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Stephen Miran is Trump’s pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers
3 days, 8 hours ago

Stephen Miran is Trump’s pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers

Politico  

In picking Miran as his chief economist, Trump is turning to a critic of the Federal Reserve, who has argued that the independent agency should be subject to greater political control, a controversial view especially in the wake of earlier comments by Trump that the president should have a say in monetary policy. In a March 2024 report, Miran and …

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Trump advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators
1 week, 5 days ago

Trump advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators

Live Mint  

The Trump transition team has started to explore pathways to dramatically shrink, consolidate or even eliminate the top bank watchdogs in Washington. In recent interviews with potential nominees to lead bank regulatory agencies, Trump advisers and officials from his newfound Department of Government Efficiency have, for example, asked whether the president-elect could abolish the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., people familiar …

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Trump advisers ramp up work on mass deportation push
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump advisers ramp up work on mass deportation push

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON : Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are drawing up plans to carry out his mass deportation pledge, including discussing how to pay for it and weighing a national emergency declaration that would allow the incoming administration to repurpose military assets to detain and remove migrants. As a first step, Trump’s advisers are discussing issuing a national emergency declaration at …

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'They have no idea': Trump insiders say his advisers rocked by 'salacious' trial details
7 months, 4 weeks ago

'They have no idea': Trump insiders say his advisers rocked by 'salacious' trial details

Raw Story  

Insiders in former President Donald Trump's intimate circle are glued to his hush money trial as courtroom testimony is revealing new salacious details that they hadn't already known, a political analyst said Friday. Trump's New York City trial — in which he stands accused of falsifying business records to bury scandalous stories about himself ahead of the 2016 presidential election …

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Trump trade advisers plot dollar devaluation
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump trade advisers plot dollar devaluation

Politico  

“Currency revaluation is likely to be a priority for some members of a potential second Trump administration, mainly because of the viewpoint that contributes to the trade deficit,” said one former Trump administration official, adding that Lighthizer and his team are the primary advocates for the approach. Lighthizer “frequently” brought up currency devaluation during Trump’s first term, said one former …

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Buying Trump's election lies now a 'litmus test' to work at RNC: report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Buying Trump's election lies now a 'litmus test' to work at RNC: report

Raw Story  

The Republican National Committee is now making buying former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election a key qualification for working there. “Was the 2020 election stolen,” one applicant was asked by two top Trump advisers, according to The Post. Applications are also being asked what should be done on “election integrity” in the next election cycle, as the …

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Pence advisers urged him to step it up with attack on Trump to get into the campaign game: report
1 year, 9 months ago

Pence advisers urged him to step it up with attack on Trump to get into the campaign game: report

Raw Story  

Former Vice President Mike Pence has taken a long time to strike out at Donald Trump for placing him in danger at the 2021 Capitol riot — but Pence's advisers convinced him to finally hit hard at his old boss at the Gridiron dinner, they told Politico. They viewed the event — a white-tie event thrown by journalists in Washington …

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'His world is so, so small': Trump advisers claim 'the magic is gone' as he wanders around Mar-a-Lago
2 years ago

'His world is so, so small': Trump advisers claim 'the magic is gone' as he wanders around Mar-a-Lago

Raw Story  

In a deep dive into how things are going for Donald Trump's 2024 presidential run as he skips holding his rallies and holes up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Olivia Nuzzi notes that things are not well at all and his advisers are admitting they are witnessing a downward spiral. In the Intellinger report, under the telling headline "The …

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