“The US economy is good at creating wealth, but it is not particularly generous when it comes to distributing it. Using the estimates in a 2020 RAND Corporation paper, Nick Hanauer, founder of think tank Civic Ventures, calculated that the top 1 per cent took over US$50 trillion from the bottom 90 per cent of the American population over ...
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Billionaires cozy up to Trump with seven-figure inaugural donations after past feuds with incoming president
“Mark Zuckerberg has been very clear about his desire to be a supporter of and a participant in this change that we’re seeing all around America, all around the world with this reform movement that Donald Trump is leading,” Trump adviser Stephen Miller said during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 4, 2025 Companies ...
Read More »“We’ll not rule anything out”; Putin warns Trump not test nuclear weapons
“So the options for us to act in the interests of ensuring security and the potential measures and actions we have to do this – and to send politically appropriate signals… does not rule anything out” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 28, 2024 Russia has warned Donald Trump not to resume testing nuclear weapons when he returns to office next ...
Read More »Threat Diplomacy: US President-designate, Donald Trump threatens BRICS members over dumping the dollar
Vows a 100% tariff on goods from such countries PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 7, 2024 The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, does not want any threats to the dollar. According to the BBC, he demanded, on his social media network, Truth Social, that the member countries of the BRICS commit to not creating or supporting ...
Read More »INTERVIEW: Human Rights Lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe Lambasts President-elect Trump’s Nomination of Rep Matt Gaetz as U.S. attorney general.
“The difference between Buhari and Trump is, Buhari first came as a dictator and then came back as a Democrat. Now we have Trump, who first came as a Democrat and is returning as a dictator. Let me say this, there is no one who will be able to stand up to Trump in the second term. He first ...
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