Why the Maga mindset is different: US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west

Opinion: Trump’s America is a stark outlier from western Europe and the rest of the Anglosphere. In many cases, the Maga mindset is much closer to that of Putin’s Russia or Erdoğan’s Turkey.

https://www.ft.com/content/3046013f-da85-4987-92a5-4a9e3008a9e1

The United States added fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate ticked up, government data showed Friday, while analysts warn cracks are appearing in the labor market as President Donald Trump returned to office - AFP

https://www.barrons.com/news/us-hiring-misses-expectations-in-february-jobs-market-sees-pressure-45d15db7

Trump: I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114121576367163341

Trump on two astronauts stuck in space: "Maybe they'll love each other, I don't know. But they've been left up there. Think of it. And I see the woman with the wild hair. Good solid head of hair she's got. There's no kidding. There's no games with her hair."

REPORTER: How concerned are you that the large-scale federal government layoffs will weaken the labor market?

TRUMP: The large-scale fentanyl what?

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/bessent-defends-trump-tariffs-00216320

Fed Chair Jerome Powell: "Everyone is forecasting some inflation effect from tariffs... it'll hit the exporters, the importers, the retailers, and to some extent the consumers."

i just burst out laughing at the second sentence

Oklahoma History books after Ryan Walters implements his new social studies standards

During a hastily arranged Cabinet meeting at the White House, Elon Musk clashed with top Cabinet officials — particularly Secretary of State Marco Rubio — over the way Rubio has so far approached his management of the department he oversees, sources say.

"You're not supposed to be asking that question ... that's enough" -- Trump gets mad at and shuts down a reporter who tries to ask him about reported clashes between Musk and Rubio

Trump on NATO: "If the United States was in trouble and we called them. We said, 'We got a problem, France.' Do you think they're gonna come and protect us? Hmm. They're supposed to. I'm not so sure." (Literally the only time NATO Article 5 was invoked was after 9/11 on behalf of the US.)