'Unhinged': Trump's 'Greatest' Claim About Business Backfires Spectacularly
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The president attacked business leaders who disagree with his policies on tariffs.
President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked business leaders who are critical of his tariffs ― which is essentially the majority of business leaders ― as “bad at business.”
And he declared himself the “greatest friend” of capitalism.
But that led to some quick reminders about the president’s own decidedly mixed background as a businessman, including bankruptcies for some of his companies.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social website:
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs and other trade war policies have caused stocks to plunge, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing nearly 5,000 points since he took office.
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Critics spotted a grand irony in the House speaker's remarks.
The president was also reminded of a massive hypocrisy.
The former Trump insider warned the billionaire of how the president plans to "drop the hammer."
Thousands took to the street in Los Angeles in response to Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wishes.
The president nearly took a dive as he climbed up the stairs on Sunday.
"I don’t think that’s heavy-handed," House Speaker Mike Johnson said about the possibility of sending active-duty military to respond to immigration protests in a major American city.
Trump went against Gov. Gavin Newsom to federalize 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell the protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.
"You mean the 'Opportunity Society' and 'We're not going back' didn't stir the hearts of people living paycheck to paycheck, who can't afford healthcare, and who each month are squeezed through rising prices and inflation? Why, I'm surprised...not really."
Tear gas and smoke have filled the air on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles as confrontations between immigration authorities and demonstrators extended into a second day.
Musk said publicly last year that his trans daughter Vivian Wilson had been "killed by the woke mind virus."
Miller, an immigration hardliner, was responding to video footage on X showing a large number of people protesting in downtown Los Angeles.
Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas prison authorities announced Saturday.
The president weighed in on the prosecution of the man mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, then brought back to the U.S. only to face criminal charges.