I have said on various podcasts that a 10% tariff is really a tariff. Beyond that, it is political to force free trade. Most countries are dropping tariffs on US goods, creating what Trump actually was trying to create – FREE TRADE. The beligerent one is, of course, France. Macron has a Napoleon Complex, […]
How did the Trump Administration come up with these tariff rates? Why would a nation like Madagascar, for example, with a small economy, be hit with a 47% tariff? Reciprocal tariffs were determined based on America’s trade deficit with other nations. They took each nation’s trade surplus with the US by total exports and divided […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the man who fought tooth and nail to maintain sanctuary city status for migrants, has abandoned the Democratic Party. The Democrats have become so deeply unpopular that even Adams does not want to run for mayor under the DNC umbrella of madness. “People often say, ‘You don’t sound like […]
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zelensky-Reniggs.mp4 QUESTION: I take it you agree with Putin that Zelensky is not legitimate and that Trump is wrong. Would you care to explain your position? WG ANSWER: I believe that Trump is being fed bad info regarding Ukraine, NATO, and Europe. Putin is absolutely correct, and Trump is dead wrong. No peace deal […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 989.94 points or -2.77% to 34,735.93 • Shanghai decreased 8.12 points or -0.24% to 3,342.01 • Hang Seng decreased 352.72 points or -1.52% to 22,849.81 • ASX 200 decreased 74.80 points or -0.94% to 7,859.70 • SENSEX decreased 322.08 points […]
Tariff concerns have heightened to such an extreme level that China and Japan are discussing deepening ties. Donald Trump may be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for that one. Japan and China, along with South Korea, held their first trade discussions in half a decade where they agreed to navigate US tariffs. One of the […]
Companies are beginning to move production to the United States to avoid tariffs. “President Trump’s economic polices are simple: if you invest in and create jobs in America, you’ll be rewarded. We’ll lower regulations and reduce taxes,” Vice President J.D. Vance posted online. “But if you build outside of the United States, you’re on your […]
Donald Trump signed an executive order that will require voters to show ID before voting for proof of citizenship, a move that has angered Democrats to the point of filing charges against the president. The Democratic National Committee (DNC), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have filed a […]
It has begun. German hospitals are preparing for war. Germany has embarked on its first permanent foreign deployment of its troops outside of Germany since the days of Hitler and World War II. Merz is a very dangerous warmonger, and Germany’s parliament has approved the dispatch of German troops to eastern Lithuania, along NATO’s eastern […]
President Trump announced a baseline 10% tariff on U.S. imports, with steeper reciprocal levies on goods from Europe, Japan, China, and more than 50 other nations. The problem is that he will be blamed for the recession/depression the world is headed into, which will not bottom until August 25th, 2028. Economists widely criticized tariffs for […]
