Politics

Authored by James Freeman, op-ed via The Wall Street Journal,

The Unapologetic American - Donald Trump brings a new message to the Middle East.

The following article by David Haggith was published on The Great Recession Blog:

When financial Armageddon arrives, it can hit in a flash like a dangerous rogue wave — the kind that rises up when two big waves from different storms intersect and merge into a single wave big enough to capsize a ship. The global Wannacry warware attack and endless waves of Trump turbulence came together with just such damaging synergy last week, knocking the top off the Trump rally.

Black swans unite and strike stocks

Authored by Judith Bergmann via The Gatestone Institute,

• Shielding heads of state from seeing the consequences of the policies that they themselves have forced on the entire European continent represents a staggering new level of hypocrisy.

Update: just minutes later, the entire move is reversing after a follow up from Reuters according to which the ANC spokesman has denied the initial report; :

• SOUTH AFRICA'S ANC SPOKESMAN DENIES TWITTER REPORTS THAT ZUMA'S REMOVAL TO BE DISCUSSED AT PARTY MEETING: RTRS

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More details of President Donald Trump's first budget proposal were reported Monday by Bloomberg and Reuters. The leaks add to the picture of what we know about Trump’s budget, which also includes a flurry of leaks published by The Washington Post, the Associated Press and Bloomberg late Sunday, which fleshed out Trump’s plans to slash entitlement spending.