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At a press conference in Brussels, von der Leyen underscored the damaging effects of the current tariffs and made it clear the EU is prepared to negotiate. These tariffs come first and foremost at immense costs for U.S. consumers and businesses, but at the same time, they have a massive impact on the global economy,” she announced. “Especially hard-hit are the developing countries. And this is a major turning point for the United States.” She continued, “Nonetheless, we stand ready to negotiate with the United States. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods, as we have successfully done with many other trading partners. Because Europe is always ready for a good deal, so we keep it on the table.”

Transcript Between Activist Judge Boasberg and DOJ Attorney About Trump Admin 'Defying Him' Is Nuts The more we hear about this Judge Boasberg guy, the more we start to think he may not be all that worried about justice. While we're certainly not experts on these matters, Boasberg's conversation with DOJ Attorney Drew Ensign about the Trump administration sure seems pretty biased, angry, and even a little activist-y https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/04/07/ensign-boasberg-exchange-n2411053

God be praised. Pope Francis Makes First Public Appearance at Vatican Colm Flynn

The Penguins Will Be Alright—Turns Out There's Good Reason We're Putting Tariffs on Unoccupied Islands By Bob Hoge FTA: One of the main points they’ve been using to mock the president is that the administration is enacting tariffs on remote islands that have no residents. Leftists were quick to pounce I admit it, when I first saw that news, I was a bit perplexed myself. It turns out that they’re not a boneheaded error, however, and according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, there’s a reason for them. Appearing on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan Sunday, he explained that they purposefully included those areas to close loopholes. https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/06/the-penguins-will-be-okturns-out-theres-good-reason-were-putting-tariffs-on-unoccupied-islands-n2187565

Fake News Just Caused One of the Most Insane Turns in the Stock Market in Modern History One of the craziest turns in the stock market in modern history occurred Monday morning, and it was all based on fake news. Before the opening, futures showed another bad day for stocks on the horizon, with all three major markets bracing for another large drop. That initially happened, but then a claim about what Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump's top economic advisors, said went viral. Everyone from CNBC to Reuters blared headlines proclaiming a "90-day pause" on tariffs was being considered in light of countries offering to enter into negotiations. That sent stocks flying, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 (where most 401s are heavily invested) at or above three percent gains. There was just one problem: The report was false. The White House's rapid response account gave an unequivocal rebuttal, seemingly ending the idea that any such agreement was under consideration. https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/04/07/fake-news-just-caused-one-of-the-most-insane-turns-in-the-stock-market-in-modern-history-n2187576 Claiming "Yeah well" is the equivalent of yes. . . . . . . . . . . just amazing .

French Business Leaders Reject President Macron’s Demand to Divest from USA April 6, 2025 According to French media, quoting multiple corporate leaders and company directors throughout France , the leadership of France’s biggest companies told Macron to ‘get stuffed’ following the French president’s demand to divest their interests from America. President Macron ordered 50 of the largest companies with positions in the USA to attend an emergency economic meeting at Elysée Palace. As reported by French media, “Some of us fell out of our chairs,” confided one of the 50 or so French business leaders invited.” “We are not in an administered economy,” thunders the leader of an employers’ movement. And the CEO of a CAC 40 giant bluntly asserts: “I don’t give a damn about what Macron says. We have operations in the United States. There is no question of abandoning them just like that. We must respect our commitments to our employees, our customers and our shareholders. The American consumer market is the most valuable consumer market in the world. We do not have the largest population; however, we do have the largest population with the ability to purchase things. It is the ability to buy stuff that makes access to the U.S. market the golden ticket for foreign company sales and profit. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/04/06/french-business-leaders-reject-president-macrons-demand-to-divest-from-usa/ https://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/ce-que-dit-macron-je-n-en-ai-rien-a-cirer-ces-grands-patrons-francais-ulceres-par-l-appel-a-cesser-d-investir-aux-etats-unis-20250404

No more playing around. US revokes all South Sudan visas, bars future issuance until deportees accepted by Alexandra Koch Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday announced the U.S. will revoke visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and no others will be issued, effective immediately. Rubio attributed the change to "the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner," according to a statement posted on X. The U.S. Department of State on Saturday wrote in a statement that it is time for the transitional government of South Sudan to "stop taking advantage" of the U.S. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-revokes-south-sudan-visas-bars-future-issuance-until-deportees-accepted

Ford Teams Up With Trump Admin to Drive Down Car Prices and Boost U.S. Jobs by Sarah Arnold Ford is working closely with the Trump administration to streamline its car production and delivery processes, especially as the company faces challenges with the president’s tariffs. Ford CEO Jim Hackett recently pointed out that while tariffs offer the company a "better chance" at increased manufacturing flexibility, critical details regarding parts supply and production still need to be ironed out. This collaboration between the auto giant and the administration highlights the growing impact of trade policies on the automotive industry and the push to bring more vehicles to American consumers. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/05/how-ford-is-working-with-the-trump-admin-to-bring-cars-to-consumers-n2655050

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For Frank:

This is a common theme among the lefty posters here. It is not true. (but it helps THEM feel better about their unpopular stances) .

It sure does 'escape' you. I will explain. Slowly for you. Pete is not a very bright guy ( a common trait on the Left) While off on his leave, he did not even know what was going on. Just as when he was Transportation Secretary. That was the joke. NOT that he is gay. * I am sorry but I probably won't have time to explain every simple Bee post to you. .

No. I know that you are more intelligent than most here Doc B., you know what that phrase really refers to.

Hahahahahaha You are going to look mighty foolish come tomorrow evening. (Do I mean stocks will recover, no, but this nonsense about him being beholden to 'billionaires, is right out of the lemmings handbook)

TARIFFS: Liberation Day Puts Main Street Ahead of Wall Street: Trump’s tariffs make his commitment to America’s forgotten men and women clear. By Batya Ungar-Sargon Ever since Donald Trump’s first term as president, his detractors in the Democratic Party and their spokespeople in the mainstream liberal media have had a recurring refrain: his single achievement in office was a tax cut for him and his rich buddies. It was always nonsense, erasing the significant tax cuts middle- and working-class Americans got, as well as his achievements controlling the southern border, imposing tariffs on China to force supply chains elsewhere, and, more generally, shrinking the income gap for the first time in 60 years. But let Liberation Day—Trump’s moniker for April 2, the day he imposed across-the-board reciprocal and global tariffs—put to bed the myth that Trump is beholden to the rich. President Trump has outraged the elites of the international global economic order by ending the globalization-promoted fleecing of the American working class with mass tariffs. Lost amid that outrage is one of the more startling aspects of the change: doing so meant dismissing the importance of quarterly earnings reports and dividends of his “rich buddies” to reorder the global trade system toward ordinary Americans instead. For decades, our economy has fostered an upward transfer of wealth from the working class to the asset rich. What Trump is trying to do with his tariffs is simple: reverse that trend. What is so frustrating about the conversation around tariffs is that most people agree on the problem: the deindustrialization of America led to the downward mobility of the American working class, deaths of despair, and an economy where people working multiple jobs still couldn’t afford the American Dream. Yet when a president has the guts to use a tool at his disposal—once a common feature of American policy—to reverse this trend, it’s wall-to-wall criticism from the free trade extremist Right and, well, the now free trade extremist Left. https://commonplace.org/2025/04/04/liberation-day-puts-main-street-ahead-of-wall-street/