ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 642.13 points or -1.12% to 56,825.70 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng decreased 292.59 points or -1.10% to 26,413.35 • ASX 200 decreased 4.80 points or -0.05% to 9,081.40 • SENSEX increased 316.57 points or 0.38% to 82,814.71 […]
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https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RT-Armstrong-on-Tariffs.mp4 QUESTION: I just saw you on Russia Today explaining the Supreme Court decision. You said this will have a psychological impact on Trump internationally. Would you elaborate? GR PS. I agree it is strange how you will appear on TV in Asia and Europe even in Russia but not in America. ANSWER: President
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Download the Decision: Trump Tariffs 2-20-26 24-1287_4gcj The Supreme Court has ruled as I expected. I have said on Podcasts that the power over tariffs lies with Congress, not the president. I also suggested that I did not expect the Supreme Court to overrule the statue as unconstitutional. To me, the plain language was very clear:
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The latest Eurostat release on business registrations and bankruptcies in Q4 2025 is perhaps one of the most revealing datasets on the real state of the European economy, and it confirms precisely the type of slow deterioration in confidence that I have warned about for years regarding the EU’s policy direction. On the surface, bureaucrats
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The latest data showing the US trade deficit widening sharply to about $70.3 billion should not be interpreted the way mainstream economists always frame it. They immediately jump to the conclusion that a rising trade deficit is a sign of economic weakness, when in reality it often reflects the opposite and represents strong domestic demand.
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?REPORT: Immigration Canada is introducing a new express entry pathway for highly TRAINED FOREIGN MILITARY PERSONNEL. So our Government is going to give people who don’t want to assimilate into Canadian culture high-powered weapons. pic.twitter.com/iw6IRps4V6 — Wiretap Media (@WiretapMediaCa) February 18, 2026 I have warned many times that immigration policy is increasingly being shaped by
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If we are honest, the current international world order is crumbling and it has demonstrated its inability to effectively resolve crises when financial gain is at stake. The EU is desperate to become relevant again as a world power being overshadowed by Russia, China, and the USA. This is leading to some starting to rethink
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 323.99 points or 0.57% to 57,467.83 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 increased 79.20 points or 0.88% to 9,086.20 • SENSEX decreased 1,236.11 points or -1.48% to 82,498.14 • Nifty50 decreased 365.00 points or -1.41% to
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Macron just said “Free speech is pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided to this so-called free speech, especially when it is guided from one hate speech to another.” He expect the EU to clash with Trump because they are in dire straights and when a country is in the death spiral, they
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