Benjamin Hart

New York

Editor and Writer, Daily Intelligencer at New York Magazine

Detroit cop out of my element, editor/writer @nymag's @intelligencer.

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Why Wall Street Is Unfazed by Trump's Tariff Chaos

6 days ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

On April 2nd, which he dubbed "Liberation Day," President Trump announced that he would impose punishing, so-called reciprocal tariffs on about 90 countries. Soon after, I spoke with Wedbush Capital analyst Dan Ives, who warned that the U.S. could be headed for economic disaster. Ives was far from alone in his alarm, and as markets swooned, Trump announced that he would delay the tariffs for 90 days.
A Long Talk With Mark Cuban

1 week ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

Mark Cuban is one of America's most public-facing billionaires. Having made a fortune before and during the dot com bubble - he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999 - Cuban leveraged his riches into pop-culture ubiquity. In 2000, he bought the Dallas Mavericks, bankrolling them to respectability and a championship before selling his majority stake in 2023 (well before the Luka Dončić trade debacle).
Jake Tapper Dissects Bidenworld's 'Big Lie'

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

Original Sin, which came out on Tuesday, has captured the Zeitgeist in a way rare for political books not centered on Donald Trump. The best-selling, heavily reported exposé by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson paints a picture of President Joe Biden's rapid physical and mental deterioration in office. Biden, they report, frequently failed to carry out the traditional duties of the presidency, alarming lawmakers, fundraisers, and anyone else who witnessed his decline up close.
What India Lost in Its Brief Battle With Pakistan

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

After four days of deadly fighting between India and Pakistan that seemed near the edge of catastrophe, the two sides abruptly agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Saturday. The conflict began with an April terrorist attack by Pakistani militants in the long-disputed region of Kashmir, during which gunmen shot and killed 26 people at a popular vacation spot in the Indian-administered part of the region. India accused Pakistan's government of being behind the attack, a charge Pakistan denied.
What India Lost in Its Brief Battle With Pakistan

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Benjamin Hart

3 hours agoPakistani actors Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan, and Mawra Hocane, among others, have built a strong fan base in India. Their Bollywood projects were also lauded by their Indian fans. However, due to the escalating tensions between the two countries led to them getting slammed by netizens, especially when …
How Much Damage Have Trump's Tariffs Already Done?

1 month ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

President Trump's tariffs continue to frighten businesses and consumers alike. Last week, stiff automobile tariffs went into effect, severely clouding the economic outlook of U.S. carmakers like General Motors and Ford. That's on top of pre-exiting, eye-watering tariffs imposed on China, which are about to impose major costs on U.S. consumers. And then there are the 10 percent tariffs - table stakes for Trump's trade war.
A Democratic Senator Discusses His Trip to Find Kilmar Abrego Garcia

1 month ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration to notorious El Salvador prison remains there. The government has admitted its mistake in court filings, but members of the administration, from Vice President JD Vance to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, continue to falsely accuse him of being a member of the MS-133a gang, going so far to label him as a "terrorist.".
Xi Jinping Has Something Trump Doesn't

1 month ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

President Trump may have paused his tariffs against American allies last week, but he only escalated hostilities against China, raising tariffs on imports from the country to 145 percent. Given America's dependence on Chinese goods, such restrictions will hurt conglomerates and small businesses alike. And tensions between the rival superpowers aren't likely to die down soon.
How the First Phase of the Trade War Ends

2 months ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

With his extreme new round of tariffs in effect as of Wednesday morning, President Trump's trade war is at full throttle. Stock markets around the world keep plummeting, and chaos and uncertainty are the order of the day. but in order to gain a modicum clarity into the situation, I spoke with Olu Sonola, theU.S. Head of Economic Research at Fitch Ratings.
Why Ukraine Still Isn't About to Lose

2 months ago | nymag.com | Benjamin Hart

It hardly seemed like good news for Ukraine when Donald Trump won in November, but the reality has been worse than most expected. While pursuing a thus-far illusory Russia/Ukraine ceasefire, Trump labeled Volodymr Zelenskyy a "dictator," embraced Vladimir Putin's version of the war's history, demanded that Ukraine hand over much of its mineral wealth, and castigated Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

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2 May 25

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Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies