Already… #Trump has granted #clemency to at least 8 individuals #convicted on fed #drug charges. Some, incl’g Hoover, have extensive #criminal records involving #violence & #gun charges.
“There's a lot of mixed messages &…which creates… #chaos & #uncertainty,”said Jeffrey Singer, a drug policy analyst at Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank. "On the one hand you're threatening…tougher penalties on people who deal in #drugs, while on the other hand you're releasing #DrugDealers from prisons."

A #Ford spox said the price hikes will affect vehicles built after May 2, which would arrive at dealer lots in late June. The spox said the price hikes reflect "usual" mid-year pricing actions, "combined with some #tariffs we are facing. We have not passed on the full cost of tariffs to our customers."
#Trump's tariffs have unleashed weeks of #uncertainty across the #auto sector, as major #carmakers in the #US & #Europe have pulled forecasts, shifted production & caused companies to idle plants.

Coinciding with #Trump's first 100 days in office, it reinforced Americans' growing disapproval of his handling of the #economy so far. Trump…[won]…last November [purportedly] on voter angst over the economy, especially #inflation. [racism & sexism played an enormous role in his win]

#Consumer confidence is near 5-year lows & #business sentiment has tanked. #Airlines have pulled their 2025 financial forecasts, citing #uncertainty over spending on non-essential travel because of #tariffs….

All this comes amid what #Trump's critics see as signs of democratic backsliding at home that have raised concerns abroad. These include verbal attacks [& more] on #judges, a pressure campaign against #universities & the transfer of migrants to a notorious #ElSalvador prison as part of a broader #deportation drive.

#Trump's second-term "America First" agenda has alienated friends & emboldened adversaries while raising questions about how far he is prepared to go. His actions, coupled with that #uncertainty, have so unnerved some governments that they are responding in ways that could be difficult to undo, even if a more traditional US president is elected in 2028.

#Trump has launched an unprecedented #global #tariff war & slashed #US foreign #aid. He has disparaged #NATO #allies & embraced #Russia's narrative about its invasion of #Ukraine. And he has spoken about annexing #Greenland, retaking the #PanamaCanal & making #Canada the 51st state.

[and that’s before we talk about his domestic policies]

But although the average voter may not have cared about the details of the #Hitler #economy, the #markets did. The initial surge in #stocks that greeted Hitler’s appointment halted then dipped & flattened amid the political & economic #uncertainty of Hitler’s #chaotic first weeks as chancellor.

#JeromePowell said #markets are processing the #policy changes, but they are functioning.

"What I think is going on in markets is markets are processing what's going on, markets are struggling with a lot of #uncertainty & that means #volatility.”

He also said that volatility is likely to continue given the high uncertainty.

#US #economy #Trump #Fed #US #inflation #tariffs

"The self-inflicted uncertainty from the #China #tariffs has turned the corporate capital expenditures world upside down, created mass #uncertainty not seen since Covid, created a price shock that will impact the daily lives of US #consumers with no end in sight, & unfortunately ripped the hearts & lungs out of the US #BigTech #SupplyChain in the process with no minimal to no alternatives," Ives wrote.

"Regulatory #uncertainty, #funding cuts, #immigration restrictions, & diminished international collaboration create a perfect storm for #BrainDrain," said Gray McDowell at…Capgemini Invent.

…#Europe's political leaders feel the stance of the #Trump admin has put wind in their sails.

"The American government is currently using brute force against the #universities in the #USA, so that #researchers from #America are now contacting Europe," #Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, said.