Flotsam and Jetsam - World in a Tizzy Over Tariffs

Jeez, are we still talking about tariffs, instead of something significant, like say, Signalgate? At OTP, a Shock Poll: Trump’s Popularity Rises Amid Tariffs Hysteria. Da Mail, Americans deliver shock verdict on Trump's controversial new tariffs "When it comes to Trump's universal 10 percent tariff on all goods coming in from other countries, more Americans support the policy than oppose it." Twitchy says Here's a HARSH Reality Check for the 'Trump Supporters Are Regretting Their Vote' Crowd. Election Wizard @ElectionWiz, "DAILY MAIL: President Donald Trump is more popular now than before he enacted his sweeping new tariffs. —> A Daily Mail/Partners poll found that Trump's approval rating rose to 53 percent, a 4-point increase over last week when it was 49 percent." YaHoo! Hang tough, it won't be easy': Trump defiant on tariffs. At Breitbart a Defiant Trump dismisses stock market’s tariff plunge. Jeremy Frankel at TownHall hears JD Vance Says He’s ‘Feeling Good’ About Tariffs. Sundance at CTH hosts Stephen Miller, Rebalancing Global Trade is a “Matter of National Survival.” and Rick Santelli Blasts CNBC Panel for Gaslighting Audience About Trump Tariffs. BillAckman@BillAckman, "@VDHanson makes a compelling case for the @realDonaldTrump tariff strategy, but gets one issue incorrect. He describes the Trump tariffs as reciprocal and proportional to those other nations have assessed on us. In actuality, the Trump tariffs were set at levels substantially above, and in many cases, at a multiple of the counterparty country’s tariff levels. Initially, the market responded favorably, up more than one percent when Trump referred to ‘reciprocal tariffs’ in his Rose Garden speech. It was only when he put up a chart showing the actual tariffs that the markets plunged. We can divine from this response that market participants are supportive of the administration using tariffs as a tool to lower the asymmetrical tariffs of our trading partners, but are highly concerned with tariff levels set well in excess of a corresponding country’s levels. So why did Trump take this approach? The answer goes back to ‘The Art of the Deal.’ Trump’s negotiating style is to ask for the moon and then settle somewhere in between. It has worked well for him in the past so he is using the same approach here. . . " 

Breitbart Business Digest, The Market Finally Realized Trump Meant It. At OTP, Musk Claps Back At Trump Advisor Peter Navarro Over Tariffs. At Althouse "Many business people and investors are still hoping Mr. Trump will recognize the havoc he is creating and ease off his tariffs. But so far, he doesn’t seem concerned...." "I'm reading a column by Steven Rattner, who was counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration, in "'Few of Us Ever Imagined He Would Go This Far.'"" At Liberty UnYielding, Trump imposes wildly varying ‘reciprocal’ tariffs that aren’t reciprocal at all and punish friendly nations with few trade barriers. From RCW, Green Policies, Not Trump Tariffs, Killing British Steel. True, considering the tariffs just began. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks he knows When Canada Will Cave on Trump's Tariffs, after their elections in April. GB News reports Jaguar Land Rover HALTS US car exports just hours after Donald Trump's trade war kicks in. OI guess we won't be getting a new Jag. At ET, Ford Announces ‘Employee Pricing’ for All Shoppers. Hmm, now there's a possibility. After Trump’s Tariffs Rich Cromwell at Da Fed says If You’re Hysterical About Trump’s Tariffs, Go Touch Grass. I prefer beach sand; I don't have to cut it. WUWT explains The Left’s Localvore Betrayal: Tariffs Expose Climate Hypocrisy. "You’d think the climate crowd would cheer: fewer globe-trotting supply chains, less fuel burned, a win for their green utopia. After all, studies have long shown that local production can slash transport emissions—think of the diesel-chugging freighters idling off Long Beach. But instead of popping champagne, leftists are picketing Tesla dealerships and wailing about trade wars. What gives? The answer’s simple: politics trumps principle." Steve Richards at JTN reports From the Panama Canal to TikTok, China wants to keep its bargaining chips, "China appears poised to use Panama Canal ports and TikTok as bargaining chips in Trump’s tariff war."

Fox, Senate GOP pushes Trump budget framework through after marathon vote series, "Susan Collins and Rand Paul were the only Republicans to oppose the measure." From the Free Bacon, Trump Admin Announces First Offshore Oil Lease Sale in Gulf of America, "Oil production has increased to 13.6 million barrels per day under Trump, just shy of an all-time record." ET reports Trump Extends TikTok Deadline for Another 75 Days. UPI, RFK Jr. to conduct celebratory 'Make America Healthy Again' tour next week. From Breitbart, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski Voted Against Nomination of Harmeet Dhillon, because she's racist. 

From Insty, I GUESS IT’S TIME FOR RAINBOW STEW. "Reader Bill Rudersdorf writes: Somebody ought to remember the stanza from Merle Haggard: “When a President goes through the White House door, An’ does what he says he’ll do, We’ll all be drinkin’ that free bubble up, Eatin’ that rainbow stew.” — Merle Haggard, 1981."

From the European Conservative, Lies, The Spirit of Munich, and JD Vance.  War on the Rocks examines Greenland’s Military Possibilities for the United States. From Fox, Politics

Trump touts airstrike on Houthis, showing video: Will 'never sink our ships again', "The Trump administration has been conducting daily airstrikes on the Iranian-backed rebels for the last 20 days." RCD, Iranian Personnel Leave Yemen As U.S. Strikes Intensify.

At Hat Hair, Steve Moore explains Why Democrats Hate DOGE and Love Waste, (because most of it goes to them, their allies and their constituents) and Dave Strom reveals What Bureaucrats REALLY Say and Do Behind Closed Doors. Hint, they don't like you very much. The Free Bacon, sees Private Jets, Ferraris, and False Claims Inside An Obscure Federal Program Rife With Fraud, "Meet the Universal Service Fund, which doles out billions on behalf of the FCC." WaPoo worries DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants, "The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without authorization." At Althouse, "Musk’s onetime biographer Seth Abramson wrote on X that he would 'peg his IQ as between 100 and 110'..." ""... and claimed that there was 'zero evidence in his biography for anything higher.' The economics commentator Noah Smith estimated Musk’s IQ at more than 130, a number gleaned from his reported SAT score." There's a general rule that nobody can appreciate an intelligence greater than their own. 

Misty Severi at JTN reports Federal judge orders Trump admin to bring Maryland man back to US after he was wrongly deported. "The Trump administration has admitted that Abrego Garcia's deportation was an "administrative error."" Streiff at RedState follows up with Trump Administration Sends Brutally Honest Response Saying Judge Can't Undo a Perfectly Good Deportation. "Because the United States has no control over Abrego Garcia, however, Defendants have no independent authority to “effectuate” his return to the United States—any more than they would have the power to follow a court order commanding them to “effectuate” the end of the war in Ukraine, or a return of the hostages from Gaza." WokeSpy, Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan on Record Pace Despite District Judge Interference . At LifeZette, Blue States Sue Trump—Apparently Voter ID Is Just Too Much to Ask.

Matt Margolis at PJM hears Kamala's Staff Went Bonkers After Her Concession Call To Trump. Matt Vespa at TownHall says If That Was Kamala's Initial Reaction to Her 2024 Defeat, She Still Doesn't Get It. LifeZette says Kamala’s Own Advisor Said ‘What The Hell Was That’ After Interview That Sunk Campaign. At OTP a Poll: AOC Trouncing Schumer In Potential NY Senate Primary. Oh goody!

From WokeSpy, Wisconsin Voter Integrity Battle: 5,000 Allegedly Illegal Registrations Submitted.

John Sexton, Now It Can Be Told: Letter Reveals What Hunter Biden was Doing for Burisma, Unregistered lobbyist for Ukraine. Of course, he's been pardoned so they can admit it now. I don't agree with FARA, but if it's going to be enforced, it should at least be enforce equally.

There were massive anti-Trump, Elon and DOGE protests yesterday. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "These protests today are not organic. All 1300 of them have been preplanned by the same six Democrat led and funded NGOs. The resistance is made up of a professional agitator class, whose only purpose is to engage in destabilizing and Marxist revolutions. That is what they learn how to do and that is what they implement. None of these people have any idea what they’re even protesting or what the pre-printed signs they are required to carry mean. Their purpose is to psych you out and make it seem like the whole country is not behind this president and his agenda, but that is a lie." Matt Vespa, Here's the Tweet That Obliterates All the Anti-Elon/Trump Protests Today. Election Wizard @ElectionWiz, "Notice where today’s protests happened—and where they didn’t. They were in deep-blue cities like Chicago, NYC, D.C., and Boston. But in working-class swing-state communities, turnout was weak. This isn’t a national movement—it’s libs working through the 5 stages of grief." At Twitchy, A Giddy Rachel Maddow Helps Explain Why the Anti-Trump/DOGE Protests Are NOT Grassroots. @amuse @amuse, "TERROR: Soros-funded Indivisible is openly admitting they are behind the 1300 paid protests happening today in all 50 states. Democrat billionaires are funding these uprisings and they should held legally accountable for the violence and vandalism." Atop Da Hill Jonathon Turley looks at The liberals’ license: How the left finds release in an age of rage. Althouse asks Grok, Why were the anti-Trump protests yesterday called "Hands Off"?

From the Center Square, Advocacy group sues DOE for records related to Columbia antisemitism. 

At the Annapolis Cap Gazette, Naval Academy releases list of 381 books removed from library following DEI executive orders. A cursory glance suggest considerable "malicious compliance."

Da Blaze wants you to Meet the 'queer' radicals who secretly send kids sex-change kits.