If Iran doesn't even show up before the deadline, they've effectively called Trump's bluff because they show all of his bluster about a deal coming soon was hollow. And so he either starts bombing or backs down unilaterally
*PAKISTAN IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT W/ IRAN ON CONFIRMING DELEGATION
Basically Pakistan is frantically attempting to get Iran to show up at all. It's getting hard for Trump to spin this as negotiations being on track to prop up financial markets
"That a name evocative of Disneyland has been applied to a depopulated, decimated swath of Ukrainian coal-and-steel country could appear jarring as Europe’s deadliest fighting since World War II continues to rage."
Here's the story: ‘Donnyland’? Ukraine Proposes Renaming Part of the Donbas in Trump’s Honor www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
*UKRAINE PROPOSES RENAMING PART OF THE DONBAS FOR TRUMP: NYT
*UKRAINE OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED 'DONNYLAND' IN TALKS: NYT
The US is now waiting on whether Iran will even take part in a second round of talks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim. For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix. Most people would have paid millions of dollars to a consultant, who I probably would not have known, but who would say that he knew me well. The fees would be paid but the job would not have gotten done. When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to “kiss my ass.” Anyway, he explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively. That was the beginning of a long and very nice relationship. During my five years as President, Tim would call me, but never too much, and I would help him where I could. Years latter, after 3 or 4 BIG HELPS, I started to say to people, anyone who would listen, that this guy is an amazing manager and leader. He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!), and he gets the job done, QUICKLY, without a dime being given to those very expensive (millions of dollars!) consultants around town who sometimes get it done, and sometimes don’t. Anyway, Tim Cook had an AMAZING career, almost incomparable, and will go on and continue to do great work for Apple, and whatever else he chooses to work on. Quite simply, Tim Cook is an incredible guy!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump on how he loves Tim Apple and how Trump was his savior.
"For me it began with a phone call from Tim [Cook, Apple's CEO] at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix."
“The BBC… found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a [market-moving Trump] social media post or media interview was made public.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
It looks like the war will be over pretty quickly
Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye playing one-on-one.
Three women out. Not a single dude
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
The ‘eating cats and dogs’ fake news is back but this time it’s reserved for Somalis
A little under a month ago, Businessweek published a profile of the (now) new Apple CEO from my @bloomberg.com colleague Mark Gurman. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Or this week could be different. Have traders finally learned that the supply disruptions are deepening?
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Prediction markets are presented as real-time measures of probable outcomes driven by collective investment. Which is what horse racing odds are, and we don’t treat those as more than a novelty. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
So Trump is back to threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure
With a final tally of 213-214, the war powers resolution to disengage US forces from the war on Iran failed by a single vote.
Representative Jared Golden of Maine was the sole Democratic lawmaker to vote against the measure. Had he voted for it, it would have passed, handing Trump an historic loss.
Trump controls both sides of the litigation. Clear conflict of interest
MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged www.wired.com/story/maga-i...
We now know Iran was telling the truth and Trump’s statements were false
It’s like saying I hate black people. So obviously untrue you wonder who the intended audience is
Fifteen South American people deported from the US arrive in DR Congo www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...
Iran denies they have made any deal about Uranium. These statements are 100% at odds with what Iran is saying
They said the Pope doesn’t know the Bible. And then they quoted Pulp Fiction.
