Billionaire investor Scott Bessent, former Chief Investment Officer of the Soros Fund Management, has confirmed that former President Donald Trump’s potential return to office is fueling the current surge in the stock market.
“We believe that equity markets are in the midst of a “Trump Rally” that will last as long as he remains ahead of Biden in the polls,” Bessent wrote to investors in his Key Square Capital Management fund on Wednesday.
“We strongly believe that a significant impetus for the recent rally in equity markets is the commanding lead that he holds over President Biden in early polling on both a national basis and in the key battleground states,’ Bessent added.
He also dismissed forecasts that anticipated a tumultuous second term under the former President, suggesting the future administration would resemble the relatively stable period of 2017-2018 rather than the more turbulent 2019-2020 pandemic timeframe. He projected a prospective Trump presidency would spur an economic boom, riding on deregulation, energy independence, and a resurged domestic manufacturing sector.
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Billionaire investor Scott Bessent, former Chief Investment Officer of the Soros Fund Management, has confirmed that former President Donald Trump's potential return to office is fueling the current surge in the stock market.
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The Democrat SuperPAC backing President Biden’s re-election bid is reserving television air time it claims will be the largest political ad buy in U.S. history. Future Forward plans to reserve $250 million worth of advertising through a variety of mediums across the country.
Future Forward says the bulk of its ad buy — $140 million — will be committed to television, while the remaining $110 million will be spread across digital and streaming services. The spending represents a significant uptick from the group’s expenditure during Biden’s 2020 campaign, in which the Democrat-aligned SuperPAC spent $151 million.
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The SuperPAC plans to target critical battlegrounds, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, with a barrage of ads from August to Election Day. Future Forward’s campaigns are expected to spotlight topics such as Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and various Latino concerns in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
President Biden’s 2024 campaign committee and the PrioritiesUSA SuperPAC have already rolled out a strategy centered around a significant use of social media to mainly target the presumptive Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. The SuperPAC and Biden campaign’s aggressive spending is likely in response to recent polls showing Trump leading the Democrat incumbent in most swing states.
Pollsindicate that concerns about the 81-year-old Biden’s advanced age, his handling of inflation, increasing global instability, and the ongoing border crisis are fueling voter uncertainty toward his re-election.
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The Democrat SuperPAC backing President Biden's re-election bid is reserving television air time it claims will be the largest political ad buy in U.S. history. Future Forward plans to reserve $250 million worth of advertising through a variety of mediums across the country.
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Donald Trump has maintained his lead over Joe Biden nationally in the latest Morning Consult poll, with a particularly strong 12-point lead over the incumbent among Independents. The data comes on the back of the E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump, wherein a Manhattan jury awarded the advice columnist a whopping $83M.
Overall support for Trump stands at 44 percent, while support for Biden stands at 42 percent — a slight narrowing of the gap since the last Morning Consult poll.
Trump’s lead among Independents is much stronger, however. His share of Independent support had increased by four points to 42 percent, while Biden’s share of Independent support languishes at just 30 percent, far behind his predecessor despite a two-point bump.
Contrary to the claims of Trump’s GOP rival Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley, the survey also suggests he is the “more electable” of the two. This is due to “a significant appetite among Republicans for a third-party vote in the event of a Biden-Nikki Haley matchup — especially in battleground states.”
The 45th President continues to dominate Haley in primary polling, 81 percent to 18 percent.
Donald Trump has maintained his lead over Joe Biden nationally in the latest Morning Consult poll, with a particularly strong 12-point lead over the incumbent among Independents. The data comes on the back of the E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump, wherein a Manhattan jury awarded the advice columnist a whopping $83M.
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A complex network of over 3,000 left-wing groups led by an organization called “Indivisible” is reportedly engaged in efforts to undermine the influence of former President Donald Trump. Investigative research conducted by Northeast Florida-based conservative grassroots activist Jessico Bowman hints at a well-coordinated movement to extricate Trump from his 2024 election bid backed by several anti-Trump organizations and charities managed by — or associated with — Indivisible.
Modeled after the conservative Tea Party moment, the group has worked to influence Democrat lawmakers at the state and national levels. They work to encourage Democrat office-holders to adopt increasingly radical talking points and actions to undermine Donald Trump and the MAGA movement’s policy agenda.
Bowman claims her research shows that Indivisible has exerted influence even over President Joe Biden. The group claims the 81-year-old Democrat has often used their talking points in the media.
Indivisible, previously known to have supported Hillary Clinton in 2016, has its stated mission as “remaking our democracy” and aims to “resist the Trump agenda.” The organization’s website indicates that it’s a “movement of thousands of group leaders and more than a million members” taking steps to oppose the GOP’s agenda, support local champions, and advocate for progressive policies.
The website also provides a map and a list of all affiliated organizations across the United States. Displaying over 3,000 group names, locations, and social media links, it offers users an insight into the extensive web of left-wing groups connected under the Indivisible umbrella. Since 2017, the group has received several million dollars in donations from GeorgeSoros–affiliated foundations and PACs.
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A complex network of over 3,000 left-wing groups led by an organization called "Indivisible" is reportedly engaged in efforts to undermine the influence of former President Donald Trump. Investigative research conducted by Northeast Florida-based conservative grassroots activist Jessico Bowman hints at a well-coordinated movement to extricate Trump from his 2024 election bid backed by several anti-Trump organizations and charities managed by — or associated with — Indivisible.
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President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign seeks to harness Taylor Swift‘s star power to boost his appeal to young voters. Polls continue to show former President Donald Trump either running neck-and-neck or just ahead of Biden in the 2024 general election. To give him a much-needed edge over Trump, the Biden camp seeks to associate the 81-year-old Biden directly or indirectly with Swift — and is even floating the idea of his appearing at one of her concerts.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has already begged Swift to back Biden. “Taylor Swift stands tall and unique,” the California Governor said in September last year. He added: “What she was able to accomplish just in getting young people activated to consider that they have a voice and that they should have a choice in the next election, I think, is profoundly powerful.”
Even without the endorsement, the Biden campaign has drawn up potential plans to align the Democrat incumbent with the pop star. One such idea is to send Biden to attend one of Swift’s “Era’s Tour” concerts just before the election.
Taylor Swift’s global popularity has garnered her a massive social media following. Last year, a single Instagram post from Swift moved 35,00r followers to register to vote. During the 2020 election, she endorsed Biden for President, and his re-election campaign believes if they can secure Swift’s endorsement again, it could net them millions of more votes.
A Democrat SuperPAC has launched a $1 million effort using paid influencers on social media apps — like Instagram and the Chinese-owned TikTok — to encourage young voters to back Biden. With Swift, the Biden campaign hopes to secure an endorsement that could drive millions of young voters to the polls for the octogenarian Democrat.
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President Joe Biden's re-election campaign seeks to harness Taylor Swift's star power to boost his appeal to young voters. Polls continue to show former President Donald Trump either running neck-and-neck or just ahead of Biden in the 2024 general election. To give him a much-needed edge over Trump, the Biden camp seeks to associate the 81-year-old Biden directly or indirectly with Swift — and is even floating the idea of his appearing at one of her concerts.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley sharply contrasted her views on trade with those of Donald Trump on Monday ahead of fundraisers with members of the Wall Street elite.
On CNBC’s Squawk Box, Haley criticized Trump’s proposal of a blanket 10 percent tariff on all imported goods. “This is a man who now wants to go and put 10 percent tariffs across the board, raising taxes on every single American,” Haley said. Trump “is going to raise every household’s expenses by $2,600 a year,” she claimed, citing a report from the National Taxpayers Union.
While free trade agreements and policies have decimated American working-class communities and led to the offshoring of millions of American jobs, they have been highly lucrative for the Wall Street investor class, many of whom support Haley’s campaign. On Tuesday, Haley is attending a fundraiser hosted by billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller. Tickets to the swanky New York City event start at $3,300 and go up to $33,200.
Michael Every, a global strategist at Rabobank, said that critics of Trump’s tariff policy fail to understand its reasoning. “They don’t grasp that Trump isn’t talking about a 10 percent tariff just because it’s a 10 percent tariff,” said Every, adding that Trump “is talking about structurally breaking the global system, by hook or by crook, to basically re-industrialize the U.S.” He aims to establish “a barrier between it and the rest of the world so it’s cheap to produce in America and more expensive to produce everywhere else if you’re importing into America,” Every explained.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley sharply contrasted her views on trade with those of Donald Trump on Monday ahead of fundraisers with members of the Wall Street elite.
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E. Jean Carroll’s post-trial publicity tour is undercutting her testimony that former President Donald Trump’s comments on social media and in the press drew undue attention to her, causing reputational damage. Appearing on CBS Mornings, Carroll told the panel of hosts that instead of the the spotlight being on her, she — and the media — are the ones drawing attention to Trump and giving him “power.” Separately, on Good Morning America, she said she’d like to use the money to cause Donald Trump “pain.”
“We’re the ones who clothe him in all this power,” Carroll said, referencing the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Emperor’s New Clothes. She added: “He has none himself, it’s his followers. It’s his hangers-on. In the court, they were strutting back and forth, handing him messages.”
After making the admission, Carroll suddenly looked at her lawyer Roberta Kaplan — seated next to her for the interview — and asked, “Right Robbie?” before breaking the line of thought entirely.
During Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Trump, her legal team relied heavily on the argument that the former President’s posts to his massive social media audience brought negative attention to Carroll, hurting her professional and social standing. They called on Northwestern University marking and communications professor Ashlee Humphreys to bolster their claim as an ‘expert witness’ on reputational damage and repair. Upon cross-examination, however, Prof. Humphreys admitted she had no real-life experience in the field of reputational management.
When asked about former President Trump’s campaign to return to the White House and if she’s spoken with his opponent, President Joe Biden, Carroll said she had not. The CBS panel then asked her if she could join Biden in campaigning against Trump, with Carroll responding: “I’d do anything I can.”
In another Sunday appearance on Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos, Carroll said she is considering using some of the $83.3 million judgment against Trump to “cause him pain.”
She told the host: “I’d like to give the money to something Donald Trump hates. If it will cause him pain for me to give money to certain things, that’s my intent.”
Last week, a New York City jury ordered former President Trump to pay Carroll nearly $90 million in damages.
“The elation was so great on Friday, it filled me up. It was almost painful.”
E. Jean Carroll and her attorney Roberta Kaplan share their reaction to the jury ordering former Pres. Trump to pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages. https://t.co/467d4oa1Gupic.twitter.com/CFmyXbIfFI
E. Jean Carroll's post-trial publicity tour is undercutting her testimony that former President Donald Trump's comments on social media and in the press drew undue attention to her, causing reputational damage. Appearing on CBS Mornings, Carroll told the panel of hosts that instead of the the spotlight being on her, she — and the media — are the ones drawing attention to Trump and giving him "power." Separately, on Good Morning America, she said she'd like to use the money to cause Donald Trump "pain."
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Retired Illinois judge Clark Erickson has recommended removing former President Donald Trump from the Illinois state primary ballot. The former state circuit court judge was appointed to the bench in 1995 by moderate Republican Governor Jim Edgar — a vocal and aggressive critic of Trump’s presidency, The National Pulse can reveal.
Erickson made his recommendation based on a filing by a group of Illinois citizens backed by the far-left lawfare group Free Speech for People. Erickson’s decision is non-binding and will be weighed — along with other arguments — by the State Board of Elections this week.
Clark Erickson served as a judge on the Illinois 21st District Circuit Court for 25 years before retiring on November 1st, 2020. Following his appointment in 1995, Erickson subsequently won election to retain his judgeship in 1996.
Former Governor Edgar, a moderate Republican, has been an outspoken critic of Trump — stating in 2016 that he would not vote for the Republican presidential nominee and would cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton instead. Edgar — who describes himself as an “Eisenhower-Ford-Bush Republican” — oversaw drastic changes to the Illinois state pension program during his two terms as governor from 1991 to 1999. Conservative and progressive policy analyses lay at least part of the blame for the state pension crisis on Governor Edgar and the changes he enacted.
While Erickson ruled that the former President engaged in “insurrection” and was barred under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, he added that Illinois state law does not allow the State Board of Election to settle constitutional questions. Instead, Erickson recommended the ultimate decision of whether Trump appears on the state primary ballot be left up to a higher court.
The National Pulse has previously reported on the efforts of far-left groups like Free Speech or People and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) to remove Trump from state primary ballots. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider rulings ordering the removal of former President Trump from ballots in Colorado and Maine in February.
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Retired Illinois judge Clark Erickson has recommended removing former President Donald Trump from the Illinois state primary ballot. The former state circuit court judge was appointed to the bench in 1995 by moderate Republican Governor Jim Edgar — a vocal and aggressive critic of Trump's presidency, The National Pulse can reveal.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus Jr., has said he now has “nothing but love” for former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The 52-year-old Gin and Juice star toldThe Times of London, “Donald Trump? He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris.”
Harris – the co-founder of Snoop Dogg’s first record label, Death Row – had his 1980s cocaine-trafficking conviction commuted by Trump in 2021. Harris had served 25 years of his 33 year sentence.
“So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump,” Snoop continued, before adding “I may have to,” when asked about making an endorsement in the 2024 election. “Because there are mixed views on that, so I want to see what the people say…” he hedged.
In 2017, the rapper released a music video for his song Lavender that depicted him pointing a toy gun at a clown-like caricature of Trump, inciting backlash from Trump and his lawyers.
“Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama?” Trump tweeted at the time, concluding, “Jail time!”
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Rapper Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus Jr., has said he now has "nothing but love" for former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The 52-year-old Gin and Juice star toldThe Times of London, “Donald Trump? He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris.”
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Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, voiced concerns Friday over the potential implications for future presidential bids if President Trump’s numerous legal battles contribute to his political downfall, the consequences of which Carson believes could set a distressing precedent.
Speaking with GBNews host Nigel Farage, Carson said: “I think a lot of people who don’t actually care for him in terms of his personality recognize that if we allow his opponents to use the Department of Justice to eliminate him as a viable candidate, America will never be the same again.”
President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an unprecedented lawfare campaign against former President Trump — the presumptive Republican presidential nominee — ahead of the 2024 election. DOJ special prosecutor Jack Smith is pursuing federal charges against Trump in Washington, D.C., and Florida.
Meanwhile, Democrat Party-alignedgroups, some with direct ties to the Biden government, have undertaken efforts to remove the former President from state election ballots across the country — successful in Colorado and Maine. After hearing arguments in February, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in.
While Carson did not offer any specific predictions should Trump be barred from running in 2024, his remarks do underscore the growing schism in America over Biden’s efforts to prosecute Trump.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, voiced concerns Friday over the potential implications for future presidential bids if President Trump’s numerous legal battles contribute to his political downfall, the consequences of which Carson believes could set a distressing precedent.
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