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3 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer April 4, 2025 — 11.45am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Donald Trump loved “Liberation Day”. There he was on Wednesday afternoon, launching the biggest global trade war since the 1930s – the one that ultimately fuelled the Great Depression.
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3 weeks ago | 
tolerance.ca | Bruce Wolpe
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3 weeks ago | 
theconversation.com | Bruce Wolpe
The Democrats have been under intense pressure to find an effective way to challenge US President Donald Trump without control of either chamber of Congress or a de facto opposition leader. They may have just found one. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker took the Senate floor on Monday evening in Washington to give a speech lambasting Trump’s actions. He didn’t stop talking – aside for the occasional question from a fellow Democrat – until Tuesday night, 25 hours later.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Bruce Wolpe
6 hours agoWASHINGTON – It's been more than 20 hours. Sen. Cory Booker has not sat down, or even wandered far from his desk on the Senate floor, where he has been delivering a marathon speech railing against President Donald Trump and his administration's sweeping policy changes. Since he started speaking at 7 …
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3 weeks ago | 
johnmenadue.com | Bruce Wolpe
There will be myriad effects from the decision last week by the OPEC+ oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut production and increase the price of oil. None of them are good. The energy supply and price squeeze in a Europe already bracing for brutal days and nights as winter approaches will be tightened. Inflation gets a boost and the central banks will keep raising interest rates.
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3 weeks ago | 
johnmenadue.com | Bruce Wolpe
And you thought the big digital entertainment in the months ahead is Donald Trumps return to Twitter. Hah. What is coming to a split-screen near you in 2023 is much more dramatic. It is a direct result of Attorney General Merrick Garlands appointment of a Special Counsel, Jack Smith, to take forward two critical investigations that may well seek to bring Trump to justice, and to show to the American people that no one, not even a former president, is above the law.
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3 weeks ago | 
johnmenadue.com | Bruce Wolpe
_The Alliance is fully bipartisan in Canberra and Washington. It is not subject to which party occupies the White House or has a majority in the House of Representatives in Australia. _Capitals of power all over the world are taking their measure of Australias election. Encrypted cables out of Canberra are in hyperdrive. If not placing bets, they are thinking through the consequences over who forms government here next. Jerusalem wants the Liberal-National Party coalition to win.
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1 month ago | 
watoday.com.au | Bruce Wolpe
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1 month ago | 
smh.com.au | Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer March 13, 2025 — 11.55am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Let’s take Tuesday of this week in Washington. Donald Trump trashed the 20-year-old free trade agreement with Australia and launched punitive tariffs against an ally who runs a huge trade deficit with the United States – exactly what Trump is demanding from every country.
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1 month ago | 
smh.com.au | Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer February 28, 2025 — 3.30pm February 28, 2025 — 3.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
