Ronald Reagan

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins recently expressed his concern over increasing government regulation, quoting a famous line from former Republican President Ronald Reagan. Atkins took to X on Tuesday to voice his disapproval of the government’s increasing...

President Donald Trump scored a perfect 30 out of 30 on his fourth consecutive cognitive exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, calling the result unprecedented and demanding Congress mandate similar testing for all presidential candidates. A Record Trump Is Quick To Tout Trump...

The outcome of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies has stunned critics and defied mainstream economic consensus, according to Lou Basenese, the Chief Market Strategist at The Basenese Group. Economists Were ‘Completely Wrong’ On Thursday, Basenese said the Trump...

Small business owners, long considered the core of President Donald Trump’s political base, are now increasingly feeling the brunt of his policies during his second term in office, according to economist Paul Krugman. 2025 Was A ‘Miserable Year’ For Small Businesses In his...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claims that former President Ronald Reagan “loved tariffs,” calling the statement false and historically inaccurate. Reagan Repeatedly Emphasized ‘The Virtues of Free Trade’ In...

President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Canada, announcing a 10% tariff increase on Canadian goods after a television ad from Ontario used a rearranged version of Ronald Reagan's 1987 speech, which denounced tariffs. Trump Accuses Ontario of ‘Fraud’ Over Reagan Ad On Saturday,...

Governor Josh Shapiro on Friday warned that Pennsylvania's trade ties with Canada — the state's largest trading partner — are being strained by President Donald Trump‘s economic policies, which he said are driving up prices for consumers and closing markets for local businesses. Canada is...

The Ontario, Canada, provincial government will pause a television ad featuring former U.S. President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs, but only after airing it during the first two World Series games this weekend. Ontario To Pause Ad On Monday In an X post, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said,...

President Donald Trump linked his tariffs to the record-breaking U.S. stock market on Friday and the latest data seems to support his opinion.  The SPY is climbing. See all of the details here.  "Because of Tariffs!" Trump promoted his protective trade policies as bolstering the U.S. economy in a...

President Donald Trump has decided to terminate all ongoing trade discussions with Canada over an advertisement critical of the tariffs he has imposed on the nation. Trade Talks ‘HEREBY TERMINATED’, Says Trump The ad, sponsored by the government of Canada’s province of Ontario,...

The government shutdown continues into the weekend with no end in sight. The shutdown marks the third under President Donald Trump in his two presidential terms, here's a look at how the president stacks up in the government shutdown record books. Trump Holds Record, Could Near Another The 2018-...

The United States’ growing turn toward protectionism isn't just about trade deficits or manufacturing jobs – instead, it's about political avoidance, says economist Richard Baldwin. What Happened: On Tuesday, while speaking on The Big View podcast by Reuters, Baldwin argued that America...

The past week has been a whirlwind of economic and political news. From a second federal judge blocking President Donald Trump’s emergency tariff powers to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers issuing a stark warning about America’s fiscal trajectory, the headlines have been filled...

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood endorsed the President Donald Trump administration’s economic policies Sunday, comparing them to “Reaganomics on steroids” as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the government’s ability to outgrow mounting debt obligations. What Happened...

President Donald Trump centered his 2024 election campaign on bringing down prices after a prolonged period of inflation. In particular, Trump called for greater domestic drilling, even as the Biden Administration accelerated domestic energy independence. Now that Trump is in office, energy...