Trump Allies Target Fed's Independence: WSJ

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News Date: April 27, 2024

Some members of Trump's team are devising plans to restructure the Federal Reserve, which could grant the president direct influence over interest rate decisions and potentially remove the current Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, from office before his term ends in 2026.
This move is part of a broader strategy by Trump's allies to diminish the Federal Reserve's independence if he secures a second term, amidst internal disagreements among his advisers on how forcefully to challenge the central bank's authority.
> WSJ report<
This effort follows the federal government's actions in 2020, during Trump's tenure, where large portions of the financial markets were nationalized, with the Federal Reserve providing the necessary funds.
Notably, BlackRock was entrusted with executing the trades, effectively merging the Federal Reserve and Treasury into a singular entity.

Saudi Arabia wants to join BRICS

South African president says Saudi Arabia wants to join BRICS.
Cyril Ramaphosa revealed this during his two-day state visit to the kingdom on Sunday.
The BRICS nations are going to be meeting in a summit next year under the chairship of South Africa.
And the matter is going to be under consideration.
Sources: insiderpaper.com

Trump plans to make permanent cut to payroll tax if reelected

Saturday, in Bedminster, N.J., Trump announced, If victorious on November 3rd, I plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax.
Trump says that if reelected, he'll pursue permanent cut to payroll taxes that fund Social Security, Medicare.
Sources:https://www.washingtonpost.com/, twitter.com, www.youtube.com

Russia, China switch to national currencies

Russia and China switch to settlements in national currencies for energy supplies.
Russia, China switch to national currencies in payments for gas, says a senior official.
Russia, China also actively switching to national currencies for payments of oil supplies, and products, says the deputy prime minister.
Sources: aa.com

Farsight Quantum Voting solution to Protect Election Integrity

An innovative new answer to the problem of election integrity has been developed that leverages the advantages of blockchain technology to provide one of the most remarkably sophisticated digital voting systems to date,
By relying on a crypto-tokenization system (in which every token represents a virtual ballot).
Farsight's platform relies on a principle of zero trust, eliminating the dependence on static voting mechanisms to provide equal power and authority to users, assets, and resources.
Source: www.marketwatch.com

Reducing record debt, priority for Trump

White House says reducing record debt will be big second-term priority for Trump.
The accumulated debt is on track to surpass the size of the entire economy next year for the first time since World War II, and breach its all-time record in the coming years.
On the 2016 campaign trail, Trump promised to wipe out the nation's debt altogether over the course of his presidency.
Sources:thehill.com