The story you won’t hear on most news outlets.. WSJ 7/3/2019
Escape from hell (collusion)
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Henninger, TrumpWSJ 4/18/2019 Daniel Henninger
What Trump Might be doing Right – Letters
January 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Republican(s), The Right, TrumpSome very good responses to Peggy Noonan’s editorial of 12/29/2018, where she tried to encourage “Trump insiders” to “speak up – on the record”. ======= Peggy Noonan asks “Trump insiders” to speak candidly about how the administration conducts the people’s business (“Trump Insiders, Come Out of the Shadows,” Declarations, Dec. 29). Two years are indeed enough time to evaluate the conduct of... Read more
Is Trump Really Ready to Negotiate?
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, N Korea, TrumpYou- and Trump -may not like history, but there it is. ==== 5/3/2018 WSJ. By Jay Winik How risky is the proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un? As America’s greatest modern presidents have found, summitry is an inherently high-stakes gamble. No matter how well scripted, events can take on a life of their own—or go dangerously awry. In... Read more
Tariffs
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, TrumpWe’ve seen this movie before.. ==== WSJ 3/7/2018 From a 1930 letter signed by 1,028 economists opposed to the Smoot- Hawley Tariff Act: We are convinced that increased protective duties would be a mistake. They would operate, in general, to increase the prices which domestic consumers would have to pay. By raising prices they would encourage concerns with higher costs to undertake production,... Read more
Tale of Two Shutdowns
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TrumpIf you don’t “get it”, I am not sure I can help. ========= WSJ 1/22/2018 The government shutdown continued on Sunday as Senate Democrats imitate Republican Ted Cruz’s 2013 strategy of using government funding to force a President’s hand on an unrelated issue. Mr. Cruz wanted ObamaCare repeal while Democrats want to coerce the GOP on immigration, but the budget blackmail strategy deserves... Read more


