Hacker News with Generative AI: Trump

Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal with Trump from a Case (nytimes.com)
Microsoft is among the first large companies known to have shifted business away from a law firm that made a deal with the White House.

Microsoft, Law Firms, Politics, Trump

11 points by zzzeek 22 days ago | 2 comments

Secret Deals, Foreign Investments: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm (nytimes.com)
The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.

Cryptocurrency, Politics, Business, Trump, Finance

243 points by watchdogtimer 23 days ago | 151 comments

White House Fumes as Amazon Plans to Show Trump Tariff Costs (implicator.ai)
Amazon plans to show customers exactly how much Trump's tariffs inflate their shopping bills. The move sparked immediate backlash from the White House, marking a dramatic shift in the previously warming relationship between Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Politics, Trade, E-commerce, Amazon, Trump

19 points by marcusschuler 24 days ago | 4 comments

Adam Schiff Calls for Insider Trading Investigation into Trump over Tariff Pause (time.com)
Senator Adam Schiff on Wednesday called on Congress to investigate whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused a sweeping set of tariffs, a move that sent stock prices skyrocketing.

Politics, Insider Trading, Trump, Markets

30 points by ironyman 44 days ago | 0 comments

Silicon Valley's gamble on Trump isn't paying off (natesilver.net)
This was initially supposed to be our paid story for the week, but I'm going to call an audible and leave this free, just because I usually lean that way in the early stages of a major news story that's in Silver Bulletin's purview. And “Liberation Day,” the massive series of tariffs that President Trump announced last week, is the biggest story in the world right now.

Politics, Economics, Trump, Trade

25 points by magic_man 44 days ago | 2 comments

Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has yet to Pay Off (nytimes.com)
With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.

Politics, Business, Technology, Trump

10 points by gjtorikian 45 days ago | 7 comments

Trump Has Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan (theatlantic.com)
Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.

Politics, Economics, Trade, Trump

15 points by nabla9 49 days ago | 13 comments

Here are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal (theatlantic.com)
So, about that Signal chat.

Politics, Trump, Messaging, Security, Communication

165 points by apical_dendrite 58 days ago | 55 comments

House and Senate Democratic Boycott Grows Against Trump Address (politicususa.com)
House and Senate Democratic leadership have decided to leave it up each of their members to decide whether or not they will attend Trump’s Tuesday night address before a join session of Congress, but many Democrats are not going to attend the speech. Others are planning to walk out, or bring guests that will highlight the pain that Trump is causing.

Politics, US Politics, Trump, Congress, Boycott

7 points by Jacquie11 80 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine (nytimes.com)
President Trump on Monday temporarily suspended the delivery of all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, senior administration and military officials said, just days after Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had an explosive confrontation at the White House.

Politics, Ukraine, Military, Trump

27 points by DiscourseFan 81 days ago | 2 comments

The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump's Grip on Congress (vanityfair.com)
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

Politics, United States, Trump, Congress, Violence

18 points by throw0101a 92 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Media Gives Stock Awards to Two of President's Nominees (bloomberg.com)
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. awarded restricted stock grants worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to two of President Donald Trump’s appointees.

Politics, Business, Stock Market, Trump

19 points by petethomas 112 days ago | 3 comments

Trump signs executive order to reverse Biden's electric vehicle policies (theverge.com)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order signaling his intention to eliminate the Biden administration’s electric vehicle policies, which he has falsely labeled a “mandate.”

Politics, Electric Vehicles, Biden Administration, Trump, Executive Order

14 points by xbmcuser 123 days ago | 3 comments

Marc Andressen: How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley into Trump's Arms (nytimes.com)
Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.

Politics, Silicon Valley, Trump, Conservatism

12 points by Ozarkian 124 days ago | 12 comments

Trump sentenced in hush money case (cnn.com)

Politics, Law, Trump

12 points by Tomte 133 days ago | 3 comments

US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund (theguardian.com)
US business leaders are spending big on Donald Trump’s second inaugural fund, which is predicted to exceed even the record-setting $107m raised in 2017.

Politics, Business, Donations, Trump

4 points by rf15 149 days ago | 3 comments

The Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump's Return (nytimes.com)
For those bewildered by why so many Americans apparently voted against the values of liberal democracy, Balint Magyar has a useful formulation. “Liberal democracy,” he says, “offers moral constraints without problem-solving” — a lot of rules, not a lot of change — while “populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.”

Politics, United States, Trump, Democracy, Populism

4 points by whack 189 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Media Is Now Worth Almost as Much as Elon Musk's X with Stock Rallyi (variety.com)
Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social social-media network, has seen its stock soar in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election — and it is currently worth more than Elon Musk‘s X, the social-media company formerly known as Twitter.

Social Media, Business, Politics, Elon Musk, Trump

12 points by paulpauper 207 days ago | 10 comments

Trump campaign says it has been hacked (cnn.com)

Politics, Cybersecurity, Trump

26 points by MilnerRoute 286 days ago | 25 comments

We received internal Trump documents from "Robert". Campaign confirmed hack (politico.com)

Politics, Elections, Trump, Hacking, Law

28 points by docdeek 286 days ago | 5 comments

Trump Media and Technology Group Launch of Own CDN (yahoo.com)

Trump, Technology, Media

7 points by ec109685 289 days ago | 0 comments

Secret Service's tech issues helped shooter go undetected at Trump rally (theguardian.com)