BREAKING NEWS: White House insiders leak that Scott Bessent, who has no idea why oil prices are rising, will be meeting with Pete Hegseth, who has no idea why he lost a war to Iran, and President Trump, who has no idea why anyone believed his campaign promises.
It is reasonable to assume Trump pocketed whatever portion of the $13 billion that is not accounted for. Trump and his team are not very sharp, but they don't just lose $13 billion, if they can't tell us where it is, they stole it.
.@gilliantett / @FT should be ashamed of this disgracefully ignorant piece that rehashes long discredited notions about public debt, fear-mongering about ‘a truly devastating debt explosion’ and wishing for a bond market ���jolt’ to ‘concentrate minds’. I won’t even link to it.
This is how Matt Taibbi responded to Mike Pence signing bombs bound for Gaza: “Okay, that’s kind of awesome. I’m sorry. I know it’s bad because it’s killing innocent people, but I’m sorry... It’s just hardcore... I think it’s funny.”
@ZhugeEX The *median* wealth of a French is almost *twice* the median wealth of an American.
So much for the "Europoor" meme.
The *average* American wealth is high because a tiny number of Americans are absurdly rich. But most Americans get screwed.
The US loves to boast about how wealthy it is, but its wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs.
US oligarchs are so insanely rich that they make average wealth seem very high.
But *median* wealth in the US is lower than in Slovenia & Portugal, and half of Italy's
When you are the actual government but don’t think things directly in your ministerial portfolio are your responsibility to regulate in the public interest except for a bit of posturing moralizing. Quite incredible really.