I feel for Mercedes-Benz SA and BMW SA. They export cars to the US and now face a 25% - 30% tariff. It means 5500 people are likely to lose their jobs and $1.3 billion of exports stop.
.@ElonMusk I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota.
But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies.
Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
This must be said. There are not two sides to the war for Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor who wants to destroy its neighbor. Ukraine is the victim. It’s a national disgrace that Trump is getting that backwards.
It’s wild that the American VP is criticizing European countries for stifling freedom of speech.
In the Press Freedom Index, the US ranks 55th, while Sweden is 3rd and Germany 10th.
Russia, meanwhile, sits at 162.