Short Take Politics
Canada backed down in December
$1.3 billion plan being celebrated by MAGA was announced Dec. 17. Trudeau was one step ahead. Ditto Mexico. Tariffs are paused for 30 days but before anyone credits the current administration, all Canada and Mexico did was restate agreements already in place. Political theater, nothing more.
Musk runs wild
With no security clearance, and no congressional authority, Elon Musk and his pack of IT brats are rifling through the Washington bureaucracy and breaking everything they can, including canceling the IRS direct file program which allowed taxpayers to self-file. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5285539/doge-musk-usaid-trump
Sovereign wealth fund?
The President has ordered the formation of a sovereign wealth fund which can do things like buy TikTok. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-create-17580…