Author: Mike

It appears that Trump is now taking credit for the tremendous rally in the stock market yesterday after he put a 90-day pause on his insane tariffs (except for China) that originally caused the markets to tank and wipe out over $6 trillion in value. That’s a bit like pouring gasoline around your house, setting… Continue reading April 10, 2025

If this is what ‘Make America Great Again’ looks like, I think I’d prefer just mediocrity without the chaos. Every morning, we all wake up with the same thought, “What self-inflicted crisis will we be dealing with today?”  Lately, of course, it has been the trade war that was started by Trump that has eviscerated… Continue reading April 9, 2025

As America and the world continue to try to navigate the tariff mine field Trump planted, some countries are reportedly trying to negotiate their way to a safe path ahead while others like China have vowed to fight. When Trump imposed additional 34% tariffs on top of existing tariffs, China immediately responded with a retaliatory… Continue reading April 8, 2025

No doubt many people will be waking up this morning wondering, “How much money will I lose today?” or “How damaged is my 401K?”  The plunge in the market last week that resulted in the evaporation of trillions of dollars of wealth was the direct result of Trump’s blunderbuss approach to tariffs coupled with the… Continue reading April 7, 2025

Yesterday my daughter and I proudly joined thousands of people in Boston for the “Hands Off!” rally/protest. It was heartening to see so many people of all ages, genders, races, religions and backgrounds all united in the belief that American democracy is under attack and this drive towards authoritarianism must stop. Given the massive protests… Continue reading April 6, 2025

Trump keeps saying there is a ‘national emergency’ as justification for some of the actions he is taking. One would think that if there is a real national emergency, not to mention the plunging stock market which is wiping trillions of dollars off the map, that a president would feel compelled to stay in Washington… Continue reading April 5, 2025

With the stroke of a pen, Trump wiped out about $2.5 TRILLION in wealth with his nonsensical trade war. That is before all of the 180 nations affected have retaliated. Most credible economists were stunned by the math Trump and his clowns used to calculate what the tariffs should be for each of these countries… Continue reading April 4, 2025

Congratulations everyone! Your buying power just went down! Trump issued in his sweeping tariffs with the push for at least a 10% tariff on everything that is imported into the United States and in the cases of some countries like Vietnam, it is a whopping 46%. Foreign cars will be hit with a 25% tariff.… Continue reading April 3, 2025

Several Executive Orders were signed by Trump last night in what he said was an effort to bring the country and the world together. He said, “There is just too much divisiveness and since I am the great unifier, I am signing these orders.”  Trump has tasked J.D. Vance with adding these tasks to his… Continue reading April 1, 2025

Trump says he is slapping a twenty five percent tariff on foreign-made cars in order to bring all aspects of auto manufacturing back to the United States. If only the world was that simple. Even for cars that are primarily manufactured or assembled here, they often import parts for overseas manufacturers. The bottom line is… Continue reading March 31, 2025