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THE TRUMP WORLD IS FALLING APART

Those Trump tariffs are roiling the stock markets of the world.  From the New York Times this morning:

From CNBC today:

The Dow
 on Monday saw its largest gap in points between session highs and lows on record.

The blue-chip average traded up as high as by around 892 points and as low as about 1,703 points in the red, as of shortly after 3 p.m. ET. That 2,595.24-point swing is the widest in the 30-stock index’s history, according to a CNBC data analysis.


  • Trump said Sunday evening on the market rout: “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.”

Further:

  • Trump then threatened China on Monday via Truth Social: “If China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose additional tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated!”

Some CEOs, like BlackRock's Larry Fink (above), think the U.S. is probably in recession right now.  Actually the market is only down about 10%.  Here is how much it drops in a recession.


The market did not do that badly today:

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 14.22 points, or 0.28%, to end at 5,059.86 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 14.66 points, or 0.09%, to 15,602.44. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 356.67 points, or 0.93%, to 37,958.19.

The masses are not happy, for more than 1400 rallies in all 50 states held anti-Trump Hands Off protests on Saturday.  Look at 12 "best" signs from MSNBC, including the one to the right.  But then again, what would you expect Democrats to do?  They were partially inspired by Senator Cory Booker 25+ hours of filibustering.  Does Trump care?  Nope, but worse, I think he is just stirring the pot to be able to declare martial law to cancel the mid-term elections.  There will be a lot worse to come, with Democrats falling into this Trump trap.

I dream about world peace.  What is Trump's view?  A few days ago, this blog site reported on our president's plan for war, titled STORY OF ADOLF HITLER....an Opportunity for Donald Trump.  While he is currently failing to make any progress on the Ukraine-Russia War and the Hamas-Israel War, his higher intent anyway is to bully Greenland, Canada and Panama into caving in to his evil intent.  Peace?  He is fomenting outrage.

This is one of those picayune examples of what Trump, Musk and DOGE are doing to our country and world, but nearly all of the 300-staff Institute of Peace were suddenly fired by late-night e-mail last week.  They have until today to clear their desks.  What was the reason?  

A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, said that the institute “has failed to deliver peace” and that Trump “is carrying out his mandate to eliminate bloat and save taxpayer dollars”.

To be more specific:

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American independent, nonprofit, national institute funded by the U.S. Congress and tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide.[3]

  • In 1981, a Peace Commission was formed by President Jimmy Carter, which was chaired by Senator Spark Matsunaga.
  • The Institute was established 39 years ago in 1984 by congressional legislation, and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.
  • Has a budget of $55 million/year.
  • There is a bipartisan board of 15 members, including the secretary of defense, the secretary of state and the president of the National Defense University.
  • Has trained 65,000 professionals since its inception.
  • Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo) led 27 colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning these firings, expressing alarm that he is doing this without Congressional approval?  So what happened?  Nothing.  The Administration just tosses anything from Democrats into the trash can.

I have a personal interest with these firings, for I was working for Senator Matsunaga (1979-1982), and played a small role in the doings of the commission.  Earlier this month I posted on WORLD PEACE FOR HUMANITY.  Since working for Sparky, one of my topical interests has been this subject, and my first Huffington Post article in 2008 was about a plan for world peace.

I should mention that President Trump today met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

When Trump talks to Putin, they discuss piece, not peace.

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