Jonathan Lemire
Co-Host at Morning Joe
Contributing Writer at The Atlantic
@MSNBC: Host @WayTooEarly; @Morning_Joe @Politico: White House Bureau Chief. Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-@AP, Dad, Mr @carriemelago, Red Sox [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Jonathan Lemire |Russell Berman
Ask President Donald Trump’s aides and allies, and they’ll tell you that the proclamation that jolted the stock market this afternoon was all part of the president’s grand plan to reset America’s trade imbalance. An aggressive push on tariffs had prompted dozens of countries to come begging Trump for mercy. Once they did, he offered them a 90-day reprieve while escalating the pressure on China. The decision sent the markets into a celebratory frenzy.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Jonathan Lemire
In Donald Trump’s first term, advisers who wanted to check his most dramatic impulses reliably turned to two places to act as guardrails: the stock market and cable news. If the markets reacted badly to something Trump did, they found, he would likely change course to match Wall Street’s moves.
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Jonathan Lemire
President Donald Trump said he pushed his so-called “Liberation Day” from yesterday to today to avoid April Fool’s Day—“because then nobody would believe what I said.” Now, instead of falling on a date devoted to pranks, Trump’s announcement about a new wave of reciprocal tariffs comes at a moment when his White House is facing a sobering reality.
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker |Jonathan Lemire
As senior officials deny wrongdoing, rank-and-file national-security personnel worry about the dangers if no one is held accountable.
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker |Jonathan Lemire
In the telling of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, he was only executing his duties when he shared plans about a forthcoming attack on Yemen in an unclassified group chat on the Signal messaging app. “My job,” he told reporters during a swing through Hawaii, “is to provide updates in real time.”The implication: Nothing to see here.
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