Trump Tests Carney’s Strategy of Avoiding Conflict
“It seems that nothing Canada has tried so far has shielded it from the threats of Donald Trump,” Bloomberg reports.
“Barely a week after Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney restarted trade talks, with Canada targeting an agreement by July 21, Trump published a new broadside on one of the US’s largest trading partners, threatening a 35% tariff.”
New York Times: Trump threatens higher tariffs on Canada in the middle of trade talks.
Vietnam Surprised by Trump Tariff Announcement
“Vietnam’s leadership was caught off guard by US President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that it agreed to a 20% tariff, and the Southeast Asian nation is still seeking to lower the rate,“ Bloomberg reports.
“Straight after last Wednesday’s call with Trump, Vietnam’s party chief To Lam told his negotiating team to keep working to bring the tariff rate down… The 20% figure came as a surprise as Vietnam believed it had secured a more favorable tariff range.”
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War to Stay in Power
New York Times: “But for Netanyahu, a truce also came with personal risk. As prime minister, he led a fragile coalition that depended on the support of far-right ministers who wanted to occupy Gaza, not withdraw from it. They sought a long war that would ultimately enable Israel to re-establish Jewish settlements in Gaza. If a cease-fire came too soon, these ministers might decide to collapse the ruling coalition. That would prompt early elections that polls showed Netanyahu would lose.”
“Out of office, Netanyahu was vulnerable. Since 2020, he had been standing trial for corruption; the charges, which he denied, mostly related to granting favors to businessmen in exchange for gifts and favorable media coverage. Shorn of power, Netanyahu would lose the ability to force out the attorney general who oversaw his prosecution — as indeed his government would later attempt to do.”
Trump Backs Away from Abolishing FEMA
“For months, President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary have said the Federal Emergency Management Agency could be eliminated,” the Washington Post reports.
“But as the president heads to Texas to view the impact of last week’s deadly floods, administration officials say abolishing the agency outright is not on the agenda.”
The State of the Supreme Court
I spoke with Julie Mason about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and her increasingly vocal dissents.
Trump Doubles Down on Using Tariffs as Tool of Power
“President Trump’s threat for a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports expanded his use of punitive duties over matters that have nothing to do with trade, breaking with more than a half-century of global economic precedent,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump cited the trial of the president’s close political ally, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as the rationale for new tariffs set to take effect Aug. 1 on imports from the largest economy in Latin America.”
“It is one of the latest—and perhaps most brazen—examples of Trump using tariffs as a cudgel for political priorities outside of trade.”
Trump Plans ‘Major’ Russia Statement Monday
President Trump said he plans to make a “major statement” on Russia, as the U.S. prepares to send more American weapons to Ukraine via purchases from NATO allies, Bloomberg reports.
Bannon Calls for Special Prosecutor for Epstein Files
“Steve Bannon has called for a special prosecutor to investigate the Epstein files as MAGA world’s noisiest voices cause trouble for Donald Trump with political wrangling over the issue,” The Telegraph reports.
Said Rob Finnerty on Newsmax: “It’s almost like the Justice Department doesn’t want us talking about Jeffrey Epstein anymore.”
Trump Plans 15% to 20% Blanket Tariffs on Most Countries
“President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most trade partners, dismissing concerns that further tariffs could negatively affect the stock market or drive inflation,” NBC News reports.
Said Trump: “We’re just going to say all of the remaining countries are going to pay, whether it’s 20% or 15%. We’ll work that out now.”
“Blanket tariffs are currently set at 10%.”
However, Bloomberg reports Trump will levy a 35% tariff on goods coming into the US from Canada.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Worried About Our Democracy
“Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday that the ‘state of our democracy’ keeps her up at night, echoing a theme that has animated some of her recent public appearances and fiery dissents from recent decisions,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Jackson: “I’m really very interested to get people to focus, and to invest and to pay attention to what is happening in our country and in our government.”
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Justice Department Demands Trans Patient Details
“The Justice Department has issued subpoenas demanding confidential patient information from more than 20 doctors and hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to minors,” the New York Times reports.
“The action marks a new turn in the Trump administration’s efforts to limit transgender medical care. Most of the subpoenas, issued through a unit that typically investigates health care fraud, attempt to pierce powerful federal confidentiality protections for patients and their medical providers.”
Trump Boxes Out Battleground Republicans
“The White House is pushing swing-seat lawmakers away from running for higher office, warning members in Iowa, New York and Michigan that they need to save the party’s razor-thin majority,” Axios reports.
“President Trump is trying to solidify the field early, using endorsements to keep lawmakers boxed out from statewide runs.”
The FBI Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty
“Typically, the FBI has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees who might have betrayed their country or shown they cannot be trusted with secrets,” the New York Times reports.
“Since Kash Patel took office as the director of the FBI, the bureau has significantly stepped up the use of the lie-detector test, at times subjecting personnel to a question as specific as whether they have cast aspersions on Mr. Patel himself.”
Trump Warns Republicans Against Rejecting Cuts
“President Trump on Thursday threatened to withhold his support for any Republican who opposes a rescissions package of roughly $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting,” The Hill reports.
Said Trump: “Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement.”
Joni Ernst on Retirement Watch
“Senate Republicans are bracing for another one of their colleagues to possibly call it quits: Joni Ernst,” Politico reports.
“The two-term Iowa senator hasn’t officially announced her plans for 2026, and she’s gone through some of the motions of launching another campaign, including recently hiring someone to manage it and announcing her annual fall fundraiser.”
Trump to Use His Authority to Send Weapons to Ukraine
“President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, a move suggesting new interest by the president in defending Ukraine,” Reuters reports.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard
“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote just five majority opinions in the Supreme Court term that ended last month, the fewest of any member of the court. But her voice resonated nonetheless, in an unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions, more than 20 in all,” the New York Times reports.
“Several of them warned that the court was taking lawless shortcuts, placing a judicial thumb on the scale in favor of President Trump and putting American democracy in peril. She called the majority’s opinion in the blockbuster case involving birthright citizenship, issued on the final day of the term, ‘an existential threat to the rule of law.'”
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