Many of us have heard of Occam's Razor. It is a principle which states that the simplest explanation to a problem, with fewer suppositions, is often correct. If you consider everything he's said and done, then - according to Occam's Razor, Trump is a compromised Russian asset.

Wow: Gallup finds a record-high 53% of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse — the first time in 25 years that a majority has expressed financial pessimism.

I asked Kaitlan Collins CNN: Why is Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent having meetings in private with large groups of investors to give them the benefit of his thinking? That seems very unfair and seems like the stuff of crony capitalism.

🚨🚨 The CEOs of three of the nation's biggest retailers — Walmart, Target and Home Depot — privately warned President Trump in an Office meeting on Monday that his tariff and trade policy could disrupt supply chains, raise prices and empty shelves… axios.com/2025/04/23/tru…

Republicans want to ZERO OUT Head Start funding. That’s thousands of kids, dozens of schools, and hundreds of teachers in the Virgin Islands left with nothing. No early education. No child care. No support. This is an attack on our future—and we won’t let it slide. Speak out.

or, he understands it and just wants to help Russia anyway because Russia has put money in his pocket and helped him gain power

Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Trump underwater on every major issue and his economic approval rating falling to 37%, a record low for Trump. Remarkably bad numbers so early in a term.

"27 Jewish organizations stated that Öztürk’s detention 'violate the most basic constitutional rights.' It added the Trump administration 'appears to be exploiting concerns about antisemitism as pretext for undermining the rule of law and free speech.'” thebulwark.com/p/rumeysa-oztu…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced concerns that Ukraine might return to its earlier rigid positions in peace negotiations with Russia, which could prevent any breakthrough. english.nv.ua/nation/peace-t…

One small (tiny, really) problem with Trump's plan to cut 192 trade deals in 90 days: He doesn't have the legal authority to write a binding deal. Congress writes trade deals and it has NOT delegated this authority to the White House.

We see from the case of Columbia vs Harvard, appeasement does not work

Maryland judge accuses Trump administration of "willful and bad faith refusal" to answer Kilmar Abrego Garcia questions cbsnews.com/baltimore/news…

It took a lot of incompetence to get here

"One of the primary goals of all authoritarian regimes is to make people reticent and fearful to engage in basic acts of decency and civic virtue. It’s important that we find the courage to keep doing these things." open.substack.com/pub/radleybalk…

They know Ukraine will reject this proposal — it’s simply an excuse for Trump to blame Zelenskyy for being a “warmonger” and opposing peace. As expected, there are zero concessions demanded from Putin. This cannot be stressed enough: the US and Russia are now allies.

Tesla’s death is “not close” says Musk, as operating margin drops to 2% arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/t…

Mykhailo Ternavskyi, 22, from Sumy Oblast, fulfilled his childhood dream of a military career by joining Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade in March 2024. In January 2025, he lost his leg while defending Luhansk Oblast. english.nv.ua/nation/22-year…

As far as paying back what you borrowed goes, Grok estimates that “Trump’s companies had approximately $2.3 to $2.5 billion in debt wiped away or restructured.”

In the 3 weeks since the tariffs took effect, ocean container bookings from China to the United States are down over 60% industry wide. 🧵

The CEOs of Walmart, Target, and Home Depot just privately met with Trump to warn him that his policies are going to cause empty shelves across the country.