Greetings! Most accurate right-wing headline of the day, courtesy of National Review: “Trump’s Reckless War on Canada”…The Donald believes he’s supporting his co-POTUS Elon Musk by purchasing a bright red Tesla, but he’s actually alienating half the market that wants nothing to do with anything Trump endorses or buys. USA Today columnist Rex Huppke said it best yesterday: “As the stock market continues to tank, President Donald Trump – champion of the forgotten men and women of America – is doing what any pro-fossil-fuel, regular-Joe patriot would do in times of economic anxiety: He’s buying an expensive electric car from the richest man in the world.”  Worth noting:  Tesla’s stock price has fallen 45% year-to-date, making it the S&P 500’s worst-performing stock. Also of note: Despite the Tesla stock dive, Musk is still worth north of $300 billion. (Forbes)…Required reading: NY Times resident conservative columnist Bret Stephens’ no-holds-barred column about Trump's insane zigzagging trade tariff war with our most trusted allies. Key point: “Until (Trump), no U.S. president has been so ignorant of the lessons of history. Until him, no U.S. president has been so incompetent in putting his own ideas into practice”…My two cents on the 2024 Reagan biopic, which I watched on a flight back to NY yesterday: a slick, paint-by-the-numbers portrait of the GOP icon. It depicts Reagan as a tough-as-nails foe of the Soviet Union in stark contrast to the current Oval Office occupant.  Still, I’d suggest fast-forwarding through the many lovey-dovey Nancy Reagan scenes. It makes the film easily 20  minutes too long…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Word of the week: recession….The Wall Street Journal must agree. The outlet’s lead editorial asks, Will There be a Recession? My answer: look at your retirement accounts, my fellow Americans. However, WND advises its readers that the current stock market plunge represents a buying opportunity.  “Always bet on Trump,” says columnist Wayne Allyn Root…Donald Trump’s hit reality television show “The Apprentice,” NBC’s long-running program which debuted in 2004, is now available on Amazon Prime Video, according to the Associated Press. I confess that I never saw a single episode and I may watch a few shows to see what all the fuss is about. However, on a flight out to Dallas this weekend, I viewed the theatrical movie The Apprentice, which looked at young Trump’s relationship with reptilian lawyer Roy Cohn played to chilling  perfection by Jeremy Strong.  I give it a soft recommendation. On my flight back to New York this afternoon, I intend to see the movie Reagan starring Dennis Quaid as the conservative icon. Stay tuned for my one-sentence review…A Fox News op-ed came out against cutting NIH funding.  Two prominent doctors wrote that the cutbacks represent a surrender to disease.  “Among the many things that make America exceptional is our proud legacy of scientific research and discovery,” opined Drs. Theodore DeWeese and Robert Harrington. “Thanks to research funded by the National Institutes of Health, 90% of the children diagnosed this year with the most common form of leukemia will go on to be cured”…90s sitcom star Justine Batemen trashes Hollywood’s DEI quotas as “an insult to filmmaking,” according to Hollywood in Toto…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard