Notes in the Margin

Jack Hunter: "From WMDs to bombing Iran, the president who consistently mocked the GWOT is now pushing the same old buttons."
 

Trump claimed Washington would pay for the occupation of Venezuela with profits from the country’s oil. 

"A dollar saved in 1913 retains roughly $0.03 of its original purchasing power. The M2 money supply has expanded from approximately $15 billion to over $21 trillion..." 

If Iranian authorities kill protestors, the US will ‘come to their rescue’, Trump says.

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Wired: "2026 will be the year when US dollar dilution—the quiet erosion of its global dominance as countries trade and pay in alternatives—starts to build momentum."

Trump and Netanyahu held a joint press conference where the US president again expressed support for the idea of another attack on Iran, though he suggested it wasn’t “confirmed” that Tehran was “building up” again.

In a provision that has drawn widespread opposition from conservation groups, the bill also declares that "reissuance of the final rule under Section 2 shall not be subject to judicial review.”

Trump said he would like to fire Powell during a Monday press conference, calling the Fed chief a “fool” and railing against renovations to the central bank’s headquarters.