Steven Greenhouse

Trump’s new tariffs may boost his ego – but they’ll damage the economy | Steven Greenhouse The US president’s plan will hurt consumers, companies and the stock market, as well as relations with other countries

After the Supreme Court shot down Trump's global tariffs, Trump rushed to impose new 15% across-the-board tariffs

Not only will those tariffs hurt millions of Americans, but Trump misread the law he used to impose them. Trump has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to impose them
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Trump’s vicious attacks on judges fuel his bid for unchecked power | Steven Greenhouse The president and his aides vilify the judiciary with brutal rhetoric, hoping to delegitimize a co-equal branch of government

Trump’s vicious attacks on judges—calling them evil, fools, disloyal, lunatics and monsters—are unprecedented.

Those ugly attacks are right out of Authoritarian Playbook 101—an effort to delegitimize the judiciary & destroy our system of checks & balances www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s global tariffs have finally been overturned. What next? | Steven Greenhouse The US supreme court ruled against the president. Let’s hope the court removes its pro-Trump glasses on other issues and stands up for the rule of law

The Supreme Court has been strangely subservient toward Trump until it ruled against him in the tariff case

The justices may go back to being subservient, but Trump's unhinged tirade against the court may persuade the justices to turn increasingly against him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s global tariffs have finally been overturned. What next? | Steven Greenhouse The US supreme court ruled against the president. Let’s hope the court removes its pro-Trump glasses on other issues and stands up for the rule of law

Let's hope that the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump's tariffs are illegal will be the first in a wave of decisions in which the court—which has been far too subservient toward Trump —stands up to Trump's lawlessness & puts a check on his assault on our democracy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Donald Trump is making China great again | Steven Greenhouse The president’s policies have weakened the US’s competitive position and undermined its alliances to China’s advantage

Despite being the America First president, Trump—by governing by impulse with little strategic vision—is Making China Great Again

Trump has weakened America's position vis-a-vis China by alienating allies, slashing research & selling China AI chips
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It was despicable that Trump lied about what happened with Renee Good's killing & it's despicable that Trump & subordinates are again lying about the unjustified killing of Alex Pretti.

It's sick that Trump wants us to believe his lies rather than our own eyes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump doesn’t want us to believe our own eyes | Steven Greenhouse Renee Nicole Good’s killing is the latest example of the president’s outrageous – and blatant – assaults on the truth

Trump's outrageous lies about Renee Good & much else bring to mind a memorable line from comedian Richard Pryor: “Ya gonna believe me or your lyin’ eyes?”

Demagogue Trump seems to believe he has a magical power to persuade us not to believe our eyes
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Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action

Anthropic's CEO says AI could destroy half of all entry-level white-collar jobs by 2030 & boost unemployment to 20%

This could create a huge new underclass. It would be far better if tech companies built a pro-worker AI rather than an AI that maximizes layoffs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action

Today much of the talk about AI is whether there’s a speculative bubble or whether OpenAI will beat its rivals in building new generations of AI

The vast majority of people couldn’t care less about that—They're worried about AI causing HUGE LAYOFFS www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s 'affordability' efforts are a mess of absurdity and magical thinking | Steven Greenhouse After Republicans were trounced in this month’s votes, the administration has launched a slapdash, ill-conceived campaign

Trump's slapdash affordability campaign is a mess: a pile of absurdity, contradictions, magical thinking, scapegoating & Trumpian dishonesty

Trump sounds hugely out of touch with average Americans & the truth with his big lie that "prices are down"
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Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back | Steven Greenhouse Donald Trump is using US power to insert himself into other countries’ affairs, treating them as vassals

For decades, president after president has sought to rid the US of its image as a bullying, imperialistic nation. But with his blustering, often brutish behavior toward other nations, Trump has rapidly revived that notion.

UNDER TRUMP, THE UGLY AMERICAN IS BACK
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Trump is using the shutdown to make life tougher for millions of workers | Steven Greenhouse Food stamps are in danger and hundreds of thousands of federal workers may go unpaid, as thousands more are laid off

There is on ONLY ONE OBSTACLE to freeing up food stamp money for 42 million Americans & THAT OBSTACLE IS DONALD TRUMP

Trump has cruelly cut food stamp funds because he thinks that by hurting 42m needy Americans, he'll get Democrats to surrender in the shutdown
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Trump is using the shutdown to make life tougher for millions of workers | Steven Greenhouse Food stamps are in danger and hundreds of thousands of federal workers may go unpaid, as thousands more are laid off

Sadly, Trump—that supposed champion of workers—has embraced numerous anti-worker policies during the government shutdown

Trump has cynically & callously ratcheted up pain on workers in order to pressure the Democrats to cry uncle & end the shutdown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences

Many Americans are shocked & dismayed that the Supreme Court has been so submissive toward Donald Trump—the most authoritarian-minded president in history

Some scholars say the court's conservative super-majority has been just plain chicken when it comes to Trump
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Trump wants to rebrand his tax bill as the ‘Working Families Tax Cut’. Don’t be fooled | Steven Greenhouse The budget measure will hurt poor people and boost rich people. It should really be called the Billionaires’ Tax Cut Act

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is so unpopular that he's pushing to rebrand it as The Working Families Tax Cut Bill

Don't Be Fooled. The bill should be called the Billionaires' Tax Cut Bill. With its Medicaid & other cuts, the bill hurts millions of working families www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why Trump’s attacks on the Fed’s independence are so dangerous | Steven Greenhouse The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week. But the aggressive action Trump seeks could dramatically backfire

Trump’s unprecedented assault on the Federal Reserve's independence iS DANGEROUS & BAD FOR OUR ECONOMY

Just as Trump failed to understand the huge problems his tariffs would create, he fails to understand the serious damage his attacks on the Fed could cause.
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Analysis | Trump faces same economic challenges that cost Harris her White House bid President Donald Trump faces a similar economic environment to the one that cost Kamala Harris the White House.

Donald Trump won the election by promising to reduce prices, especially grocery prices, on Day One.

It hasn't happened. The price of ground beef is up 13%, eggs are up 11%, and coffee prices have jumped 21%

TRUMP ISN'T DELIVERING ON HIS ECONOMIC PROMISES.
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If you look closely, you can see the bone spurs that self-described "war hero" Donald Trump used to dodge the draft & avoid serving in Vietnam

Trump actually called himself a war hero for ordering U.S. pilots to risk their lives & bomb Iran. They're the war heroes, not the cowardly draft dodger

‘He’s brazenly anti-worker’: US marks the first Labor Day under Trump 2.0 Advocates say Trump has hurt workers in many ways, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous

TRUMP IS “BRAZENLY ANTI-WORKER”

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: “Trump talks a good game of being for working people, but he’s doing the absolute opposite. He is stripping away regulations that protect workers. His attacks on unions are coming fast & furious."
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

It's delusional for anyone to think that RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are making America healthy again.

With Kennedy's war against science, truth & vaccines and Trump's war against Medicaid, their movement should be called MAKING AMERICA UNHEALTHY AGAIN

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Trump’s presidential philosophy is government by shakedown | Steven Greenhouse The president’s strategy is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Congress and the courts must put a stop to it

Trump is DANGEROUSLY UNDERMINING the rule of law & our democracy with his unusual governing style—GOVERNMENT BY SHAKEDOWN

He is shaking down universities, law firms & US trading partners in ways that violate federal law & the Supreme Ct does nothing
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Trump’s presidential philosophy is government by shakedown | Steven Greenhouse The president’s strategy is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Congress and the courts must put a stop to it

Donald Trump has a distinctive & dangerous style of governing—Call it GOVERNING BY SHAKEDOWN

Trump has systematically sought to shake down leading universities, prominent law firms & America's trading partners—usually violating federal law in doing so.

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Trump is losing his foolish trade war. This will cost ordinary Americans greatly | Steven Greenhouse Trump’s trade war has pushed up inflation, slashed US job gains, slowed economic growth and caused the manufacturing sector to sputter

Trump boasts that he's winning his trade war, but ordinary Americans are big losers in the war

Trump’s tariffs will cost the typical US household $2,400 in 2025. The Yale Budget Lab says apparel prices will soar 37% & shoe prices 39%.

AMERICANS LOSE BIG-TIME www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess | Steven Greenhouse In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantage

BLAME THE SUPREME COURT for paving the way for Texas's shameful race-to-the-bottom on gerrymandering

In 2019, Chief Justice Roberts & the conservative majority issued a horrible ruling—no matter how egregious the gerrymandering, we'll let it stand

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The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light | Steven Greenhouse The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump

Very regrettably, the Supreme Court keeps ruling in favor of Donald Trump, the most authoritarian president in history & keeps issuing rulings that undermine our democracy.

The court forgets, We're supposed to have a government of laws, not of strongmen.
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An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files

MORE ON EPSTEIN & TRUMP—Epstein aide went to FBI because she was upset that Epstein was pursuing girls & young women while building friendships with prominent people, including Trump & Bill Clinton

She said Trump once thought Epstein was giving her to Trump for sex
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The supreme court is cracking down on judges – and letting Trump run wild | Steven Greenhouse The justices’ decision limiting judicial injunctions gives a red light to the most effective check on the president’s power grab

Ever since Trump returned to power, he has conducted an unprecedented assault against the rule of law. Thankfully, federal district court judges have bravely stood up to him & his illegal actions

Sadly SCOTUS has been very pro-Trump & has tied these judges' hands
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Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump

As the Democratic party fights to rebuild from a devastating election defeat, the presidents of two of the nation’s largest labor unions—Randi Weingarten & Lee Saunders—have abruptly quit the DNC, exposing serious tensions over the party’s direction
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New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing Mayoral candidate was detained by Ice as he escorted an immigrant out of court, says his wife

Disgraceful and inexcusable. Trump's authoritarian, ice-hearted thugs arrest New York City's highly respected comptroller, Brad Lander. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...