trump
3431 articles
Trump Says Iran War Will End 'Soon' After Rejecting Hormuz Truce Deal
Trump rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the seven-month conflict, but says talks may resume within days.
Iran Offers 7-Day Hormuz Reopening Deal as Trump Says Tehran "Overplayed Its Hand"
Iran has proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear negotiations, but President Donald Trump has publicly rejected the offer, …
War, Oil, and AI: How Converging Crises Are Reshaping the World in 2026
A single, interconnected emergency—spanning blocked oil routes, escalating wars, record water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom—is squeezing ordinary househ…
Trump Says 25,000 Died in One Month as He Pushes Zelenskyy to Make a Deal
Trump urges Ukraine and Russia to settle as strikes kill four and diplomats trade blame.
AI’s Power Grab: How Two Superpowers and a Handful of Firms Are Dividing the World’s Most Consequential Technology
A small number of companies and two superpowers are consolidating control over artificial intelligence, its chips, and the energy it consumes—while workers, hou…
# As War, Climate and Profit Converge, Who Gets Care Depends on Wealth and Geography
A cascade of interconnected crises—war, energy shocks, climate disasters and the unregulated rise of artificial intelligence—has overwhelmed health systems worl…
One Crisis, Not Many: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged to Reshape Global Politics
A single, self-reinforcing emergency—spanning blocked oil routes, escalating wars, record water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom—is squeezing ordinary hous…
War, Oil, and AI: How One Interconnected Crisis Is Reshaping the World
A single emergency—spanning blocked oil routes, escalating wars, record water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom—is squeezing ordinary households while a nar…
One Crisis, Not Many: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged to Reshape the World in 2026
The world's crises have merged into a single, self-reinforcing emergency—and ordinary households are paying the price while a narrow set of powerful interests r…
# One Crisis, Not Many: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged to Reshape the Global Economy
*The world's economic problems are no longer separate. Blocked oil routes, rising wars, water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom have merged into a single em…
Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects New Bombing After Midterms
Trump has dismissed Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities, while Iranian President Pezeshkian says Tehran wants peace but cannot tr…
One Planet, One Crisis: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged Into a Single Global Emergency
The world's ecological, energy, and economic crises have merged into one reinforcing emergency—and the poorest are paying the highest price while a narrow set o…
Trump Rejects Iran's Strait of Hormuz Deal, Plans New Strikes After Midterms
Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, but President Donald Trump turned it down and is now preparing for fresh military action once the…
UN in Crisis: Trump Threatens to 'Annihilate' Iran as Leaders Skip Summit and Peacekeeping Runs Dry
The United Nations General Assembly opened this week with US President Donald Trump threatening to destroy Iran while major world leaders stayed home, deepening…
# AI’s Power Grab: How a Handful of Firms and Two Superpowers Are Dividing the World’s Most Consequential Technology
A small number of companies and two superpowers are consolidating control over artificial intelligence, its chips, and the energy it consumes—while workers, hou…
Merz’s CDU Crashes to 4.9% as AfD Surges to 44% in Germany’s East
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is winning election after election while Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffers histor…
Global Health in 2026: How War, Profit, and Climate Are Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies
A new era of interconnected crises—spanning war, energy shocks, climate disasters, and the unregulated rise of artificial intelligence—has overwhelmed health sy…
One Crisis, Not Many: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged to Reshape Global Politics in 2026
The world's most urgent problems—war, energy shocks, water scarcity, and the race for artificial intelligence—have merged into a single, self-reinforcing emerge…
One Crisis, Many Fronts: How War, Oil, Water, and AI Converged to Reshape the World in 2026
A single interconnected emergency—spanning blocked oil routes, escalating wars, record water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom—is squeezing ordinary househo…
Militarization Drains Trillions From Health and Water as War, Oil, and AI Converge Into One Global Crisis
A single interconnected emergency—spanning blocked oil routes, escalating wars, record water shortages, and an unregulated AI boom—is squeezing ordinary househo…
Editorials
The Shrinking Slice: Why Workers Really Are Getting Less of the Economy
For decades, a central promise of modern capitalism held that a rising economic tide would lift all boats. As companies grew more productive and economies expanded, the benefits were expected to flow to workers in the form of higher wages.
The $5,000 Question: Can Trump Really Send a Check to Every American?
A proposal to distribute tariff revenue as direct payments raises fundamental questions about presidential power, economic wisdom, and the nature of American governance. --- The Proposal A remarkable economic idea has entered the national conversation: using revenue from tariffs to send direct paym
The Village That Voted to Abolish Itself: Inside England's Quiet Planning Rebellion
A small Buckinghamshire village has become an unlikely battleground over who controls the English countryside. Its residents voted to scrap their own neighbourhood plan — and in doing so, they exposed a planning system that many say has stopped listening.
Germany Just Broke the EU’s Firewall
A conversation between Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau reveals how Berlin’s fiscal about-face is rewriting the rules of Europe—and why the bond markets may be the only referee left. For years, the European Union’s fiscal architecture rested on a simple promise: no member state would be allowe
America’s Debt Bomb: Is the Fiscal Reckoning Finally Here?
The United States has long operated on a fiscal knife’s edge, borrowing trillions to fund its ambitions. For decades, economists have warned that the bill would come due, only to see the day of reckoning perpetually postponed.
Is Trump’s Trade War a Prelude to Economic Annexation of Canada?
The recent escalation in US-Canada trade relations has raised a provocative question: is the Trump administration’s tariff strategy a calculated economic maneuver aimed at undermining Canadian sovereignty? While official statements cite border security and trade imbalances, the broader implications
The Tech Elite vs. The Populist Base: The Real War Splitting MAGA
The political coalition known as MAGA is no longer a monolith. Beneath the surface of public rallies and unified social media messaging, a structural fracture is widening.
Žižek’s Provocative Question: Is Trump a “Secret Stalinist”?
In a recent short-form video, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek posed a deliberately provocative question that cuts through the noise of contemporary political analysis: Is Donald Trump a secret Stalinist? While the question is designed to shock, Žižek’s argument is less about historical equiv
The Greatest Fraud in Human History: Ron Paul on the Fiat Money System
In a recent episode of The Econoclasts, former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul delivered a sweeping indictment of the modern financial system, calling it nothing short of a global deception. His argument, though familiar to libertarian circles, cuts to the core of how money is creat
Why the Democratic Midterm Outlook Is No Longer a Certain Disaster
For much of 2025, the political consensus held that the Democrats were heading into the midterm elections with a structural disadvantage. Economic anxiety, lingering inflation, and historical precedent—where the party holding the White House almost always loses seats—painted a grim picture.