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Monday, March 24, 2025

Various...

‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration’s war plan group chat

America’s rich scramble to open Swiss bank accounts over Trump fears

Trump says countries that purchase oil from Venezuela will pay 25% tariff on any trade with U.S.

Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan

That Portrait (I'm  not seeing the big deal. I saw it and it looks pretty good to me.)

US could default on debt as soon as July

Erdoğan seizes geopolitical moment to snuff out democratic opposition

Tesla Sales in Europe Crater
Posted by John (Ad Orientem) at 2:56 PM
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Labels: current events, defense, Donald Trump, economics, Foreign Affairs, Politics, sovereign debt, Turkey

1 comment:

Not-Bessarion said...

With regard to Hegseth's Yemen leak... You were right about Hegseth. I was wrong. What an asinine failure by the whole administration.

3/24/2025 3:05 PM

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