Topic: Obama

Barack Obama did not go out quietly. His unquiet final acts were, in part, overshadowed by a successor who refused to come in quietly and, in part, by Obama’s own endless, sentimental farewell tour. But there was nothing nostalgic or sentimental about Obama’s last acts. Two of them were simply shocking.

Billions of dollars held by U.S. multinationals in Cayman entities could be repatriated to the United States, if president-elect Donald Trump’s tax plans come to fruition. During the election campaign, most of Mr. Trump’s policy plans were a black box.

The president of the United States lands with all the majesty of Air Force One, waiting to exit the front door and stride down the rolling staircase to the red-carpeted tarmac.