US duties, adieu on Le Pen and a very, but many, rare diamond
- French court pull out Marin Le Pen From the election post, ie. The most popular presidential candidate will not be admitted to the head of state and even a MP (if he fails to appeal in the meantime) in 2027.
- Greece has announced « most drastic transformation » of defense with $ 25 billion in 12 years and two-pillar strategy: integration of avant-garde technologies and engagement of the military-industrial complex in each of the re-equipment programs.
- The European Commission has proposed postponing some requirements for emissions from cars and for protection of personal data.
- Hungary has announced that leaves International Criminal Court On a day when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted by Ins arrived in Budapest. However, the procedure is not short – it takes about a year.
- The US Embassies in Europe had to explain in instructions with requirements for their companies to certify in writing that they are abandoning DEI policies and programs. What does this mean to Bulgaria – hereS
- Spacex led four astronauts with the Fram2 mission, which is the first manned By trajectory above the two earth poles from low (430 km) orbit. The International Space Station does not see the North and South Pole at the same time, it was only done by the Lunar Apollo missions, but from a long distance.
- China called a « parasite » Taiwanese President Lai Chin and trains the island surrounding two days with the teachings Strait Thunder 2025A. Not only did they include almost all troops, but they were also announced at 8pm, most likely to test the reaction of Taiwan, Japan and the United States in off-hours. Someone said that Beijing (if he decided) would try to regain Taiwan only between 9am and 6pm?
Focus
iPhone for $ 2,300
After 40 years considers trade deficits a sign of weakness and repeats for other countries « they take advantage of us and make us tear » Trump has decided to change the basics of global trade And the place of the United States in it. « We’re already behind the wheel, » he said on Thursday.
The shocking all the restoration of this view began at a time not in a deep crisis, from which everyone wants salvation, and when the United States rises by 2.8%(the fastest among developed economies), unemployment is only 4.1%, inflation – 2.8%, and stock indexes are rising from activity. The UBS Bank forecasts are now to stop growth in 2025 and a recession in the first half of 2026.
- The standard business action in such a shock is to wait 8-10 months to increase prices, download interest rates from the Central Bank to Stimulate Consumption, the appearance of the promised in the election campaign to reduce taxes and regulation and adapt to the new reality. In practice, it is more complicated and unpredictable, especially when the United States embarks on the most dramatic restructuring after the cancellation of the gold standard by Richard Nixon in 1971, and in a much more globalized world.
There is also a dramatic political pricewarned the senator Rand Paul. President William McKinley raised duties in 1890 and in the next elections Republicans lose 50% of parliamentary seats. With a significant increase in customs duties in 1922, the party lost the same year 77 seats. Due to the duties of Senators, Smutt and Holes in the early 1930s, the Republican Party lost the two chambers of Congress for 60 years.
Under the spotlight
Musk’s heir to Doge?
Steve Davis, a longtime loyal supporter of Ilon Musk, is practically the leader of the Government Efficiency Division (Doge). Musk is simply an employee and presidential envoy to the agency.
After several publications reminded this week that Musk will leave his position in the coming weeks, the question arose who will inherit it there. Davis seems to be a logical favorite.
At 45, he is practically the leader of Doge operations. There is more power than Amy Glieson, who is formally the Doge leader, but sometimes was ignorant of Davis’ decisions.
He is so devoted to his tasks that Musk says about him: « Steve is like chemotherapy. A little chemotherapy can save your life, many chemotherapy can kill you. »
Formula of the Week
This is how the formula that, according to the White House, calculates how big the difference between US duties and other countries is to US imports. It was widespread after serious doubts emerged that the announced by President Donald Trump was an unacceptable elementary account, which was also made only for the trade in goods but not with services.
Quote of the week
| « He is not against NATO but is against NATO who has no abilities needed to fulfill the obligations undertaken by each member with the Washington Treaty » |
That’s what he said in Brussels Secretary of State Marco Rubio Regarding the doubts that with words and actions, President Donald Trump and his administration question the future of the Alliance. This doubts are « hysteria », Rubio said, quoted by Reuters. « The United States is in NATO and active in NATO, as they have always been, » he added.
And something else
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