Carrier, fresh off Trump talks, increases prices on higher costs. Why Trump would struggle to punish companies that offshore jobs. Republicans have a double standard when it comes to Trump’s threats of “retribution”. Republicans don’t care about keeping jobs in America. A poll finds Republicans are now more “anti-free market” than Democrats. Trump’s Carrier deal is a hit with voters. Larry Summers: Donald Trump is practicing presidential extortion of companies for symbolic political gain. Did Boeing get out of line? Trump tries out his strongman act on another private company. Donald Trump shoots down Boeing’s stock price.
“The presidency's market-moving power is another kleptocratic opportunity for a tweeter-in-chief with no blind trust”. “A scheme where Trump/family short a stock, plan a tweet to crash it would be a sure-fire way to cash in. We'd never know if they're doing it”.
The press has to stop echoing Trump’s talking points without checking them.
