During an impromptu press availability before boarding Airforce One, President Trump paused to talk to the assembled press pool. President Trump notes during a discussion with Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh he told him to just go along with the board decision to raise interest rates again. The board is highly political and operating against the interests of the USA through economic manipulation.
On the subject of Canada now being an “Associate Member” state within the European Union, President Trump noted if the new partnership takes action against the economic interests of the United States, he will consider it a “hostile act” and trigger larger tariffs against the EU. WATCH:
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Carney and the EU are trying a “Pincer Movement” to flank Trump from two sides at once. Trump is smarter than they are.
This is an attempt to bully the USA by Canada and EU. Won’t get far.
All Trump has to do is wait for the US/Mexico bilateral treaty to finalize, then cancel the US/CAN treaty, and wait for the EU and CAN alliance to collapse. The lack of diesel fuel for EU is sauce on the fire. Only Russia and US can provide the energy the EU needs. EU wants a continuing war with Russia. Trump does not. Methinks EU will beg for a truce and CAN will ditch Carney before they go broke.
Watch for the weaknesses. EU will fold in a month. CAN will claw for ego sake, but capitulate in 2 months. Neither of them have the energy reserves to finish this bluff. Let them suffer. They deserve it.
Plus the possibility of new agreements with certain South America countries will add strength
Agree with you Cowboy except for the early demise of the EU; they will make life harder for those upstart AfD folks who are already giving up more than half their income to support the hordes.
President Trump may have to use strong persuasion to get LaClaudia to Agree to a new bilateral agreement. I hope it’s soon so he can trigger the 6 months notice.
Unfortunately AFD doesn’t have similar minded coalition partners to get it over the hump. They couldn’t get over 50% in Saxony-Anhalt where they are very popular. There are the “Brandmauer” (Firewall) of Mainstream parties on the Left (SPD, The Greens, FDP) and supposed Right (CDC/CSU Merz), that refuse to form a coalition government with AFD. I am an Italian citizen and Italy’s coalition government is (FdI Meloni, Lega Salvini, Forza (formally Forza Berlusconi). People here attack Meloni but Forza is more Center Left like CDC/ CSU in Germany.
They did get more than 50% until the final vote tallies – much like USA “mail-in ballots” coming in late. I don’t have the citations. Hope someone else does.
Please confirm that! I recall something about late mail in votes but nothing about reaching 50% prior. I could only find that AFD 43.8 % of the votes.
This is actually a great result! It’s extremely difficult to get over 50% with so many parties!
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Correct, Cowboys, and the EU doesn’t want to have to wage a trade war on two fronts.
The Hosers hosed themselves, again.
It would be better for the US to have Canada be successful, and the EU for that matter. Having the legacy media pushing a BS narrative that damages Canada and the EU is a genuine disservice. It would not be good to have a failed state on our northern border.
My hope is that the Canadian public realizes that their economic pain was caused exclusively by Carney for political influence in another country and the EU public realizes the same, that the counter-revolution will be in full swing by fall and the jokers in London and Brussels will be on the run. It is a long shot in that time frame, but hope springs eternal.
I reckon Canada will ditch Carney AFTER they go broke.
Mexico is stalling to run out the clock on Trump. Trump needs to move against Canada first to force both Mexico and Canada’s hands. Under USMCA Trump has cause to withdraw due to trade ramifications of the EU associate membership. He should give notice yesterday !
President Trump told Fed Chairman Warsh to go along with the board’s decision on rates yet he posted on Truth Social that rates should be 1% or less.
I think his social media liaison needs a meeting.
The problem is that the Fed cannot measure inflation properly. They have messed around with the parameters. Going back to the 1980 standards would help determine what the real rate of inflation is.
Is the Fed unable, or unwilling to accurately report inflation rates over time?
Older methodologies would count the rates as being higher then what has been reported.
We know the Fed serves it’s own interests over that of the people of the United States.
A good point. Thanks. The Fed has already politicized itself by changing the parameters over the years. Unwilling is the better word to use in this case.
I used to visit ShadowStats for information on inflation and unemployment etc. Since they have changed to a subscription model I no longer have access. They are the source that uses the 1980 model to measure inflation.
the fed can’t measure inflation. the fed is the prime source of and beneficiary of it. its like a thief being honest about what he stole from you.
if he was going to lose the vote anyways then it is likely better for him to go along – it does not mean both of trumps statements are not true – he does believe interest rates shoul be 1 per cent – and he tells us that
House Passes Russia Sanctions Bill Named After Lindsey Graham, Sends to Trump
Scott McClallen September 16, 2026 7:36 PM
https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/16/house-passes-russia-sanctions-bill-named-for-lindsey-graham-sends-to-trump-n2683111
Figures! I spit on Lindsey Fing Graham’s grave.
He should veto it. They refused to pass the save act and that should be his excuse!
this will determine if he is TRULY interested in ending that front of the war or not.
We can’t even get rid of these people after they are dead.
They wheel their corpse around and name stuff after them.
See Mitch McConnell as an example.
If Lindsey Graham’s name is on it, it must involve a strategic nuclear exchange.
PDJT should veto it.
No more laws passed until SAVE is on his desk.
It includes in the bill a presidential waiver provision allowing Trump to lift sanctions if he certifies it serves U.S. national interests.
Extension through 2031 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, per Trump’s request.
Democratic leaders, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, objected primarily to the expanded tariff authority granted to the president.
That’s weird, I thought the Executive branch held foreign policy authority? Maybe congress should focus on that budget thing.
Maybe look around a bit and find where 300 million wandered off to that the GAO can’t seem to find.
Spit also!
The House is grandstanding before they (are likely) to loose in November.
Suckers for red meat. Snake eyes.
…do we think the government AI cartel can be used to break the government monetary cartel?
Hello das!
Of course they want people to believe that.
I call BS on the Fed being political. Most people have no clue of what’s truly going on beneath the surface but you should know that we are in a debt crisis. When Scott “I am the House” Bessent thinks he can talk the Dollar down defending the Japanese Yen he’s going to find out how well that’s no going to work out.
When Scott “I am the house” Bessent becomes the buyer of our bond markets should tell everyone that we have a serious problem and I warned many times, of what was going to happen because he’s doing exactly what Clinton did in the 90’s and what Treasury Secretary Yellen did in 2024.
When Scott “I am the house” Bessent threatens countries doing business with Iran that they will be removed from the Dollar system (SWIFT) it only advances a stronger movement to the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS)
Everyone thinks the Federal Reserve has so much power that by raising or lowering interest rates will solve all these issues, have truly no idea what they are talking about.
The Fed does not control government spending, fiscal deficits, taxation, energy, war, tariffs, shortages, or international capital flows. It can influence the price of short-term credit, but it cannot control DEMAND throughout an entire economy. It cannot stop Congress from spending another trillion dollars, force people to stop buying food or gasoline, prevent companies from investing when they see an opportunity, or manufacture oil when geopolitical events send energy prices higher.
On and On I can go but it will still not convince anyone. Why? Because it’s so much easier to blame others than accepting the truth that if one were to truly understand how everything we do is connected Globally through economics, that we might wake up and realize what fools we’ve become!
America IS the global economy…all ships rise and fall with us…without “we the people” of THIS country..everyone else becomes a starving leech
True, but he makes some valid points. If Trump can’t find a way to get gas prices significantly lower Republicans are toast.
We are probably facing a split at best. Could easily lose both the Congress and the Senate. Just the way it is.
Let me help, we already lost both. Paisan.
Watch out for the incoming! LOL!
$6+ diesel and gasoline in mid $4 up to $5/ga in some states.
I see NO breaks and speculation is increases, not decreases.
Apparently, this is a runaway train.
Mid-terms will show the results.
It’s NOT like Trump, R’s, Congress didn’t KNOW this would be a major deal breaker for mid-working class, already being crushed w/ housing, insur, med, food, electricity prices soaring.
Gas is $3.45 in my hood. Up a whole 16 cents over the course of summer. Grocery prices have come down considerably except for a few things such as meat. Electricity rates are cheap, certainly compared to our neighbors on the other side of the Appalachians in VA. Job postings are everywhere as manufacturing is ramping up. Wages are on the rise as well.
“Affordability” depends almost wholly on where (and how) one chooses to live. Or which PaidCasters one chooses to follow for “news”.
I with you. These idiots talking of gas prices are worthless..
I hop he uses this shit to dismantle opec. And start an oil free trade market
Maybe dismantle the commodities traders as well.
Yep, and the DemonRat-Communists are going to fix everything?
One need only remind people of the Auto-pen regime. Compare those years to the 47 accomplishmnets, especially on the border, and they don’t have a prayer.
Trump did say expect temporary pain. How long will temporary last? Will it be like TPS status for so many non legal residents or will it be until after the mid terms like Trump has also claimed.
0.30 gas increase in my AO this morning. I didn’t even look at diesel.
If he cant fix election fraud we are toast.
As for gas prices – that is on israel.
It’s on Ukraine. They bombed diesel and fcked you
True that. We have the sniffles or catch a cold, everybody else gets pneumonia.
Are you forgetting that they have printed money on a whim? They were selling $s to the largest banks at 1/32% or 1/16% and it was called Quantitative Easing. They also bailed out their favorite houses while bankrupting others.
Like a vampire fearing light, their biggest fear was an audit of their activity.
One more thing, they weren’t buying individual stocks, but they were buying derivatives and ETFS under Obama and were selling them under Trump.
“truly understand how everything we do is connected Globally through economics,”
We understand this, the world is not simple. The FED was provided an authority via constitutional amendment that put them in this position. With authority comes accountability. Where do you suggest the effort start?
“It (FED) cannot stop Congress from spending another trillion dollars”
True, but in can surely profit from the spending. We have a regular order to amend and replace Congress (allegedly via elections). No similar safeguard exists for the Fed. It is a private cartel inconsistent with the founding Republican ideals.
Since we are on the subject; The twin sisters CIA/FBI were also conspicuously missing from out origins.
The constitutional argument for Federal banks is old, and complex. there is no constitutional amendment regarding federal banks. The Federal Reserve Act established the current model. It is a statute which has apparently, so far, passed court reviews.
And yes, it does seem to me, to be a semi-private federally sponsored cartel. Just my opinion.
You are correct;
The Federal Reserve System was established on December 23, 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.
I confused the Federal Reserve Act with its sister, the 16 amendment which established the income tax.
Income tax: equally as bad as the present financial cartel.
I guess one could be said to fund the other.
yep. Simplifying complex systems into simple polarities (the classic dialectic) is how Kant, Marx, Ingels and others convinced people that there was something correct about their arguments. This and that has a place in most discussions but not in the dismal science. Good intellectual and mental hygine is a blessing to analysis.
Good and evil is a different discusssion, in that one God wins.
Trump will trigger a hostile act and some liberal judge will strike it down
Our President actually sounded tired. All these evildoers are attacking from every angle to unravel and stop his great plan for our country and the American people! It must get exhausting to constantly be in battle. May the Lord renew his strength and walk by his side!
The guy’s over 80 now. Most 80 year olds are navigating their walk in showers, or in the ground.
I wish I sounded that tired with the incredible pace he keeps!
Wait until the Jeffries’ im-peach-mints start rolling. Potus will be like McBiden (soft vegetable puree in the brain).
Should not have been drawn into israels iran folly. Now its time to pay the piper.
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If Trump could have kept his big mouth shut before Canada’s election we would be dealing with Poilievre instead of Carney and none of this would be happening.
Canadians do whatever the CBC tells them to.
They don’t want to lose their Tim Hortons drive-thru privileges.
To be honest, I lived on Tim Horton coffee and donut holes back in my driving days. Its a long way to Toronto or Ottawa from Detroit when your tired.
What makes you think Pollievre would have been any better from an American viewpoint? I can get why a Canadian might have been well advised to vote for him, but if you look at what he has supported, is he really that much different than the Liberals?
And for us, he would have merely meant a slow walk to the same situation (and thus tougher for us to deal with; whatever else, Carney is incredibly disagreeable; optics matter).
Pollievre’s old boss Harper came out praising Carney’s approach to trade and our President — Canada has its own RINO problem.
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Poilievre never had a chance. Ever.
Carney was installed.
When Carney finishes falling out of favor, Freeland will be installed.
Pay attention.
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of all the recent leaders in the west, carney is the most obviously installed i have ever seen.
So it’s all Trumps fault? Can’t be any other explanation? You really think Quebecois would vote Poilievre? Who appointed Carney in the first place?
there are plenty of things trump coulda woulda shoulda, but you’re blaming him for polievre and canadians being unable to swallow their pride and vote for their own interests?
that makes THEM stupid, not trump.
Tariffs?
District Judge Sunshine Migrantus Troughfeeder (She/They/Them/Who) (S.D. Wakanda) will sign whatever TRO Norm Eisen directs her to sign.
And Mike Johnson will go on Fox and whine about the Democrats making his majority useless.
Perfectly stated.
At some point speaking every three hours is no longer impromptu.
What did PDJT do to you
Kinda like impromptu internet trolls, huh?
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Your stuff gets old a whole lot faster.
May God forever bless President Donald J. Trump, who is working to save America!🇺🇸
The EU and its members see themselves as the corner stone of the one world government ruling over nations they control by an unelected bureaucracy following an agenda. Once you see it you can’t unsee it. Once they defeat Trump our nation will quickly realign with the globalists.
Tariffs are not the answer. Embargoes are.
Hate to say I told you so but giving Iran that 60 + pause was the fatal mistake.
Now we face a real mess and may come out of the mid terms with a loss of one house or an even narrow margin.
Get Iran war done and focus on the cost of living and domestic politics for a change.
it’s really a shame you weren’t elected president. then everything would be perfect.
The best tarrifs against the EU would be to stop supporting the Urkraine war.
Money, it’s a gas.