Stephen Silver

1 week ago | nationalsecurityjournal.org | Stephen Silver

Donald Trump returned to the presidency earlier this year on the strength of a coalition very different from most winning Republican coalitions in the past. As the Associated Press noted the week of the election in November, Trump won with a coalition that included his traditional base of white voters, those without college degrees, and older voters, while doing much better with most demographics, including younger people, and Black and Hispanic men.

1 week ago | nationalsecurityjournal.org | Stephen Silver

The actions of the Federal Reserve have traditionally been independent and outside the realm of politics. According to the Fed’s website, while the Fed is “ultimately accountable to the public and the Congress,” neither the president nor Congress tells the Fed what to do.

1 week ago | nationalsecurityjournal.org | Stephen Silver

Donald Trump’s overall approval rating remains underwater. Per the RealClearPolling average, as of Wednesday afternoon, 50.3 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance, while 46.9 percent approve. However, per Newsweek, a pair of positive polls recently arrived for the president. The Trump Comeback According to the PollsThe latest poll tracker from Rasmussen shows Trump with an approval rating of 50 percent, compared to a disapproval rating of 48 percent.

1 week ago | stephensilver.substack.com | Stephen Silver

While she was in six different movies in 1993, Sandra Bullock first broke through as a movie star in Speed, in the summer of 1994, which everyone remembers as a high-octane action thriller, but also boasted a pretty convicing romance plot between Bullock and Keanu Reeves. So the following year, Bullock starred in a full-on rom-com, While You Were Sleeping, which ended up a huge hit, and set up Bullock for decades of movie stardom, and has continued to star in romcoms up to The Lost City, in 2022.

1 week ago | nationalsecurityjournal.org | Stephen Silver

Did Donald Trump Damage the U.S. Dollar? Last week, as a result of the chaotic week of tariffs being imposed and pulled back, the value of the U.S. dollar slipped last Friday to its lowest level since April of 2022, according to Forbes. It was a bit of bad news for what’s traditionally been one of the safest investments. The U.S. Dollar Index, which on election day last year was at 103.42, reached as high as 109.96 in mid-January.