Trump Watch: Tantrums, threats, and authoritarian vibes

This week, fears of Trump’s tariffs are coming true as jobless claims rise, and Paramount faces a Trump-style shakedown. Trump cronies keep getting richer while qualified workers are fired, and racist school mascots are defended. Just another week of MAGA chaos.

Here is your Trump Watch roundup:

He did what?!?! 🤔

Evidence piles up that Trump's tariffs are crushing job market

Unemployment claims are rising.

Trump made law firms his pawns—and he wants Paramount to follow suit

Strong-arming media giants like it’s a mob shakedown.

Maximum cash for Trump’s pals—and maximum pain for everyone else

Fire the experts, hire the cronies.

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Trump team makes ridiculous—and racist—demands of schools

More state-sanctioned mob demands.

Trump's favorite network melts down over 'TACO' insult

Truth, apparently, was too spicy.

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