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The Thērion and you – a Foundation for Fiscal Holocaust, Part III

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Fiscal holocaust - If economic sanctions are used recklessly, they [economic sanction tools] could be broken forever or trigger unforeseen economic and political repercussions that could come back to haunt America.

In the first 100 days of the second Trump Presidency, the President whipsawed threats and implementation of massive tariffs on friend and foe alike, possibly inching toward a foundation for a fiscal holocaust. In a thinly veiled effort to force the re-shoring or relocation of manufacturing to “make America great again,” President Trump tapped the … Read more

The Thērion and you, Brace for Impact? Part II

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After diplomatic cacophony in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent or something else?

Diplomatic hubris descended into Oval Office cacophony on Feb. 28, 2025, as a stunned global audience looked on aghast, tensed up to brace for impact. “You don’t have the cards,” barked President Donald Trump to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrapping up a free-for-all pile-on from administration officials. Hopes of a deal for security guarantees and peace instantly vanished, all-but-scuttled for the time being.
After diplomatic cacophony in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent or something else?
After diplomatic chaos in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent — or something else? (iStock)

A planned staged show of unity collapsed disastrously into chaos, with diplomatic and economic shock waves rolling out of D.C. and across the globe. After a brief pause and no possibility of a signed agreement for Ukrainian minerals, Zelenskyy was asked to leave by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once an advocate for the Ukrainian President.

“The free world needs a new leader”

How bad was the reaction from long-time allies? “Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, quoted in Bloomberg. “It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”

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