 Conroe Northside Home School-4 Tarkington- 0

No DEI allowed. These are totally merit based jobs…….no clowns.

Deficit spending is just a nice way of saying overdraft, or better yet, hot check. When you take in $5 trillion and spend $7 trillion, it reminds me of my wife in our early years, except for the amounts. Lol I agree with your last statement.

Here’s the problem. We’ve got the second highest deficit recorded ever for the first half of fiscal year 2025. [Hidden Content] The only time our deficit spending for a similar time period was in the first half of fiscal year 2021… the pandemic. The payments made on our debt in this year window were $582 billion, up 10% from a year ago. Our cost to borrow has exploded at the same time our borrowing is exploding, too. We have to cut spending and raise taxes, period. Anything else is not going to work. And I have no idea why Trump is trying to play tough with China on trade when they OWN most of our debt. They sent us consumables and we gave them our treasure. Our greed required us to then borrow “our old money” back from them to survive, and now rates have gone up, as they were always prone to do. People don’t realize how badly we’re hooked at this point. It’s time for Americans to realize that the way things have been (borrowing to cover everyday expenditures on a federal level) wasn’t sustainable.

The thing is if anyone else was doing this, wouldn’t hear a thing, It’s all TDS driven.

Yeah right. Economists said that they were one of the reasons that deepened the Great Depression.. Does this sound familiar Purpose: The act was designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers by making imported goods more expensive, thus encouraging consumers to buy domestically produced products. Impact: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods, significantly increasing the average tariff rate. Retaliation: Other countries retaliated with their own tariffs on American goods, leading to a decline in U.S. exports and a collapse of international trade. Consequences: The act is widely considered to have deepened the Great Depression by making it harder for American businesses to sell goods abroad and contributing to a global economic downturn. Criticism: Many economists and historians criticize the act as a policy misstep and a cautionary example of protectionism. Later Developments: The act was eventually followed by the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, which sought to promote more liberal trade agreements.

So no mess before he got in office? I know you got fingers crossed that he’ll fail, but he won’t. Enjoy your window to crow, it won’t last.

What’s love without discipline(pain) band aides only work for so long

Well, he sure created it overnight, didn’t he?

Stocks starting out in the green…..for those who haven’t taken a gander.

Several ways to look at it. He has a 90 day pause on everyone but China. We import 549 BILLION from China each year. I'm not sure it that includes TEMU and other direct apps. While our prices on certain things may go up, can China afford to cut that in half? While they can sell to other countries, we can buy from other countries. I'll admit (unlike others) figuring out global markets, trade and general world economics are WAY above my level of understanding fully. I will leave it was this. Trump did well enough in 2016 that he was able to run again, despite all the legal attacks, he won both popular and electoral votes....The majority of people in this country wanted him a second term. No one loves Trump more than Trump......I'll repeat that for those of you in the back.....No one loves Trump more than Trump......He does not want to go down as a bad or lame duck President. His ENTIRE legacy will be around if he can reset the world trade or not. I don't think he would risk it if he (and his team) didn't think it could be done. and you may think Trumps plan is disastrous, and maybe China does too......but if it was so planned that you could follow it, the rest of the world could as well.......The challenging part about Trump, is you NEVER know if he bluffing or serious, and that works to his advantage in negotiations.....

Don Julio. Lol

Be safe out there, we’ll be here, I’m sure.