Income up 8 times inflation
It is too early to declare victory for Trumponomics, but America seems to be rid of the covid era and is back in business. Tariffs and ICE are doing the trick.
Business
The Morning Midas Goes Into the Long Night
Three weeks after the Morning Midas caught fire and its crew of 22 abandoned ship, it has finally been reported to have sunk in the 16,400 foot deep waters of the northern Pacific Ocean, about 415 miles south of Alaska.
The Mexican Lawsuit Is Only The Beginning.
Did you hear that God once decided to sue Satan? He dropped the idea when he remembered where all the lawyers were.
Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck – Trump’s Weekend Wins of June 13–15, 2025
The weekend of June 13–15, 2025, was a dynamic showcase of strategic leadership, public celebration, and sporting excellence for President Donald Trump.
Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck – Trump’s Weekend Wins of June 6–8, 2025
President Donald Trump’s weekend of June 6–8, 2025, showcased his ability to seamlessly blend leisure with high-stakes leadership, turning a getaway at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, into a platform for significant policy and business advancements.
From Magic Kingdom to Message Kingdom: How Disney’s Narrative Shift Redefined Masculinity and Marriage
Disney’s post-2013 films reflect a culture in transition—one increasingly skeptical of tradition, gender roles, and long-standing moral frameworks.
Government’s “Help” with Beef Production Isn’t Helping, By Bill Yancey
According to the USDA, over a 5-year period, more than 90,000 cattle producers have gone out of business.
Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck – Trump’s Weekend Wins, May 17-19, 2025
Hey, future deal-makers! It’s The Chuck, your cigar-smoking, club-swinging business mentor, back with another Golf with The Chuck for AFNN.
Foreign, Direct Investment in the US Explodes under President Trump
President Trump has concluded extremely productive visits to Gulf Cooperation Council states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck – Trump’s Weekend Wins, May 17-19, 2025
Hey, future deal-makers! It’s THE Chuck, your cigar-smoking, club-swinging business mentor, back with Golf with The Chuck for AFNN. Each week, I’m breaking down President Donald Trump’s golf weekends—where birdies meet big deals—to teach my interns the art of business.
Introduction to Business 101: Golf with The Chuck – Trump’s Weekend Wins, May 10-11, 2025
Welcome to the first installment of Golf with The Chuck, where we dissect the business savvy behind President Donald Trump’s weekend activities, often tied to his time on the golf course.
Small Businesses Aren’t Hiring – Because Big Cronyism is Murdering Them
The evolution from capitalism to cronyism bears some distinct markers. Perhaps chief amongst them is the ever-increasing domination of…everything by the biggest of Big Businesses.
Retail Bias in the Headlines
More people read the headline than read the story itself; it’s sometimes quite effective for a biased news source to write a relatively fair story if they can put their spin into the title.
Trade Wars, nothing but Trade Wars, give me those Trade Wars, don’t let them end
Red China is run by pretty clever men who figured out a way to make the USA dependent on them. But in trying to chain the U.S. economy to them, the communists also chained themselves to the U.S. economy.
The Hidden War: How China’s Counterfeit Parts Are Quietly Crippling American Industry
The Chinese counterfeit market has become a silent juggernaut. Bearings, capacitors, PPE, and structural steel industries across the U.S. are flooded with subpar, sometimes dangerous knock-offs.
The Stock Market and President Trump, by Joe Cantu
This is the first of what we hope will be periodic updates on the economy and the markets. There is no monetary relationship whatsoever, either cash or in kind between Mr Cantu’s company and AFNN.
Manufacturing, Onshoring, and the Trouble with Timing
American manufacturing has been declining for half a century. It hasn’t disappeared, of course; manufacturing is still a big part of the American economy. But it’s not what it was, and that’s a problem.
Tariffs Won’t Fix the Rust Belt or Small Towns
Trump’s tariffs may be a big shift away from globalization or just a bargaining ploy. Regardless, tariffs isn’t an antidote to devastating changes.
Stay the course on tariffs; The Donald is saving us from imports and the federal government.
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s feet got cold over tariffs. He’s calling for a 90-day delay on imposing tariffs on the world because the Dow fell precipitously. He wants to avoid Trump taking the blame for a global economic meltdown.
Screen Angels
Not only did Disney’s latest film Snow White take a pounding from the critics, but it also lost at the box office. According to The Hollywood Reporter during its opening weekend, the movie grossed $86.1 million falling short of its $100 million goal.