Odd really, if it were not for the French, America would be speaking English

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has fired another shot in his trade tantrum, this time slapping a 20 per cent tariff on tech imports from the EU—twice what the UK copped, and still lighter than the 32 per cent brick dropped on Switzerland.

Looks the bromance is off

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has slammed a monster 46 per cent tariff on regions key to the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s global production chain, driving up the price of iPhones, Macs, and just about everything else shiny and expensive.

We did warn you

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s aluminium tariffs are now impacting the PC hardware world, with vendors discovering too late that finished goods, such as cases and GPUs, are being hit with the same 25 per cent levy initially intended to target raw materials.

Putting the screws on Intel, Nvidia, and other chipmakers

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration has dusted off its national security megaphone again and added another 80 companies and organisations to the US export blacklist.

Top advisors leak details, shirtless selfies, and possibly national security 

Not content with accidentally roping in The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg for a ringside view of military plans, President [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s minions have managed to leak their phone numbers, emails, and Signal handles of key security personnel—including a topless Secretary of Defense.

No one noticed

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself added to a Signal group chat where Donald [Hamburger-Eating Surrender Monkey] Trump’s defence team planned to hammer the Houthi.

Don't trust Musk and Trump 

The Dutch want to reduce their dependence on Big US tech companies.

Exiting commerce official whistleblows

A departing Commerce Department official dropped a scathing farewell email accusing Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration of lining Elon [Roman salute] Musk’s already bulging pockets with taxpayer cash.

Taiwan former president furious

Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou has accused Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump of forcing TSMC into paying what amounts to a “protection fee” by moving more of its operations to the US.

Otherwise, China will win.

OpenAI is banking on Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s AI Action Plan to strong-arm copyright rules in its favour, declaring AI training as fair use and giving AI firms carte blanche to hoover up training data.