Trump's World: News and a Little Bit of Gentle Satire
I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY THESE ARE NOT SATIRES. TRUMP AND HIS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS! President Trump has ordered new tariffs on Canada, using a law passed in the Depression. Among other products, it puts an increased tariff on importing Canadian hockey sticks. Trump also banned importing smoke from Canadian wildfires. The Defense Department has designated its press office as a classified space, off limits to journalists. In the sixth attempt to apply tariffs, the Trump administration announced tariffs on countries with forced labor or importing products made with forced labor. The tariffs were imposed on 86 countries. Among the countries exempted from tariffs were the only six countries, besides China, the U.S. has accused of using forced labor. One country apparently accused of using illegal, forced labor was Switzerland. An American spokesperson pointed out the "gnomes of Zurich" as an example. President Trump has extorted over $400 milli...