Is the Trump Honeymoon Over on Wall Street? All Stock Gains Since the Inauguration Gone in Two Days

As a business owner in the United States for almost 30 years now, I have no choice but to study the U.S. economy and understand market trends, because they impact my ecommerce retail business. We have survived the dot-com bust of the early 2000s, the housing crisis in 2007-2008, and COVID. But apparently most of the "journalists" in the corporate financial news networks have never run a business or had to balance their books to maintain a profit, or make business decisions to reflect economic realities, because the economic news since Trump came back to office has been nothing short of euphoric, pretending that the Golden Years of prosperity awaited us in Trump 2.0. I could hardly believe some of the financial news I have read the past few weeks, where financial pundits have tried to explain how tariffs, specifically tariffs on goods imported from China, and thousands of federal workers being terminated and put out of work, were not going to negatively affect the economy. But I guess they got a wake-up call this week when Walmart announced that they were going to have to raise prices in 2025, and the markets tanked on Thursday, which continued into Friday. Duh! What did you think they were going to do when Trump placed tariffs on goods imported from China? Outside of their grocery division, probably 99.99% of the goods sitting on shelves in Walmart stores (and many other retail stores in the U.S.) are imported from China. Did you really think they would just absorb that extra 10% cost tacked on to these imports from Trump's tariffs, and not pass on at least some of that cost increase to the American consumers? And as the tens of thousands of federal workers who are now being terminated will soon join the lines at unemployment offices and will soon have no more paychecks to spend in the U.S. economy, how did you not foresee major economic hardships ahead?

Trump Team in Place to Rebuild Temple in Jerusalem as Tensions Rise in the Middle East

Tensions are high in Israel as I write this on Friday, February 21, 2024. In the overnight hours in Israel heading into Friday, several bombs were allegedly found and detonated on trains and buses in Tel Aviv, although nobody was injured, and I have seen no news reports that more bombs did go off during morning rush hour in Tel Aviv earlier today. I saw this news last night before I went to bed, and wondered if this could be a false flag event to justify immediate retaliation from Israel. But it was not widely reported in the U.S. Corporate news. What was widely reported last night and is still making headline news this morning, is Israel's claim that one of the bodies of the recently returned Israeli hostages was allegedly not the body that Hamas claimed it to be, and this is what dominates the news stream today as I write this. Hamas is standing by their claim that the dead bodies of these hostages were killed by the IDF, and that this person's body was "shredded" by Israeli/U.S. bombs and mixed in with Palestinians who also died during the attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that this is a violation of the Gaza ceasefire, and has vowed to take revenge. And as the media has been primarily focused on Gaza and the current ceasefire, Israeli forces have reportedly been killing and expelling Palestinians from the West Bank in recent days, which is where Jerusalem is located. There are even reports that Israel is starting to expel Christians (non-Zionist Christians) from the West Bank as well. President Donald Trump has now succeeded in getting his Zionist cabinet in place, and it is no secret that these Zionists support Trump in his efforts to build a new temple in Jerusalem, which they see as a fulfillment of prophecy. Could the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the beginning of the building of a new temple in Jerusalem now be imminent? One week ago today, the "Nascent Sanhedrin" in Jerusalem endorsed Paula White and the new "White House Faith Office", and called on President Trump to enact the "Noahide Laws" to "establish an International Divine Court for all nations."

Myth Buster: Olive Oil is One of the Safest Oils for Frying and Cooking

One of the most common myths perpetrated on the Internet is that while olive oil is healthy, it should not be used for cooking or frying. The belief is that somehow the high heat used in cooking or frying makes olive oil unhealthy. However, this belief is not consistent with historical uses of olive oil in Mediterranean cuisine, nor with a wide body of published research. Olive oil is not only safe for cooking, but it is recommended by scientists and olive oil experts for high temperature frying! The notion that extra virgin olive oil should never be heated or used for cooking is not supported by research.

RFK Jr.’s First Act as Secretary of HHS was to Fire FDA Staff Reviewing Musk’s Neuralink Medical Device

The day after the U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the first firings at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were announced, and they included FDA employees working in the medical device division, including the team that was investigating Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink. Neuralink was previously facing a federal investigation over alleged deaths of monkeys in the Neuralink trials. I am all for cuts at the FDA, and in fact for years I have been in favor of eliminating the entire FDA completely, since it serves Big Pharma, and not the U.S. public. But the medical devices industry is already the least-regulated industry within the FDA, and many people claim that the medical devices industry is far more corrupt and powerful than the pharmaceutical drug industry. Removing what little oversight that was already there will now make them more powerful than ever, and give a free pass to the Technocrats and people like Elon Musk and his brain chip company to put more "medical devices" into the market.

New Study Confirms Health Benefits of Coconut Oil and USDA False Claims Against It

In 2008, a medical doctor in Florida, Dr. Mary Newport, published a case study she did on her husband who was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease (AD). She saw an almost total remission of her husband's AD by giving him coconut oil. She tried to get the word out to more people, and even attended the national Alzheimer's Association meeting to try and share her findings. However, the medical industrial complex was not interested, and they stonewalled Dr. Newport, and even hired guards to follow her around the conference to make sure she did not disseminate her study. In 2012, the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) did an interview with her, which soon went viral. This news spread so fast, that many other people who had family members with AD began to experiment with Coconut Oil, and the testimonies started pouring in. The Alzheimer's Association, which is nothing more than a front organization for the pharmaceutical industry to develop AD drugs, tried to warn their members against coconut oil, but it didn't work, as it just elicited even more testimonials. I was happy to see that Dr. Newport is still advocating for coconut oil, and exposing the lies of the USDA and the FDA who keep stating that coconut oil is bad for one's health, and leads to heart disease, a theory that has been totally debunked by the science for decades now. Dr. Newport just published a new study in the journal Nutrients, along with a well-known doctor in the Philippines: "Analysis of 26 Studies of the Impact of Coconut Oil on Lipid Parameters: Beyond Total and LDL Cholesterol"

Tesla Downfall Near as China’s EV Sells More Cars and Offers Free FSD – Is Tesla About to Crash the Entire U.S. Stock Market?

Heading into the 2024 U.S. Presidential elections, Elon Musk used his X bully pulpit and an interview with Joe Rogan the day before the elections to state: "Vote like your life depends upon it!" The implication was that if America did not elect Donald Trump, our lives would end, or become much worse. I wrote on election day: "Elon Musk Wants Americans to Vote because 'Your' Life Depends upon it, or 'His' Life Depends on it?" Now, almost one month into the Trump 2.0 presidency, we can clearly see that it was Musk's life that was in danger if Trump lost the election, because consumers overwhelmingly are turning away from his over-priced and over-hyped Tesla Electric Vehicles (EVs), and the main thing that has saved him since the elections is his close relationship to Donald Trump, as he is using the Trump presidency to eliminate the agencies who were investigating him, and investigating how dangerous his Teslas are on American roads. Still, Musk cannot go on fooling the public forever, and at some point he has to actually produce what he has been promising for a decade and a half, which is a Full Self Driving (FSD) vehicle where Tesla owners can become rich millionaires by renting out their Teslas as Robotaxis. Even though these FSD Teslas that can allegedly be used as Robotaxis are still not available, Tesla earned over a half $billion in sales last year from its "Full Self Driving system", which Tesla drivers across the U.S. have been led to believe will make them rich, at some point in the future. Well, there is just one problem with selling AI hype for over 15 years now. Eventually the day will come where everyone will wake up and realize that they've been scammed. That day may have just arrived last week, as the China-produced Byd electric car, which surpassed Tesla as the world's most popular EV in sales at the end of 2023, announced that they were now going to also include their FSD feature, for free.

“Jewish People Say NO to Ethnic Cleansing” 350+ Jewish Rabbis in Full Page New York Times Ad

350+ Jewish Rabbis and other prominent Jewish figures took out a full page advertisement in the New York Times last week, stating: "Jewish People Say NO to Ethnic Cleansing!" The full page ad was prompted by Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would expel Palestinians from Gaza, turn it into a beach resort, and not allow them to return. “Jewish leaders from across the political spectrum are outraged by the proposal and felt compelled to speak forcefully against it, even as some American and Israeli Jewish communal leaders endorse Trump’s plan,” a statement from Cody Edgerly, the director of the In Our Name campaign, said. The rabbis who signed the ad include those from Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, Reconstructionist, Renewal and Kohenet movements working in congregations, campuses, hospitals, rabbinical seminaries, and community organisations around the world, Edgerly said. President Donald Trump and many Zionist members of Congress are currently proposing to deport foreign students from U.S. College and University campuses who they label "antisemetic" if they protest for Palestinians, and are against ethnic cleansing. Many of the students in these protests on campuses are ethnic Jews. So are they going to be deported to Israel for being "antisemetic"?

Pro-Vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cuts Deal to Keep Establishment View on Vaccines in order to Become the new Secretary of Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was sworn in as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services this week, after reportedly making concessions and cutting a deal with the man who stood in his way and could have prevented his Senate approval, Senator Bill Cassidy, the pediatrician and medical doctor from Louisiana, and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Senate Subcommittee. Kennedy needed Cassidy's approval to make it out of the HELP Senate Committee and come before the full Senate to be approved. Cassidy made it clear that he did not approve of Kennedy's past positions on vaccines, and went public after he voted to approve Kennedy and send him to the Senate floor for a full vote, to announce that he had secured several concessions from Kennedy and Trump before approving him. Among those concessions was to keep the CDC child immunization schedule in tact, keep the FDA drug and vaccine approval process in tact, and agree to NOT replace anything on the CDC website that claims vaccines do not cause autism. Senator Cassidy also stated publicly that he will have "an unprecedentedly close relationship" with Kennedy, and that Kennedy would consult with him "multiple times a month" and also consult with him on any appointments Kennedy would make, making one wonder if Senator Cassidy would actually be the one running the Department of Health and Human Services instead of Kennedy.

Conservative Jewish Prosecutor Opposes Trump’s Order to Let Corrupt NYC Mayor Who Mandated COVID Vaccines Escape Prosecution

Yesterday (2/13/25), we saw that once again, President Donald Trump will give preferential treatment to those who supported his Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 injections, as his new head of the DOJ ordered prosecutors to dismiss charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last September on charges of bribery and fraud. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is a person Health Impact News readers are probably familiar with, since I covered his COVID-19 "vaccine" mandates for New York City in 2022. Eric Adams enforced a mandate for NYC in 2022 that required all municipal and private-sector workers to be fully vaccinated with COVID-19 injections to keep their jobs, which resulted in 14,000 New Yorkers losing their jobs because they refused the jab. Adams did, however, provide exemptions from the COVID shots to a certain class of people living in New York City in 2022: the city's professional ball players and those in the entertainment industry. And he provided this exemption the day after the Supreme Court, led by Trump's "conservative" judges, ruled 6-3 that the U.S. military had a right to mandate COVID-19 shots for Navy Seals. Acting Assistant Attorney General Emil Bove, who was Trump's attorney in his "hush money" trial where Trump was convicted on criminal charges last year for paying off one of his hookers in 2016, ordered Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was just appointed by Trump, to drop all charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams who was indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud and bribery in 2024. Sassoon balked, and chose to give up her career instead of perverting justice, and immediately resigned. Six more prosecutors, at the time of this writing, have also joined her and have resigned. It is encouraging to finally see some opposition to the corruption in Trump's administration coming from these career prosecutors who value truth and the rule of the law over supporting anything and everything that Trump wants to do, and taking a stand against dropping charges over a liberal, democrat, corrupt mayor who destroyed so many lives in New York City due to his COVID vaccine mandates, is a good place to start.

Who is Investigating Elon Musk’s $Billions in Government Contracts? 5 Inspectors General Who Were Investigating Musk’s Government Contracts Fired

As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continue to target agencies to eliminate "government spending waste", apparently these agencies and programs that DOGE is targeting do not include the ones that have made Elon Musk into the world's richest man through government subsidies. Tesla became the best-selling EV in the U.S. largely, if not entirely, on government subsidies, as have many of his other companies, especially SpaceX, which ONLY sells its products (rockets, satellites, etc.) to the U.S. Government, and are 100% funded via U.S. taxpayer dollars. Since just SpaceX alone has received about $20 billion from the U.S. federal government, we can be sure that NASA will NOT be one of the agencies targeted by Musk. The MAGA folks who adore Elon and are cheering his efforts to end USAID might be surprised to learn that Elon himself has received funding through USAID for his Starlink satellite company to provide Internet service to Ukraine in their war with Russia, as well as South Africa, his home country. As one the largest recipients of federal government funding in the U.S., Musk and his companies have been investigated by General Inspectors at these federal government agencies to account for how he has spent U.S. taxpayer funds, but one of the first things Musk had Trump do, was to fire all of the Inspector Generals who were investigating how his companies were spending U.S. taxpayer funds.