Donald Trump and the themes for the 2016 U.S. presidential election as seen at the Republican National Convention- law and order, and blue collar lives

07/22/2016

Linked Articles

Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of ‘the forgotten men and women’

Washington Post 07/22/2016

The Guardian 07/22/2016

Charles Koch and the New York Times on Trump's statements about Mexicans, and the campaign for presidency of the U.S.

04/24/2016

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Charles Koch suggests that another Clinton in the White House might be better than Trump or Cruz - The Washington Post

Washington Post 04/24/2016

New York Times 04/26/2016

The Editorial Board, The, Editorial, Board

The 1912 U.S. presidential election with Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and the 2016 election with Hillary Clinton and Cruz or Trump

04/18/2016

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Both Parties’ Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular

Wall Street Journal 04/18/2016

Janet Hook, Janet, Hook

Washington Post 04/18/2016

E. J. Dionne, E., J., Dionne

Trump's solution for creating jobs- an illusion?

03/23/2016

With no tangible solutions for creating jobs, and a policy of high tariffs that could create trade wars and destabilize the global economy hurting growth worldwide, jobs lost in the last decade mostly not coming back, questions raised about how this will improve the prospects for jobs, upward mobility for middle class, working class people.

Linked Articles

Trump’s Useless Revolution

Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016

Holman W. Jenkins, Holman, W., Jenkins

Washington Post 03/23/2016

Donald Trump, Donald, Trump, The Editors Of The Washington Post, The, Editors, Of, Washington, Post, Ryan Jr., Ryan, Jr., Hiatt, Lane, Marcus, Diehl, Armao

Donald Trump's proposal for 45% tariff on China's exports to the U.S.- how a policy of bringing jobs home could lead to the loss of 1 million U.S. jobs

03/08/2016

By damaging the international trading system including with allies such a Canada, Britain, France and Germany, the result of a downward spiral through higher tariffs in other countries, could end up costing the U.S. 1 million jobs. Under such a system the U.S. would lose many of the advantages of its booming tech sector, its tech driven global advantages in many industries, without signifcant gains in low cost imports such as clothing which would simply migrate to other countries such as India. The problem of worker wage stagnation in the U.S., and loss of jobs in certain sectors, is very real, but this is the wrong way to tackle the problem. China is already moving towards a consumer driven economy. Economists show that trade with Mexico would be seriously hurt both ways, creating more pressure of migrants at the border under such proposals as a 45% tariff and its indirect effect on Mexico, when the actual fact is that net migration from Mexico is the lowest it has ben in decades. Politics can do strange things as when two senators Smoot and Hawley from agricultural states Utah and Oregon, at the head of important committees in the U.S. Congress pushed and passed legislation for a 60% tariff in 1930 for the industrial sector they had no idea about. When Smoot and Hawley lost reelection in 1932 they left behind a lot of damage, especially for the farmers and workers they thought they were fighting for.

Linked Articles

How Trump’s Hard Line on Trade Could Backfire

Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016

Bob Davis, Bob, Davis

Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016

Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Holman, W., Jenkins, Jr.

The Trump U.S. Republican presidential campaign and the deterioration in the political discourse in the U.S. in 2015-2016

01/27/2016

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Trump’s toxic temperament should disqualify him from the presidency - The Washington Post

Washington Post 01/29/2016

Michael Gerson, Michael, Gerson

Wall Street Journal 01/27/2016

William A. Galston, William, A., Galston

Donald Trump's Style Book and the campaign for the 2016 U.S. Republican primaries

01/25/2016

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Behind Donald Trump’s Attack Strategy

Wall Street Journal 01/25/2016

Monica Langley, Monica, Langley

Wall Street Journal 01/25/2016

Ben Jenkins, Ben, Jenkins

The U.S. presidential election campaign in 2016- the Republican primaries and the contest between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz tapping into anger at the grassroots

01/15/2016

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Republican Debate Defined by Trump-Cruz Clash

Wall Street Journal 01/15/2016

Patrick O'connor, Patrick, O'connor, Janet Hook, Janet, Hook, Beth Reinhard, Beth, Reinhard

Washington Post 01/15/2016

Dan Balz, Dan, Balz

The weakness in Trump's candidacy and the upsurge for Ted Cruz before the Iowa Republican primary

12/10/2015

Linked Articles

Trump Is the Democrats’ Dream Nominee

Wall Street Journal 12/10/2015

Karl Rove, Karl, Rove

Wall Street Journal 12/10/2015

Janet Hook, Janet, Hook

The problems threatening the white working class in America and the rise of cultural illiberalism

11/12/2015

Experts point to the economic anxieties of the white working class in America, a broad group that has increasingly fallen behind as technology advances in the 21st century with globalization and mobile capital, causing serious social fissures in society. One of the dangers is to the ideas of liberal society itself with the rise of cultural illiberalism, such as that presented by the Trump candidacy for president in 2016, and Marie Le Pen's National Front in France, as liberal elites in centre right and centre left lose their hold on working class voters.

Linked Articles

The Bleak Reality Driving Trump’s Rise

Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015

William A. Galston, William, A., Galston

Washington Post 11/12/2015

Andrew J. Cherlin, Andrew, J., Cherlin

Trump's casinos and Griffin's Citadel hedge fund- risky financial investments and path from collapse to recovery

08/04/2015

WSJ reporters Grant and Berzon on Trump, and Copeland on Ken Griffin of the Citadel hedge fund provide an inside look at the financial dealings and maneouvring of Trump, the huge risk and leverage taken on at Citadel by Griffin. In doing so they provide insights into the manner of operating and personality of the two businessmen.

Linked Articles

Trump and His Debts: A Narrow Escape

Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016

Peter Grant, Peter, Grant, Alexandra Berzon, Alexandra, Berzon

Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015

Rob Copeland, Rob, Copeland

Two party systems and Malaysia's UMNO Party- (2) the future economic prospects of Malaysia under Razak, India under Modi, Indonesia under Widodo

12/08/2014

Najib Razak follows his father Tun Abdul Razak, Mahathir before him, all the way back to Tunku Abdul Rahman, all of the UMNO party, in an uninterrupted control of the United Malay Naional Organization Party which has ruled Malaysia for almost 6 decades. Malaysia has followed the example of Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore by keeping the opposition parties weak to maintain control. Both the UMNO and the party of Lee in Singapore face questions about the merits of suppressing the development of two party systems, at a time when government is changing hands to opposition parties in most of the region and improving economic prospects in each country with a change of government- Abe in Japan, Widodo in Indonesia, Modi and Sharif in India and Pakistan, Aquino in the Philippines, Wickremesinghe in Sri Lanka. A economic drift with no clear direction under Singh and Bhutto in India and Pakistan was reversed with the election of Modi and Sharif, the economic drift and deflation under the Kan and Noda governments was reversed in Japan with the election of Abe, and the economic drift in Indonesia is being reversed by the Widodo government. This shows how critical two party systems are to functioning democracies as middle classes develop and voters look for competing views of the future to choose from.

Linked Articles

Fund Controversy Threatens Malaysia’s Leader

Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015

Tom Wright, Tom, Wright

Wall Street Journal 12/08/2014

Patrick Mcdowell, Patrick, Mcdowell, Ben Otto, Ben, Otto, Matt Murray, Matt, Murray