May 07, 2025
Week 26 — The Return
The most noteworthy stories this week revolve around Trump’s grift. We’ve been covering Trump’s irreverence around conflicts of interest in the second regime, as well as examples each week of his using the office of the presidency to line his pockets; this week it seemed to all come together with some great reporting by the Times. If you want a good primer on how Trump has pocketed billions from cryptocurrency alone, you can read my article here.
April 30, 2025
Week 25 — The Return
Well the results are in for Trump’s first 100 days, and the reviews are overwhelmingly awful. Polls show his approval ratings dipped into the high 30s, the lowest for any president’s first 100 days in 80 years. Trump has gone net negative on every single issue, including immigration and the economy, the top two issues that he ran on. Nearly half of Americans give him a grade of “F” for his first 100 days. The S&P 500 had its worst performance in the first 100 days of a presidency in 50 years. Even the conservative WSJ Editorial Board summed it up as, “At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble.”
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April 23, 2025
Week 24 — The Return
This is the week it all started to fall apart for Trump. He ended what was a disastrous week for his regime, having to capitulate with a public statement that he did not intend to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and softening his tone on China. His statements came after Wall Street dubbed a broad sell-off of U.S. stocks, U.S. government debt, and the U.S. dollar the Trump ‘Sell America’ trade. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 were also on track for their worst April since the Great Depression. Not exactly the stuff of making America great again.
May 07, 2025
Week 26 — The Return
The most noteworthy stories this week revolve around Trump’s grift. We’ve been covering Trump’s irreverence around conflicts of interest in the second regime, as well as examples each week of his using the office of the presidency to line his pockets; this week it seemed to all come together with some great reporting by the Times. If you want a good primer on how Trump has pocketed billions from cryptocurrency alone, you can read my article here.
April 30, 2025
Week 25 — The Return
Well the results are in for Trump’s first 100 days, and the reviews are overwhelmingly awful. Polls show his approval ratings dipped into the high 30s, the lowest for any president’s first 100 days in 80 years. Trump has gone net negative on every single issue, including immigration and the economy, the top two issues that he ran on. Nearly half of Americans give him a grade of “F” for his first 100 days. The S&P 500 had its worst performance in the first 100 days of a presidency in 50 years. Even the conservative WSJ Editorial Board summed it up as, “At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble.”
April 23, 2025
Week 24 — The Return
This is the week it all started to fall apart for Trump. He ended what was a disastrous week for his regime, having to capitulate with a public statement that he did not intend to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and softening his tone on China. His statements came after Wall Street dubbed a broad sell-off of U.S. stocks, U.S. government debt, and the U.S. dollar the Trump ‘Sell America’ trade. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 were also on track for their worst April since the Great Depression. Not exactly the stuff of making America great again.
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