My Trade Secrets today. Trump going ahead with steel tariffs is obvs [@robarmstrong.bsky.social](
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Robert Armstrong (@robarmstrong.bsky.social)
US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
 )'s fault for the "TACO" trade needling. I posit TABASCO (Trump Angry Because Armstrong Said "Chickens Out") as the new paradigm. (Also, Trump's broad powers over tariffs & taxes are far worse than steel.) [Donald Trump’s tariff calamiti...](https://on.ft.com/4mTVIZw )
The short-lived Andrew Eldritch/Beastie Boys collaboration project from 1986, now deservedly forgotten. [Analysis: Why Trump can’t just...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/spacex-starlink-trump-musk-nasa?cid=ios_app )
I'm not a markets person, is that good RE:
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Joe Weisenthal (@weisenthal.bsky.social)
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Towards a Dad Books canon. RE:
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You still hear older folk refer to making National Insurance contributions as “paying your stamp”. RE:
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It's kind of insane, though by this point entirely understandable, that Trump's threatened FIFTY PER CENT tariffs on steel from TOMORROW and everyone's like "I mean what can we do, it'll happen or it won't".
I guess what [@edwardluce.bsky.social](
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My Trade Secrets today. Cheer up, the worst might yet be to come. Donald Trump's tariffs mainly damage the US. If the courts really do block them and/or they don't work and he turns to other things like manipulating the global dollar payments system, it could be far worse. First 300 clicks free. [We should fear a Donald Trump ...](https://on.ft.com/3HmWzSv )
Scientists are (understandably) so sick of people not listening to them they’re just making ridiculous stuff up. RE:
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SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT A SIGNIFICANT RESERVOIR OF GOLD WITHIN THE EARTH'S CORE MAY BE LEAKING 🪙🌎