Highlights of the Week, by Don Surber
Once again the rapier wit of Don Surber looks at last week’s significant events and provides his own, somewhat ribald interpretation, while the rest of us experience a new day in Trump’s America
Trump Administration
World cheers Trump’s 10% tariff; On Wednesday, he created Wall Street’s biggest day in 24 years
Watching the Trump’s Tariff War from afar, I find it hilarious. He has managed in the past week to get the world to accept a 10% tariff on everything while triggering Red China to engage in an actual tariff war that is financially suicidal for the communist regime.
Taxing the Tip Jar: Why Congress Needs to Act Now
Congressional inaction on the languishing No Tax On Tips Act, is not just bureaucratic inertia; it’s a direct financial hit to millions of hardworking Americans in the service industry.
The Democrat Plan: Managed Decline
Despite President Trump’s efforts, the Democrats continue to try to manage what can only be called the decline of the United States, consistently obstructing his plans at every opportunity. Why?
TDS is so tedious; Their objections prove Trump tariffs will work
Those who worry about the tariffs and Wall Street’s reaction should remember the song Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera). You know its chorus.
Ukraine-Post-War Ukraine: A NATO Peacekeeping Mission in the Making?
As the war in Ukraine continues, speculation grows about what a post-war security landscape might look like, particularly if a ceasefire is reached. One of the most likely scenarios involves a NATO-led peacekeeping mission
Media Uses An Army Bash To Bash Trump
Liberals keep talking themselves into a lather over imaginary threats to America. The latest lather was summed up best in the New Republic headline, “Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself.
John Geraci: Government Spending; The Discovery of Common Sense
‘Government is like an infant: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’
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.
Insurrection: Dead Bureaucracies Engaged in Zombie Regulating
President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been systematically exposing MASSIVE government waste, fraud and abuse.
The Latest Abuse Of Judicial Power
Judges are out of control, and our Constitution provides means to reign them in. It’s time we start.
Living Behind Enemy Lines In Marxist Seattle, Tale #37: Elderly Join Antifa
The residents of Seattle are more hateful and delusional than most Democrats. When the percentage of Democrats in a town, city, state, reaches about 60% they start turning into bullies.
Biden’s Illegals Have Social Security Numbers, Overwhelming All Our Welfare Systems
Too few workers are paying SS taxes and too many are receiving SS benefits. This cannot continue much longer. Nevertheless, and knowing that, the Biden Regime set up an ingenious method of giving Social Security numbers to his “newcomers.” Did they hope to collapse the SS system?
Don Surber’s Weekly Highlights
Once again the rapier wit of Don Surber looks at last week’s significant events and provides his own, somewhat ribald interpretation, while the rest of us experience a new day in Trump’s America
Krugman vs. Trump on tariffs
President Trump imposed tariffs on nations that take advantage of our free trade policy. The cheaters include nations that we protect with our military at our expense. Our NATO allies roll us like we are the town drunk.
Vioxx & Roll: How Big Pharma Turned Heart Attacks Into a Business Model
Once upon a time in the magical land of Shareholder Value, a pharmaceutical giant named Merck gazed deep into the void of human suffering and asked the question all noble drugmakers must ask: “How can we make arthritis treatment more profitable than oil?”
Don’t Get Too Comfortable
I know, Trump won the election; we have good, solid conservatives in the White House. We have excellent people in President Trump’s cabinet and on his staff. It’s enough to make one get a good night’s sleep for a change. But don’t get too comfortable.
Bank For Internationalist Scheming Against Americans’ Freedom, Part One
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been hard at work to creating a workable Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), in violation of Trump’s ban. Fed Chair Powell is conspiring with them.
It’s ALL Lawfare: Everyone But the Cronies Get Screwed by Big Gov
President Donald Trump was endlessly subjected to stupid, phony charges and lawsuits filed in various courts all around the country.
Far-Sighted or Delusional
The story is of Don Quixote, a delusional character, who thought of himself as a knight in shining armor. There were no giants, only windmills and the rival knights