The family separation policy, the “travel ban,” the threat of a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t fund a border wall: Both as candidate and now as president, Donald Trump has consistently made his opposition to immigration the center of his politics. Of course, he’s not the only politician to do […] Read more »
Fewer Americans Say Mexico Is a U.S. Friend or Ally
Americans’ views of U.S. relations with Mexico are at new lows with 72% of Americans saying Mexico is an ally (27%) or a friend (45%) of the U.S., the lowest point in Gallup’s nearly 20-year trend. CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »
NATO Summit: Damage Control or Wrecking Ball for U.S. Image
While approval ratings of U.S. leadership took a beating worldwide in 2017, some of the most serious damage occurred among the United States’ NATO allies — the same group gathered this week in Brussels. NATO countries led the world with the largest declines in approval of U.S. leadership between 2016 […] Read more »
As The British Pound Tumbled After The Brexit Vote, Some Hedge Funds Made Millions
While Britain’s market reeled from the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, hedge funds used secret polling data to make millions off the collapse of the pound. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Cam Simpson about what happened. NPR Read more »
Brexit’s Big Short: How Pollsters Helped Hedge Funds Beat the Crash
At 10 p.m. on June 23, 2016, Sky News projected the words “IN OR OUT” across the top of a London building as an orchestral score ratcheted up the tension. “In or out—it is too late to change your mind,” declared Adam Boulton, the veteran anchor, seated in a makeshift […] Read more »
G6 Plus One Mindset Existed Before Summit
The angry tweets and comments from President Donald Trump and his advisers after the recent G7 meeting in Quebec underscore the often-confrontational approach the Trump administration has taken toward the nation’s major allies — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada. But before the tweets and punditry, what […] Read more »