The latest economic assessment delivers a blunt F-grade to the current administration's performance. By weaponizing regressive tariffs and dismantling healthcare safety nets, policymakers have ignited an affordability crisis that targets the heart of the working class. Can the American economy survive a strategy that fundamentally treats domestic consumers as the primary casualty?

Global trade is bypassing Washington as the EU and India finalize a historic deal, signaling a move toward 'miniateralism.' Meanwhile, a surprise freeze in Medicare rates has sent healthcare stocks into a tailspin, threatening the stability of senior benefits across America. As AI CEOs beg for government regulation to prevent job displacement and existential risks, the question remains: is the U.S. prepared for a world where its allies and its industries are forging a path without it?

Europe faces a brutal reckoning as it struggles to unify against aggressive US tariff threats and internal fragmentation. Can the EU finally find a singular leader to weaponize its holdings of US Treasuries and form a new trading bloc, or will fiscal inertia and a refusal to sacrifice social programs lead to its strategic irrelevance?