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Stocks Slide After Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Wall Funding, Killing NAFTA

Stocks Slide After Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Wall Funding, Killing NAFTA

Yesterday, when stocks surged at the market open following Politico's report that Trump is unexpectedly "making strides" on tax reform, we warned that "it can all be wiped away as soon as tonight, when Trump will deliver a speech to his "base", in which he may promptly burn any of the goodwill he created with capital markets following his far more conventional Afghanistan speech last night."Well, that's precisely what happened, because on Tuesday night, in another fiery campaign rally, Trump fiercely defended his response to violence in Charlottesville, made passing remarks from a

A Mainstream Dose Of Reality On Iraq

Authored by Jacob Hornberger via RonPaulLibertyReport.com,

Ever since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, we have been hit with a multiplicity of bromides, myths, falsehoods, and deceptions by U.S. officials and the mainstream media.

“Saddam was coming to get us with his WMDs.”

 

“Mushroom clouds were going to start appearing over U.S. cities.”

 

“The troops in Iraq are defending our freedoms.”

 

"The troops are bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq.”

 

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