So, the United States is going into the resort business using taxpayers' money. Trump, with Israel’s Prime Minister at his side, laid out a plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip and build resorts. Trump stated, “I don’t want to be cute. I don’t want to be a wise guy, but – the Riviera of the Middle East. This would be so magnificent.” There are some Trump loyalists that are jumping on the bandwagon. Nancy Mace of North Carolina stated, “Let's turn Gaza into Mar-a-logo”. Richard Hudson of North Carolina wrote, “President Trump will never stop working to ensure historic and lasting PEACE”. House Speaker Johnson stated, “We’re trying to get the details of it, but I think this is a good development.” Of course, all Republicans were not enthused. Ron Paul wrote, “The pursuit for peace should be that of the Israelis and the Palestinians. I thought we voted for America First”. Lindsey Graham stated, “Let’s see what our Arab friends have to say about that.” Do we as a natio...
Things are moving fast. We are deporting immigrants. We are threatening allies and enemies alike with tariffs. We have Allies threatening retaliation tariffs in return. We are going to build temporary housing for immigrant detainees that Trump calls “criminal aliens” in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those are just a few of the things that are happening in the chaos that we call the Trump administration. We knew it was going to be a mess but I didn’t think it would start at the pace that it would. As of Tuesday, Trump said he would enact a 25 percent tariff against Mexico and Canada. Canada is one of the largest importers of American goods. The best data I could find is that Canada 2023 exported $439.6 billion to the United States and imported $427.7 billion. Yes, there is a slight trade imbalance but, really it is pretty small. Not this huge deficit that we have been led to believe. If you look at what we import from Canada we really do not have a deficit at all. We are the lead...