Sure, service members like it when senior leaders work out alongside them, but they like it much more when senior leaders live by the same standards they impose on their troops. They also like it much more when senior leaders can keep the nation’s most precious secrets.

 

What Rusting Russian Tanks Can Teach Us About the Pete Hegseth Group Chat

By David French

Opinion Columnist

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, several leading Trumpists developed a strange fascination with the Russian Army. They contrasted masculine Russian recruitment ads, which featured chiseled Russian soldiers displaying their martial prowess, with much softer American ads on social media.

The Russians were masculine and tough, they said. Americans were woke and weak. But the illusion of Russian prowess was shattered on those battlefields north of Kyiv. There is much more to military strength than physicality and bravado. Ukraine, the much smaller representative of the so-called woke West, has turned much of Russia’s conventional arsenal into smoking ruins.

It’s telling that Hegseth is turning to martial, masculine symbolism to save his career. He’s putting out images of himself working out with Navy SEALs, as if his fitness can cover for his carelessness and incompetence.

As the Trump administration has responded with a mixture of denials, brush-offs, lies and vitriolic attacks on Mr. Goldberg, I’ve found myself worrying less about the leak and more about the character of the people in charge of our nation’s defense. The breach is serious, but security breaches can be plugged. Men and women who have shown themselves to have no character, though, can never be trusted. Not with national security, not with anything.

 

Security Breaches Can Be Fixed. People Without Honor Can’t Be Trusted.

By Phil Klay

Mr. Klay is a novelist and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq war.

Its so French

 

They Want More Babies. Now They Have Friends in the White House.

The American conservative movement has long worked to put the nuclear family at the center of cultural and economic life. Lately, it has added a twist. It wants to make those families bigger.

Neighborhood Grocery

 Dear Diary:

It was 1987. I had just moved to New York from Texas. I loved going to small neighborhood grocery stores in the city. They were so different from the huge suburban ones I was used to.

One day, when I was in Grace’s Marketplace on the Upper East Side, I overheard a customer addressing the man behind the counter.

“Do you have fresh escargot?” the customer said.

“No,” the counterman said. “But we have snails in a can.”

— Kate Marcus

Personally I'm keeping my Rover another three years despite its ridiculously high costs

 

Trump’s Tariffs Leave Automakers With Tough, Expensive Choices

Carmakers are likely to face higher costs regardless of how they respond to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on cars and auto parts.

By Jack Ewing

Again its Saturday morning when I post this and I can't wait for Saturday Night Live

 

Vance Makes Quick Trip to Greenland, a Place That Doesn’t Want Him

Vice President JD Vance’s trip to an island that President Trump wants to “get” was a scaled-back version of the original White House plan. “He’s not welcome,” one Greenlander said.

By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli

Jeffrey Gettleman reported from London, and Maya Tekeli from Nuuk, Greenland.

It's Saturday morning while I write this but I can't wait for Saturday Night Live

 

Hegseth Seeks to Reassure Allies on First Official Trip to Asia

At his first stop in the Philippines, the U.S. defense secretary promised to strengthen deterrence against Chinese “threats” in the region. He also plans to visit Japan.

By Sui-Lee Wee

Current Price of Tesla reflects a 100 Price Earnings ratio which is five times higher then a well priced stock and ten times higher than dreary auto stock like GM or Ford and which Elon is working hard to sink to to

 

They Loved Their Teslas. Now They’re Too Embarrassed to Drive Them.

Fury at Elon Musk emerges as vandalism, protest and buyer’s remorse.

By John Leland

By imposing secondary sanctions unless the Russia universal tariff is paid, the United States would be taking a cut of the revenues, effectively increasing the discount on Russian oil. Russia’s continued exports, despite facing large discounts over the past three years, suggest it would continue exporting the same volume. That would keep global oil supply stable and help keep oil prices in check. Oil and gas in Russia are inexpensive to produce, and it relies heavily on the income they generate, so it has little option but to keep selling, even at lower prices.

 

How to Punish Russia, Make Money and End the War

By Glenn Hubbard and Catherine Wolfram

Dr. Hubbard, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, is a professor at Columbia University. Dr. Wolfram, a former deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy in the Treasury Department, is a professor at M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.

“It’s so beyond what I would expect from anyone in the military,” said Commander Kuldau, who also flew combat missions in the Middle East. “The idea that the secretary of defense, who should know better, has done this, is just mind-boggling.”

 

Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots

By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Reporting from Washington

March 27, 2025

Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn

Canadians trashing Tesla's can counter Trump Tariffs by buying the Ford Mustang EV's built in Mexico

 

Canadians Turn on Tesla, and It Becomes Physical

More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk.

What a waste! Actually Musk is right about drones. Look at Ukraine and where its taken drone warfare and the marginal effect of it jet fighters

 

Boeing Wins Next-Generation Jet Fighter Contract

President Trump says company has been selected to build what may turn out to be the most expensive fighter in history

Oil Executives should be looking for Trump to dismantle the Department of Energy like he is doing to Education

 

What Oil Executives Want From President Trump

Tariffs, tax credits and deregulation are among the industry’s top priorities.

By Rebecca F. Elliott

Department of Education today. How about Department of Energy tomorrow?

 

Trump Signs Order Aimed at Eliminating Education Dept. ‘Once and for All’

By Michael C. BenderErica L. Green and Alan Blinder

Reporting from Washington.

Ron DeSantis: Good Riddance to the U.S. Education Department Florida shows how states can lead in ensuring that children learn.

 

Good Riddance to the U.S. Education Department

Ron DeSantis shows how states can lead in ensuring that children learn.

The fact that Solar and Wind can add capacity in 18 Months versus 5 Years for gas and more for nuclear means they don't need subsidies!

 

Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion.

Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity.

By Brad Plumer

Reporting from Houston

My specialty food import agency hasn't booked anything with the EU since Trump's election

Trade War Expected to Weigh on Global Economy

Growth outlooks in the United States and several other countries are projected to slow this year and next, as uncertainty on trade and economic policy takes their toll.

By Patricia Cohen

Reporting from London

One of Mr. Trump’s advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, said the Biden presidency proved to Mr. Trump that the stock market is not a foolproof barometer of the economy’s future, nor a useful indicator of voter sentiment. If it were, Mr. Biden, who presided over a booming stock market, would surely be the president, the adviser said, explaining Mr. Trump’s thinking.

 

Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come

President Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves.

By Jonathan SwanMaggie Haberman and Ana Swanson

Reporting from Washington

• March 17, 2025

“So far what we’re seeing is a lot of costs and a lot of chaos,” said Ford’s chief executive, Jim Farley. Paul Jacobson, General Motors’ finance chief, told investors that while a short tariff spat would be easily manageable, a “permanent” one would require billions of dollars in investment that might prove unneeded as soon as Mr. Trump’s term is over. “We can’t be whipsawing the business back and forth,” he said at a Barclays conference.

 

Trump’s Tariff Threats Are Driving Carmakers Crazy

By Jamie Butters

Mr. Butters is the executive editor of Automotive News.

I believe that an employee base that has a diversity of thought — which is naturally associated with a diversity of ethnicities and backgrounds — is good for business. Different employees can better solve existing problems or identify new opportunities. But the massive corporate embrace of D.E.I. was always destined to fail, in large part because the movement was never well defined to begin with.

 

Working at Anheuser-Busch, I Saw What Went Wrong With the D.E.I. Movement

By Anson Frericks

Mr. Frericks is a founder of Strive Asset Management.