PRES TRUMP TELLS THE WORLD US AND IRAN SHOULD ‘WORK TOGETHER’
–More Sanctions vs Iran on the Way; Continuing to Assess ‘Options’ ’ –No Military Follow-Up for Now By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – As the world exhaled in relief, President Trump Wednesday called on Iran and the U.S. to “work together” and siad the United States “is ready to embrace peace.” Having focused […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: CALCULATING ‘LDON’ (LAST DAY OF NORMALCY)
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – For anyone who hasn’t had their fill of facile and obvious scenarios for the near-term future, there’s plenty more to choose among yet somehow the graybeards among the talking heads seem somewhat quiet, unlike their young colleagues for whom escalating geopolitical threats and impeachment efforts are only […]
POOL REPORTS/PRES TRUMP: IRAN CULTURAL SITES VALID US TARGETS
— If US Military Expelled from Iraq, Will Want Payment, Otherwise Sanctions WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following White House pool report transcription excerpts are the portions of President Donald Trump’s remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One returning to Washington Sunday night that were placed on the record: POTUS pulled the pool in to his cabin […]
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ON KILLING OF IRAN QUDS FORCE CHIEF
–Would Be ‘Disappointed’ If Iraqi Parliament Votes to Expel US Troops WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the White House transcript of a rare on-the-record news briefing Friday, this one held by the National Security adviser to the president, on the operation that killed the head of Iran’s Quds Force: ON-THE-RECORD PRESS CALLBY NATIONAL SECURITY […]
FOMC MINUTES: CONTENTMENT ABOUNDS WITH STAND-STILL POLICY
— ‘Current Stance of Monetary Policy as Likely to Remain Appropriate For a Time’ WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee Friday revealed nothing beyond general contentment with current stand-still monetary policy, containing no hint of any change contemplated for down the road. The text of the section of […]
ANALYSIS: IN US-IRAN CONFLICT, STRATEGIC CONTEXT STILL A MYSTERY
–If ‘The Game Has Changed,’ What’s the New Game? By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Acting in the face of what it considered an imminent attack, the Pentagon’s killing of the Iranian Quds Force chief has set the stage for inevitable retaliation of some sort with the missing element for analysts the strategic context for […]
US DOD: QUDS CHIEF KILLED IN ‘DEFENSIVE’ ACTION
‘–At The Direction of the President’ WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the U.S. Department of Defense statement issued Thursday night confirming the killing of Iran’s Quds Force leader, Gen. Oasem Soleimani: At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: TRUMP HEADS FOR MAR A LAGO LEAVING TRADE LOOSE ENDS
–Trump-Xi Talk, Getting Ready for Phase One Signing –‘Quadruple Witching’ and Record Stocks Close Go Together –Trump: No President Has ‘Done as Much’ For Religion By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – The shortest day of the year Saturday. the darkest day in other words, is a big deal in the natural world. It […]
FINAL US GDP REVISION HOLDS AT +2.1%; CONSUMPTION UP
–Private Consumption/Fixed Investment Upgraded 0.2 Pt to +2.3% WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The final revision of third-quarter U.S. GDP published Friday, unchanged at 2.1%, upgraded the key consumption component, The final tally showed upward revisions to Personal Consumption Expenditures, the spending measure key to an economy dominated by consumption, and nonresidential fixed investment that were offset […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: WASHINGTON DEFLATES AS ITS 2019 ENDS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Thursday and stocks a record again, the USMCA passes the House on the way to the Senate next year, initial claims still elevated, members of Congress head for the airport and President Trump – preparing for a Mar a Lago vacation – is still impeached. “I don’t […]